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  • Reply To: ISNULL vs COALESCE

    Good question!

    This is the main reason I avoid ISNULL, if possible.

    Another aspect is the nullability of the result. ISNULL will infer that from the nullability of the second argument, whereas...


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  • Reply To: Getting the time

    Well, then. Eventually, your answer might be re-flagged.


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  • Reply To: Getting the time

    And when did you answer the question? I have the same on, but I know I answered before Steve corrected the answers.


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  • Reply To: Getting the time

    Current time is: Not enough coffee?


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  • Reply To: Filtered Statistics

    Somewhere in the back of my head I hear Steve singing:

    "Oops, I did it again"


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  • Reply To: dput()

    There must be a constraint missing on the table with correct answers...


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  • Reply To: Capturing the Application Time

    Having read the actual feedback request, the question makes more sense. I'm not sure why the current implementation precludes application provided start times. Obviously, there would have to be a...


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  • Reply To: Capturing the Application Time

    peter.row wrote:

    If you need to log time in different time zones then why not simply store the timestamps in UTC format? Then you can build the display logic to convert...

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 1 months ago by Rune Bivrin.


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  • RE: Inserting in a Column Set

    And to be picky, the error really doesn't have anything to do with column sets. It simply addresses the fact that there are more items in the VALUES list than...


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  • RE: Inserting in a Column Set

    morlindk - Monday, October 1, 2018 11:37 PM

    Even without the missing ')', one gets it right! - But it takes a code...


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  • RE: CASTING Binary to BIGINT

    Amazing!

    I didn't realize it was October 12 already 🙂


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  • RE: ISNUMERIC function

    Interestingly enough, the referenced article doesn't really say anything about spaces. I'd even go so far as to say the article is just about as useless as the function itself...


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  • RE: SMO Scripting

    And why would you not use the Script() method, given that it exists?


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  • RE: select in subquery

    And this is why you should ALWAYS use two-part column names, preferably with well chosen table aliases.


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  • RE: Localized Install

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, March 20, 2018 9:18 AM

    I think you get error messages and the error log in...


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