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  • RE: Best Way to Calculate Age

    But even your own "timeanddate.com" link makes it clear that the official birthdate is Mar 1 in non-leap years:

    while others celebrate their birthday on March 1 because they do...

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    There is only one "best" solution and that is, you must count days.

    So when someone asks you how old you are, you count days before you answer? Nonsense.

    The best...

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Well, I guess it's nice to see that there are still places where low standards prevail and former govt employees can find actual work.

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    I admit I don't care for all the "uber-geeky" solutions; it's just too hard later for s/o later to verify that the code produces a correct result.

    But leap year birthdays...

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    That's for sure. I love "experts" who don't know how to tell what the current SQL activity on the box 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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Interesting. I guess my concern is that if a (very) large table(s) need updated, you could see a significant hit to your performance from autoupdate of stats. Also,...

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    First, 100% on the honesty thing. I would detect you and not hire you. Moreover, I would add you to my personal file of "never hires". Just...

    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: Beginning Database Design - Spot the Flaws

    Hmm, but happens if/when your requirements change and a table that was a "prime" table becomes an intersection table, or vice versa? Do you go back thru and rename...

    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: Beginning Database Design - Spot the Flaws

    Regarding table names, I now prefer singular but can live with plurals ... the main thing is consistency. Whichever you choose, use it thru-out, without regard to whether it's...

    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: Beginning Database Design - Spot the Flaws

    I've read everything: interesting article and comments!

    FWIW, here's my take on a first-cut design *for just books* [personally I would adjust it to allow reviews on other objects -- such...

    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: Time and day of week (BETWEEN) question

    I need to find the record in the DB that has a start time >= the time of my call and on or after the day of the week...

    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: hostel reservation system

    I think you need to check the current date instead of automatically using s.enddate in the calcs. For example:

    DATEDIFF(DAY, s.startdate, CASE WHEN GETDATE() < s.enddate THEN GETDATE() ELSE s.enddate...

    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: SQL 2000 vs. 2005 T-SQL output results vary

    Essentially, @tbl is not getting populated with the first "insert to @tbl"

    The INSERT will not, and should not, be reflected in the table until the statement has finished....

    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: Set SysProcesses.Program_Name from OSQL or T-SQL?

    If it's not running from SQL, how does it even have a spid?  I thought spid was used by SQL, kpid was used by Windows.

    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: Set SysProcesses.Program_Name from OSQL or T-SQL?

    >> I'm pretty sure that when OSQL is used, any procs called by it are given the same spid. <<

    Yes, of course. 

    But the osql task itself will have 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".

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