I see that part, but the error I was getting, which I should have mentioned in the beginning, was

"Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric". And I don't think your...

Well Lowell, there must be, but I am more confused now than I was yesterday when I hit this issue. I am importing an excel file into table that is...

Great story.

But why??? :w00t:

Thanks all.

I see that, or the absence of it I guess. With a closer reading of the documentation I see it does not specify a function as a valid parameter. But...

Yeah, I got that part. 🙂 But do you know why? They both return "the converted type".

Efficiency?? Consistency?? What are you?? Some kind of rabble rouser???

Good points.

RDBMS or NoSQL is irrelevant when you get the wrong answers

we all know 😀 they need matches not batteries. :w00t:

... were designed to make things look good, and there’s a good marketing presentation on the capabilities. I’m sure the actual implementation isn’t as easy or smooth as in...

Good article Jamie. I learned some things and I consider myself a fairly good writer, but as Mr. Factor 🙂 pointed out, and I would agree, sometimes turning a good...

How will it evolve over time? One word. Badly.

On the optimistic side, we all have the power to improve our corner of the world and to be open to making...

This is the only thing I have disagreed with.

A well-trained, well-staffed central IT probably would, but...

Thanks. That did the trick!

Thanks. That will be very helpful.