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  • RE: Upgrading my certs

    if you want to upgrade your MCAD remember to take the two exam upgrade because the one exam upgrade comes with more than 90 percent fail rate.

    Yikes!!! That's good...

  • RE: Text File Import Problem

    I just remembered something . . .

    VARCHAR(MAX) is equivalent to the TEXT type in SQL Server. You should change the column type to TEXT. However, Microsoft is depreciating...

  • RE: Text File Import Problem

    No. What I'm saying is change the destination to VARCHAR(MAX). That would make the column large enough to be handle variable-length character data to whatever the upper limit...

  • RE: Text File Import Problem

    One other thought (speaking of stray characters): data cleansing is always a good thing. For example, since you're importing from Excel, it's probably using the TAB character as a...

  • RE: Text File Import Problem

    Sheez . . . that's quite the variety of data.

    Here's how I'd tackle it . . .

    • For the first column, make it a VARCHAR(MAX) column (equivalent to TEXT, which...

  • RE: Varchar(max)

    If I'm not mistaken, I believe VARCHAR(MAX) is actually equivalent to the TEXT field type. My understanding is that Microsoft will be phasing out TEXT and replace it with...

  • RE: Text File Import Problem

    I had a similar problem. In regard to the truncation errors, what I initially did was create a staging table and set all my character fields to TEXT. ...

  • RE: Upgrading my certs

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sql-server.aspx#tab1

    Maybe I should try poking around Microsoft's site a bit more! 🙂

    Nevertheless, your thoughts are still welcome!

  • RE: Any SQL gurus / n00bs that are closet musicians?

    YO!!!

    Just came across this thread!!!

    Pianist, clarinetist, and songwriter here!!!

  • RE: Is it possible to use multiple cursors in sql server?!

    I haven't taken the time to dissect your code, but I did want to write my thoughts when it came to attacking set-based vs. structured programming.

    Most traditional structured languages are...

  • RE: Is it possible to use multiple cursors in sql server?!

    For what it's worth, I come from a structured programming and OOP background myself (mostly VB, VB.NET, ASP.NET, etc.).

    But when it comes to SQL and set-based programming, I take a...

  • RE: Slow queries after upgrading from SQL 2000 to SQL 2008

    You don't give very much information to work with. What do the queries look like? And how big are the data sources?

    Give us some detail, and we might...

  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    I found this article profound to the point that I forwarded it to my wife.

    Going the extra mile will only help you out in the long run.

  • RE: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone!

    Great article. I've long argued that "if you want to get anywhere in life, you have to step out of your comfort zone."

  • RE: Urgent Help required

    This is painful to read. Can you post an example (a small sample should suffice) of what the output should look like? You'll probably get more responses that...

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