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  • RE: Querying table with several 'date' type columns

    I think this is the general structure you need:

    SELECT p.*, d_outer.date

    FROM Project p

    INNER JOIN Date d ON

    p.ProjectID = d.ProjectID

    CROSS APPLY (

    VALUES(d.Date1),(d.Date2),(D.Date3) /*,...,D.Date20*/

    )...

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  • RE: Calculating working hours between 2 dates.

    Here's my take on this. I listed the break and lunch time as separate columns but would change the final code to instead subtract from the working minutes in...

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  • RE: How to query to find Parallelism query history?

    As a first try, look at that instance, "Reports", "Standard Reports", "Total CPU Time" and "Average CPU Time".

    On rebooting, it depends. If you have a lot of non-SQL stuff...

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  • RE: Is partitioning working?

    Not really any easy way to get on-going accurate data at the partition level.

    View sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats might help, particularly if the index/partition is very busy and thus (almost) never leaves the...

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  • RE: Database Design Follies: NULL vs. NOT NULL

    Robert Mark (10/30/2014)


    I don't know how anyone using an application and seeing a NULL value on the screen would equate the NULL value to anything other than a zero. ...

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  • RE: Database Design Follies: NULL vs. NOT NULL

    Starwatcher (10/30/2014)


    kenambrose (10/30/2014)


    very simple solution to all the nonsense.

    MAKE ALL COLUMNS NOT NULLABLE.

    If you can't figure out how to design a schema where that works for your business requirements,...

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  • RE: Database Design Follies: NULL vs. NOT NULL

    ZZartin (10/30/2014)


    Robert Mark (10/30/2014)


    I don't know how anyone using an application and seeing a NULL value on the screen would equate the NULL value to anything other than a zero....

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  • RE: trigger is not firing on a table

    It sounds like you need something along these lines:

    ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trU]

    ON [dbo].[tblEvent]

    AFTER INSERT

    AS

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    UPDATE c

    SET avbl= CASE

    WHEN i.[Desc]...

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  • RE: Advance script help. Second Saturday following month?

    stevemr68 (10/28/2014)


    ScottPletcher - This is great but it's showing the 3rd Saturday of the weekend not the second.

    D'OH, quite right, sorry. "13" days should be added, not 19. ...

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  • RE: trigger is not firing on a table

    Yes, "Valued Member", that is basically correct, you do not use parameters like that in a trigger in SQL Server.

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  • RE: Advance script help. Second Saturday following month?

    Do you really need/want two separate scripts? You can do this in one (complex) date computation:

    SELECT

    *,

    DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 5, DATEADD(DAY, 19, DATEADD(MONTH,...

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  • RE: trigger is not firing on a table

    The trigger is firing. You must keep in mind that SQL Server only fires a trigger once per statement, no matter how many rows are INSERTed (UPDATEd or DELETEd).

    Therefore,...

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  • RE: Isnumeric function - ISNUMERIC('1E2')

    To check for anything other than only digits (0 thru 9), use:

    NOT LIKE '%[^0-9]%'

    for example:

    SELECT

    TextID,

    CASE WHEN TextID NOT LIKE '%[^0-9]%' THEN 'OK'...

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  • RE: How to count rows of a table in sys.tables

    Everyone be aware that this is a school assignment; reposted perhaps to avoid disclosing that fact and get a "complete solution" instead of just helpful tips.

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  • RE: How to name a column the same name of a tablename

    dariuslearn (10/23/2014)


    ScottPletcher (10/23/2014)


    Sorry [that did seem rather obscure for a starting class on SQL].

    In the SELECT list, after the original column name or expression, you can add "AS new_column_name", and...

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