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  • RE: datetime - with 01/01/1000 date

    Or have SSIS convert that value to a different date.  Typically 1900-01-01 is used (date 0 in SQL) for that, unless you have actual data that goes back that far,...

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  • RE: Distinct

    That's an odd requirement.  The same login could have several different processes active on SQL at the same time.  How do you want to determine which single one to list? ...

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  • RE: why did WHERE EXISTS delete the contents of whole table?

    Something like this instead:


    delete from C
    from ods_tmus4.dbo.lgtc_shipmentsclaims_cpy C
    where exists (
    select *
    from [Admin].[dbo].[Remove Duplicates_Final] D
    Where D.[Tracking_Number] =...

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  • RE: Compare Lists

    Goldie Lesser - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:31 PM

    ScottPletcher - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:04 PM

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: why did WHERE EXISTS delete the contents of whole table?

    There is no connection between the table you're deleting from and the EXISTS clause.  If the EXISTS is ever true for the tables it references, even for just one row,...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: How to determine what percent of a varchar column is a valid numeric?

    That's one of the reasons SQL allows NULL "values" in columns (NULL is technically not a value, it's the absence of a value; for day-to-day purposes, you can think of...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Compare Lists

    It's easy enough to get a list of the missing values.  But getting a concatenated list is somewhat more difficult.


    ;WITH cte_packages AS (
       ...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Totals up to a specific date

    The "WITH" from a CTE can cause errors if not preceded by a ; if an actual statement preceded the WITH.  Therefore it's safer to prepend a ; so that...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Group by companyid with Latest date

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 - Monday, February 25, 2019 11:22 AM

    ScottPletcher - Monday, February 25, 2019 11:13 AM

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  • RE: Group by companyid with Latest date

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 - Monday, February 25, 2019 10:49 AM

    Jeff Moden - Sunday, February 24, 2019 5:18 PM

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  • RE: Age Range From Today's Date

    below86 - Monday, February 25, 2019 9:25 AM

    ScottPletcher - Monday, February 25, 2019 7:58 AM

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  • RE: Age Range From Today's Date

    below86 - Monday, February 25, 2019 7:35 AM

    You are correct on the date to include anyone 65.  I still don't understand...

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  • RE: Age Range From Today's Date

    below86 - Friday, February 22, 2019 12:04 PM

    ScottPletcher - Friday, February 22, 2019 10:39 AM

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Handling COALESCE and CONVERT in dynamic SQL

    How do we handle COALESCE in a dynamic SQL query? 


    In the WHERE clause, don't.

    WHERE (@chan_id IS NULL OR tablea.chan_id = CAST(@chan_id AS...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • RE: Age Range From Today's Date

    below86 - Friday, February 22, 2019 10:32 AM

    Wouldn't it be more like this?

    WHERE Birthdate >= DATEADD(YY, -65, CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE))
        AND...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

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