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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

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    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Using OVER() to Remove Duplicate Rows

    Irfan.Baig (11/7/2016)


    Hello Dear Mike,

    I think we can also remove duplicates using simplest, easiest and better way without using temp table/s logic:

    WITH CTE_InsurancePolicy AS (

    SELECT PolicyId, FirstName, Surname, PolicyStartDate, PolicyEndDate

    ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    djj (11/10/2016)


    Grumpy DBA (11/10/2016)


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    Manic Star (11/9/2016)


    Elephant

    Cage

    Claustrophobia

    Panic

    (at the) Disco

    Dead

    Parrot


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Today's Random Bombshell

    Apparently an orange turd with a straw comb-over has got a really important job somewhere. I can't quite understand it myself.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Byte Me: DeleteDeleteDelete

    If they ever install that in our place, I'm doomed.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: update question

    Yes this is possible, as demonstrated below. But, this is an extremely simplified example that may not be appropriate for your situation. If you post some sample data...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: The Forever Technology War

    Gary Varga (11/1/2016)


    It seems a little worrying how many will not use the command line. I am not referring to your average citizen but your average IT professional. I have...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (11/1/2016)


    Hugo Kornelis (11/1/2016)


    BWFC (11/1/2016)


    I've got a barrel of cider maturing in the cellar, can I come?

    Just send the barrel. We'll review your application later. :Whistling:

    SECOND!

    All in favor?

    One barrel...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ChrisM@Work (11/1/2016)


    Luis Cazares (10/31/2016)


    Sean Lange (10/31/2016)


    jasona.work (10/31/2016)


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    Sean Lange (10/31/2016)


    jasona.work (10/31/2016)


    ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)


    Sean Lange (10/31/2016)


    ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)


    Sean Lange (10/31/2016)


    Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)


    ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)


    Wryan138 (10/30/2016)


    So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jasona.work (10/26/2016)


    Brandie Tarvin (10/26/2016)


    jasona.work (10/26/2016)


    Phil Parkin (10/26/2016)


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    BLOB_EATER (10/26/2016)


    Lynn Pettis (10/25/2016)


    Spammers are getting better, now even the topics they post look legit.

    I liked Eric's response - "get a job you...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    Gary Varga (10/26/2016)


    BWFC (10/26/2016)


    ...Maybe a longer date should have been chosen but when 01/01/2020 was picked, no one could have even remotely foreseen what happened subsequently and the situation in...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    Gary Varga (10/26/2016)


    BWFC (10/26/2016)


    ThomasRushton (10/26/2016)


    Eric M Russell (10/25/2016)


    Marcia J (10/25/2016)


    I remember in the late 80's saying that the 2-digit year would be a problem and getting the message from other...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: Clownpocalypse and DR

    ThomasRushton (10/26/2016)


    Eric M Russell (10/25/2016)


    Marcia J (10/25/2016)


    I remember in the late 80's saying that the 2-digit year would be a problem and getting the message from other programmers, "So what?...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • RE: How to get percent of total

    Here's another way to do it

    SELECT

    PtLanguage

    ,Abington

    ,CAST(ROUND(CAST(Abington * 100 AS DECIMAL(9,3)) /SUM(Abington) OVER(),3) AS DECIMAL(6,3))AS Percent_Abington

    ,BelmontSt

    ,CAST(ROUND(CAST(BelmontSt * 100 AS DECIMAL(9,3)) /SUM(BelmontSt) OVER(),3) AS DECIMAL(6,3))AS Percent_BelmontSt

    ,Bridgewater

    ,CAST(ROUND(CAST(Bridgewater * 100 AS DECIMAL(9,3)) /SUM(Bridgewater)...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: How to get percent of total

    What do the numbers for each surgery represent? I'm assuming they are the counts of patients speaking each language.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

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