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  • RE: Implicit conversion using COALESCE or CASE

    ISNULL() has its own oddities:

    DECLARE @var1 char(1)

    SET @var1 = NULL

    SELECT ISNULL(@var1, 'N/A') -- Result = 'N'

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  • RE: Implicit conversion using COALESCE or CASE

    I'd suggest using COALESCE also, keeping in mind the difference between it and ISNULL in regard to data types.

    Given that, in this case you could explicitly CAST the 99 to...

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  • RE: substring comparison for last 2 characters

    SELECT

    mt.##col1##, ..., jt.##co11##, ...

    FROM dbo.maintable mt

    LEFT OUTER JOIN jointable jt ON

    --ignore last two bytes of patid if they are alpha, because it's...

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  • RE: Delete data and Transaction Logs

    IIRC, partitioned views are allowed in Standard Edition (at least as long as you don't try to update using a distributed partitioned view?).

    As I noted first, a truly partitioned table...

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  • RE: Delete data and Transaction Logs

    Ouch -- partitioning would be ideal for that situation.

    Depending on exact circumstances, you might be able to change the current table to be a view that's defined as a concatenation...

    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: OS + ldf or mdf + ldf sharing on RAID?

    While performance could be adversely affected, possibly severely, the really big problem, at least for a DBA, with data and logs for the same db on the same drive is...

    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 will work with(nolock) option in select queries

    You could implement some type of SNAPSHOT isolation level. That will prevent the types of errors you get with (NOLOCK) and prevent readers from being blocked by writers.

    See Books...

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  • RE: Select full month number (with 0)

    Lynn Pettis (6/12/2013)


    mmartin1 (6/12/2013)


    gmac 41947 (3/1/2013)


    Hi,

    I use

    DATEPART(month, myDate)

    or

    MONTH(myDate)

    the resut is: 2 (if myDate is 2013.02.03). I would like return: 02

    Do you have any solution for this?

    Thans!

    try this

    declare @MyDate datetime

    set...

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  • RE: Finding a word\acronym in a field

    WHERE

    ',' + column + ',' LIKE '%[^a-z0-9]LC[^a-z0-9]%'

    Add other char(s) if/as needed; for example, if you prefer that underscore, such as in "LC_AXIS", not be a "word"...

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  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    What "expansion"??? This is an interview q only to test thinking ability, like "How many manhole covers are there in NYC?" and other MS classics.

    At...

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  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the...

    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: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the MIN/MAX functions) which I...

    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: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the MIN/MAX functions) which I don't see as a...

    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: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Ask them::

    Given table1 with columns "id" and "value", where each id has 1 to 3 values/rows in the table:

    Describe the essentials of a single query (no subquery,...

    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: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Ask them::

    Given table1 with columns "id" and "value", where each id has 1 to 3 values/rows in the table:

    Describe the essentials of a single query (no subquery, CTE, etc.) to...

    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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