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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/27/2012)

    I had an ephipany that just hit me like a ton of bricks....

    I see! Well that explains it (the 'oh' was purely an expression of surprise on...

    July 27, 2012 at 7:55 am

    #1518526

  • RE: Index Types

    L' Eomot Inversé (7/27/2012)

    But probably in the top 5 worst questions.

    Happy with that.

    July 27, 2012 at 5:44 am

    #1518428

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (7/27/2012)

    If joining a VARCHAR(8000) to a VARCHAR(MAX) value degrades performance, how does one get around this?

    By only using MAX where the data to be stored can legitimately exceed...

    July 27, 2012 at 5:43 am

    #1518426

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ChrisM@Work (7/27/2012)

    I'm still uncomfortable with "in order to handle our longest string (500,000 characters)". In all the time I've been working, and lurking here, I've never seen a requirement for...

    July 27, 2012 at 5:36 am

    #1518422

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/27/2012)

    Sorry Paul. It was just poor timing and a bit of history you're not aware of. Your voice doesn't carry from down under and I took...

    July 27, 2012 at 12:43 am

    #1518310

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    Since you decided to jump in on this, you might also want to suggest to Aaron that he also needs to make a change to his article because...

    July 27, 2012 at 12:38 am

    #1518309

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    There was no way for me to take your comment as other than sarcasm whether Hector's post was there or not. Back off, Paul.

    Well it definitely wasn't...

    July 27, 2012 at 12:26 am

    #1518304

  • RE: String Length

    L' Eomot Inversé (7/25/2012)

    Hugo Kornelis (7/11/2012)

    In my opinion, it is LEN() that has the strange behaviour here, because it returns the length of the padded version of the string instead...

    July 26, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    #1518296

  • RE: Index Types

    Worst. Question. Ever?

    July 26, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    #1518292

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    Since you decided to jump in on this, you might also want to suggest to Aaron that he also needs to make a change to his article because...

    July 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    #1518290

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    capn.hector (7/26/2012)

    well no more tequila and coding late at night. just made an *** of my self.

    I'm curious. I see you posted "i must post a retraction with...

    July 26, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    #1518289

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    SQL Kiwi (7/26/2012)

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    Way ahead of you. I've already submitted such changes to the "Tally OH!" article.

    Oh good. I see there are new comments on...

    July 26, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    #1518286

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/26/2012)

    Way ahead of you. I've already submitted such changes to the "Tally OH!" article.

    Oh good. I see there are new comments on Aaron's post now too,...

    July 26, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    #1518278

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    capn.hector (7/26/2012)

    Ok so here is the response im planning with code. i cant account for the major difference in time.

    Your cteTally references E4, not the E5 I presume you...

    July 26, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    #1518277

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Re: Aaron's article.

    If I were the author of the SSC article concerned, these are the main points I would take away:

  • The in-line article code should be updated to ensure people...

July 26, 2012 at 10:04 pm

#1518268

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