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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/7/2011)


    Someone obviously took exception with my opinion.

    Hope my response wasn't too harse.

    Harse or harsh? :hehe:

    You're Your response was simply different from the one he wanted. Part...

  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    I can say with 100% certainty that nobody is trying to hurt anybody nor discourage anybody from doing anything, especially when it comes to helping one another.

    I say this with...

  • RE: Tuning a view to avoid pageIO_Latch_SH locks

    Gail already pointed out the obvious. An index is mostly usefull when you filter data. Which you are not doing in any way here. This the the...

  • RE: Help With Connection String

    Never had that issue... stepping aside.

  • RE: while condition or loop

    Jeff puts it best (check his signature). Stop trying to do something to a row and think what you want to do to a column.

    This allows you to stay...

  • RE: i got fixed with file ..... i trying to ..plz help....plz...plz

    Couple options...

    BCP in

    bulk insert

    SSIS package.

    What have you tried and where are you getting stuck?

  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Lynn Pettis (8/7/2011)


    Not saying. I have personal issues with anyone who,s only purpose in serving the community is self satisfaction. Doing so to earn MVP is exactly that....

  • RE: SQL server vs Access in the job market

    Sql server has sql express R2 which allows you to store 10 GB of data (5 times more than access last time I checked).

    That version is free and only has...

  • RE: while condition or loop

    What's still unclear is the output you want.

    When running my query, what's wrong with the output you get?

    Edit, I think you might need to use a derived table AFTER the...

  • RE: while condition or loop

    SELECT

    MAX(LEFT(year, 4)) + dtMultiplier.RN AS year,

    Sex, GeographyCode,SubCategory,Age,[Population]

    FROM [TEMP_Table1]

    CROSS JOIN (SELECT TOP (@Years) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY object_id) AS RN FROM sys.objects) dtMultiplier

    GROUP BY Sex, GeographyCode, SubCategory, Age, [Population]...

  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Interesting. So how much had you done that year Lynn? Maybe that gives a bottom marker to "aim" for and surpass.

  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Perry Whittle (8/6/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)


    I say "then" because between all 5 of us we probably close 100-150 threads / day and we pretty much cover 24 / 7.

    You should...

  • RE: TimeZone Implementation in DB or Application side?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/6/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (8/6/2011)


    GilaMonster (8/6/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (8/6/2011)


    In SQL Server 2008 and greater, you could use DATETIME2 data type which can also manage time zones.

    DateTimeOffset, not DateTime2.

    Doesn't handle daylight saving...

  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    GilaMonster (8/6/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)


    And then you do your own work + presentations (at your own expanse, travel, hotel & all). And your blog... and answer e-mails from those blog posts...

    And...

  • RE: TimeZone Implementation in DB or Application side?

    Grant Fritchey (8/6/2011)


    GilaMonster (8/6/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (8/6/2011)


    In SQL Server 2008 and greater, you could use DATETIME2 data type which can also manage time zones.

    DateTimeOffset, not DateTime2.

    Doesn't handle daylight saving though.

    Oh...

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