It sounds like you could use regular expressions to strip out the html;

on codeproject.com (http://www.codeproject.com/managedcpp/xpregex.asp) there is an extended stored procedure which is basically a wrapper around one...

I'm slowly growing here.....

my issue was the provider in the connection string...i had assumed that the provider I currently use, SQLOLEDB /SQLOLEDB.1 would work for all versions of SQL; it...

In theSQL Computer Manager>>Server Network Configuration, for Server Protocols, I had additionally enabled the "Via" selection. disabling this setting allowed my instance to start, and I can connect to it...

If you are using the IMPORT or EXPORT functionality from Enterprise Manager,it might be because you are using the default options:

If you used Right click>>All Tasks>>Import Data (or Export data)

Then...

Thanks for the reply Hans;

This has been kinda educational for me.Here's what I had assumed:

a database is open or closed depending on the autoclose option of the database....so on a...

you just concatenate the fields with the hardcoded stuff;

update tablename

set email = fname + '.'+ lname + '@domain.com'

here's a substring example in case you wanted first initial + lastname:

update...

I'm not sure if this will work, but what about this:

--edited to add an inner join to get the staff id's  last tip

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[prc001GetTipOfTheDay]

 (@intStaffID int)

AS

Select Top 1...

Here's my answer ot the second half of your question:

a text column is used when you have data that is going to be really big; a varchar has a max...

I believe I picked this up as one of the scripts submitted to the site;

there's an export and inport function below; i never tested this myself:

--**************************************

--    

-- Name: Procedure to...

I guess I should clarify; The Process in VB takes 30 seconds; the process runs hundreds/thousands of similar queries,one for each transaction it tries to post to the accounting tables,...

unfortunately, the db is in another state, and administered by a dba there; I was trying to diagnose issues by remote;

both Auto Update Statistics and Auto create Statistics are turned...

To expand on this issue I was hoping to read more specifics, and followed up on this myself:

If I was creating a new database, what collation would I use to...

I'm certainly no expert on the issue, but from what I gather, this program "clusters" two SQL servers, but they do not need to share the same storage location...it allows...

I received my book the same time that SQLBill did; thanks everyone.

It's time to beat your own drum though... i noticed that on the site that covers books and reviews,...

I think you'll have to use more than just the customers first and last names to cull duplications out.

I would think that it would be very easy to have...