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  • RE: Error converting Date

    Do you want to test DateDesc for within the last 30 days?

    If so, then maybe this (added that check to the WHERE clause):

    select

    activityname,

    dd.datedesc,

    dateadd(hour, - 5, DD.DateDesc) AS date_completed,

    getdate()-1 as...

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  • RE: Upgrade to 2008 - Some Advice

    Have to admit, I just upgrated in place from SQL 2005 to 2008. It's fairly straightforward. (Nothing at all like the huge changes going from SQL 2000 to...

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  • RE: Need to split one table into three tables

    Very nice, but technically wouldn't remainder 1s be table A, remainder 2s be table B and remainder 0s be table C?

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  • RE: Triggers advice / help

    Sean Lange (2/14/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/14/2013)


    Nope, you're not quite there yet, one other changed to make.

    You should always specify the owner (schema name) on objects in a trigger. There are very...

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  • RE: SQL Developer to SQL DBA

    That's a significant change!

    In order, here's a quick list of the most important things to do first:

    1) Make sure the DBA role will fit you. As a developer, you...

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  • RE: Triggers advice / help

    Nope, you're not quite there yet, one other changed to make.

    You should always specify the owner (schema name) on objects in a trigger. There are very few always/never rules...

    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: Naming Convention for UDF's, Views and SP's

    Jeff Moden (2/13/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/13/2013)


    I wouldn't use a separate schema, first of all because of the security considerations: you'll break the ownership chain, thus forcing a lot more security checks on...

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  • RE: User Defined Table type

    JKSQL (2/13/2013)


    I just can't seem to find an article in how User Defined table types are stored. Do these go into the TempDb? Also is there an advantage...

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  • RE: Naming Convention for UDF's, Views and SP's

    Just imagine if SQL itself tried to use all these prefixes? That would be a royal pain!

    In general they use the prefix to logically group things, such as sys.dm_db_*,...

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  • RE: Naming Convention for UDF's, Views and SP's

    RonKyle (2/13/2013)


    Also, it's extremely inconsistent unless you also name all your tables tblXXX (and DO NOT, EVER, do that, ).

    Why would you never do this? I've seen dimension tables...

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  • RE: Naming Convention for UDF's, Views and SP's

    Grant Fritchey (2/13/2013)


    Ever is probably an over-reaction, but in general these types of naming conventions just don't make sense. How is tblInvoices easier to understand than Invoices? How is it...

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  • RE: Help With Foreign Keys

    nsmith 8448 (2/13/2013)


    Thanks everyone. Great input. No school project, just thrown into the fire without much experience in creating databases. Also, not using "tbl" on the tables, just noted it...

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  • RE: Help With Foreign Keys

    Employee_Contact: Clus_Key = ( Emp_Id, Location, Type[, Sequence] )

    ....Emp_Id FK

    ....Location FK --<<-- alpha or numeric code for contact location: Home|Work|etc..

    ....Type FK --<<-- alpha or numeric code for contact type: Phone|Email|etc..

    ....Sequence...

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  • RE: Help With Foreign Keys

    Hmm, if you're going to go live with this, you need to do some further normalization and use less-prefixed names, as below.

    Employee (abbreviated "Emp" below): Clus_Key = ( Emp_Id )

    ....Emp_Id...

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  • RE: Please help my carrer Path?

    I understand English may not be your first language, so I won't criticize any of those aspects of your post. I've tried learning a foreign language and know how...

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