Not sure what that would get you, but I think some sort of varbinary or perhaps varchar would store it. You should be able to access it in a session...

Thanks for the update.

I think rating yourself is a fair exercise. I'd rate myself a 9 in some areas of SQL Server, a 4 or 5 in others. Overall, probably an 8 and...

Never been threatened, but I have been argued with more than I'd feel comfortable doing.

I had someone take issue with the "Happy Hour" comment and I can understand that. Not...

Sorry, poor choice of words. I meant that < id> might change to , not that would be changed to .

XLM does typically optmize, removing...

Easy Phil, new server en route

Correct. This was tested on the June CTP (IDW15?) and it removes the line breaks. Perhaps preserving whitespace internally in the tags, but removing them between tags.

It's ALWAYS the users' fault

New server ordered, got ship notice today. Hopefully be up before PASS.

The reason that we have not made these available in the past is that we are bundling them and selling the books for revenue to support the site. We spend...

Apologies, apparently my coding skills are a little down and out now.

And I was late getting back from the gym

It's there now.

Just a joke. And the transaction problem is in their other DB, not the Oracle one. They didn't properly implement a queueing system or a verification system, which is their...

Ordering a new server today. Hoping more memory and IIS6/W2K3 will help.

(fingers crossed)

Sorry, no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is some ODBC limitation.

Maybe we're getting smarter

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Thanks, this one was much harder to write than I expected.

Kind of like being a manager. Not a lot of work, but definitely stressful and a lot of thought goes...