patrickmcginnis59 10839 (7/28/2014)

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One thing I would LOVE is some sort of "strict" directive so that SQL Server can start enforcing the semicolon rule at our discretion, we could turn it...

Luis Cazares (7/28/2014)

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Semicolon is not a separator, it's a terminator. The proof of that is the MERGE statement which needs to be ended with a semicolon, even if it's the...

The Dixie Flatline (7/28/2014)

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I respect and admire all you guys for your professionalism, and often restraint, in dealing with all manner of questions. Steve does a great...

Sean Lange (7/28/2014)

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One thing I can say that I find annoying about SSC is that we require a login to view articles. I have posted links to a number of...

Lynn Pettis (7/28/2014)

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Well, I think SSC is one of the most professional SQL Server sites this community has and we usually do a very good job of self-policing ourselves in...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (7/28/2014)

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I like Stack Overflow, they've done a great job, I've lost count over the answers I've gotten there. I'm not saying they're perfect, but the amount of loathing...

djackson 22568 (7/28/2014)

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Steve, While I agree that the guy broke the law, the points you made in your post stopped too soon. Before I comment on that, let me...

chrisn-585491 (7/28/2014)

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I'm taking option 2, Steve. Goals are set, plans are in place, nights are spent working on skills and such.

Currently there are enough shops, companies and corporations demanding our...

Offhand, I don't know, Cody, but I can check.

We typically don't want the forums cluttered with announcements for things. The forums are really here for Q&A type discussions, so it's...

You can do this, but that can cause you issues with the files if access is not high speed. If you mean that you'll map the path to local drives...

Does your service account (for the instances) have rights to this folder?

How will you tell where to send data? How can you tell if a user is from a country?

You can certainly use something like bidirectional transaction replication to move data....

You can read more here about designing this: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Stairway+Series/70199/

In terms of practical stuff, you'll want to learn how to CREATE TABLE as well as using constraints or unique indexes to...

Dan manages the league, so I'll let him decide how to move forward.

Typically we allow right-of-participation for the 12 that were in last year. If someone drops out, we'll pick...

Thanks

We have to have the statisticians and gurus to maintain the...