There's an extra "=", other than that is valid.

It was a good question, but I still can't find a great use of APPLY in...

Alexander Suprun (9/5/2012)

Luis Cazares (9/5/2012)

Was that sarcasm? I really hope so,...

Was that sarcasm? I really hope so, otherwise you might not...

I understand what you did Alan, but I believe that the problem is on the definition column, not the string used.

Are you doing that in a Stored Procedure? It might not work since it will verify that all the code is correct to compile it. I might be wrong, but...

Have you tried to use a method to eliminate duplicate spaces?

Here's one way to do it http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost821209.aspx

You might need to replace char(9), char(10) and char(13) as well.

Basically something...

For what I understood

SELECT ...

WHERE Docket_Date >= DATEADD( mm, DATEDIFF( MM, 0, GETDATE()) - 2, 0) --Last two months

AND Docket_Date >= DATEADD( yyyy, DATEDIFF( yyyy, 0, GETDATE()), 0) -- This...

It might not be the optimal way, but it's simple enough for everyone to understand. However, I haven't tested for performance against other methods.

DECLARE @test-2Table(

MyStringvarchar(MAX))

INSERT @test-2 VALUES

('NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM: [System...

Can you explain more your requirements?

Because I'm sure that this won't work for you.

SELECT inputString, SUBSTRING( inputString, 1,42) + SUBSTRING( inputString, 105,16)

FROM (SELECT 'BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS: [System Admin]YES;[Security Admin];[Server Admin];[setup Admin];[Process Admin];[Disk...

A small change in the query:

select

program,

Completed_task,

timestamp

from

WorkQueue

where type IN ('Software', 'Hardware', 'Software/Hardware')

and status = 'Active'

and...

Are you serious?

That's like using 1=1

What you're trying to do should be something like this (I like to use variables but there are ways to do...

My guess is that you're missing this:

HAVING max(timestamp) >= '20120829'

AND max(timestamp) < '20120830'

It's explained in this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187746(v=SQL.105).aspx

However, let me try to explain it, but read the article as well.

You had a decimal(10,2) value which can contain any value with two decimals...

Just to give a different answer, but I'd stay with Lynn's function, as it's easier to read/write.

DECLARE @test-2 TABLE( Mytime time)

INSERT INTO @test-2 VALUES ('0:12:14:124'),('0:08:16:361'),('0:08:57:705')

SELECT (DATEPART( HH, Mytime) * 3600000)...

Try DATEPART(ms, YourTimeValue)

Sorry, I need more coffee, I'll come back.