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'Thank you for your support'. The luxury at my age is that it's OK to sound a bit out of touch, 'cause I don't have to interview for jobs any...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 24, 2017 at 8:05 pm
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 24, 2017 at 7:42 am
Well, I believe the Quicken .csv import problem is also solved. The failure reported was 'String or binary data would be truncated'.
By eliminating one column at a time, I...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 23, 2017 at 9:40 pm
Well, the problem may be solved. I switched from using SSMS Import Wizard to a single-step SSIS bulk insert and now the same data files, over 20 files of historical...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 16, 2017 at 7:51 am
OK, here's a good one. I import my data into a table with all field defined as VARCHAR. Then I INSERT into a second table with all columns defined as...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 15, 2017 at 3:42 pm
For what it's worth, here's what I've found regarding the truncation errors:
I have been trying to import two different types of data, my financial records exported to .CSV...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 7, 2017 at 6:57 am
For what it's worth, here's what I've found regarding the truncation errors:
I have been trying to import two different types of data, my financial records exported to .CSV...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
October 7, 2017 at 6:55 am
I'm a retired DBA who now spends time every day in my home office with my systems. At present I have 4 desktops and 5 laptops in various states of...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
September 7, 2017 at 8:53 am
These are some very good observations. I have travelled Europe from France to Romania and Ukraine, and learned many of these same things on those trips. Especially rewarding was when...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 31, 2017 at 2:28 pm
drew.allen - Monday, August 28, 2017 3:02 PMHave you checked the end-of-record delimiter. It could be LF, CR, or CR/LF.Drew
Drew, I haven't...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 28, 2017 at 6:44 pm
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 28, 2017 at 2:50 pm
"Programmers and DBAs get paid a whole lot of money. I wish people would stop making excuses for the folks that put buzzwords on a resume but don't...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 16, 2017 at 11:06 am
I always felt that it's not as important to know all the answers as it is to know and understand how to find them. It's like art. Lots of folks...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 16, 2017 at 8:05 am
Only thing I don't agree with it this: "If I insist on making poor choices, I want their support, but if they can influence me to do...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 14, 2017 at 12:32 am
William, thank you for your very nice work with the fuzzy search function. I'm a 74-year-old retired DBA who now 'plays' nearly every day with SQL code working mainly on...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 4, 2017 at 7:39 pm
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