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  • RE: The Logic, Mathematics, and Utility of NULLs

    Tom.Thomson (9/10/2010)


    mtillman-921105 (9/8/2010)


    In the first post, it says that NULLs are, in effect, in logic and in algebra. But notice that we should be more careful about that since...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    This is cute:

    "See daddy ? All the keys are in alphabetical order now."

    😀

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/10/2010)


    No. Playing the campaign for Settlers 5 (found dirt-cheap in bargain bin a couple months ago)

    I'd like to try Settlers. I play Civilization, but it's such a long...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Fantasy football

    PowerPivotPro (9/9/2010)


    Sorry Steve, I just talked to Yahoo. They told me that their Competition Committee just met, and they have decided you won't be eligible for the title this...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: hi aggregate text values

    thava (9/9/2010)


    that's Really great i read that article such a wonder full information lot of thanks

    'Glad to help - thanks!

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: The Logic, Mathematics, and Utility of NULLs

    Since I've made that distinction, one aspect of logic and unknowns has become clear to me, although I'm thinking out-loud some here...

    Logic divides arguments into subjects and predicates. A...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: The Logic, Mathematics, and Utility of NULLs

    One important aspect of NULLs that has been overlooked until now on this thread is that in SQL Server, NULLs are used in almost every kind of data type (or...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: The Logic, Mathematics, and Utility of NULLs

    ...

    The first way is that people struggle to avoid NULLs even in cases where they are in practise unavoidable. I can go over to a system in which no table...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: hi aggregate text values

    Don't ask me exactly how this works, but a Big Hat Tip to Jeff Moden here :cool::

    SELECT t1.Mid,

    STUFF((SELECT DISTINCT(',' + t2.Val)

    ...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (9/7/2010)


    Red Rocks is great. Saw John Mayer there a couple years ago. Need to go back for a concert.

    It sure is. 'A bit of a...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (9/5/2010)


    I SE of Denver, E of Parker. As you leave the Tech Center, if you headed E, you'd find me.

    This is beautiful country

    If it isn't too...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (9/3/2010)


    It is a nice break during the day. Course, I've spent 20 minutes out there 3 nights in a row with a bucket of water trying...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: The Logic, Mathematics, and Utility of NULLs

    I found this argument against using NULLs from David Portas, who argues forcefully:

    "...null isn't a value. But in what sense does null "represent" the lack of a known value if...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Can splitting a database to several databses improve performance.

    george sibbald (8/31/2010)


    mtillman-921105 (8/31/2010)


    I would think that it matters how often the tables would be joined when they were being used. If they always have to be joined anyway,...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • RE: Can splitting a database to several databses improve performance.

    I would think that it matters how often the tables would be joined when they were being used. If they always have to be joined anyway, splitting them out...

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

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