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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
SELECT [No biltong] = 'Absolute, total disaster'

I tried your code. It does not compute.

Msg 257, Level 16, State 3, Line 2

Implicit conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not allowed. Use the CONVERT Biltong function to run this query.

;-)[/quote]

One does not convert biltong. That's blasphemy (unless you're converting it to powder for use in bread or pasta sauce)

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (9/15/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
GilaMonster (9/15/2010)
SELECT [No biltong] = 'Absolute, total disaster'
I tried your code. It does not compute.
Msg 257, Level 16, State 3, Line 2
Implicit conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not allowed. Use the CONVERT Biltong function to run this query.
😉
One does not convert biltong. That's blasphemy (unless you're converting it to powder for use in bread or pasta sauce)

Isn't that a long bit confusing?

edit: quote engine did something funky

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 3

[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
Isn't that a long bit confusing?

Just a bit. 😀

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 5

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]

Fortunately I didn't have any coffee in my mouth to splatter on the monitor.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]

Isn't that the chevy counter ploy for the Ford Built Tough slogan

Chevy - Bilt Ong Ogre power!!

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 7

And on an unrelated note. Who wants this job?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=youtu.be

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 8

*kathunk*

Nothing like being told by testers that your code is wrong, fixing it, having the vendor deploy it, being told again that the code is wrong, not understanding why it's still wrong, going back and forth with the test team for 3 days straight ...

...and then finding out that the vendor didn't re-deploy the fixed code....

*kathunk*

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
edit: quote engine did something funky

So you're saying the quote engine funked up? 😛

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
*kathunk*
Nothing like being told by testers that your code is wrong, fixing it, having the vendor deploy it, being told again that the code is wrong, not understanding why it's still wrong, going back and forth with the test team for 3 days straight ...
...and then finding out that the vendor didn't re-deploy the fixed code....
*kathunk*

Ouch!!!

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
edit: quote engine did something funky
So you're saying the quote engine funked up? 😛

A tiny int

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 12

Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
[font="Verdana"]We're sorry. The user you are attempting to contact has been smited for biltong blasphemy. Please try your post again later.[/font]
Fortunately I didn't have any coffee in my mouth to splatter on the monitor.

I live to entertain! @=)

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)
And on an unrelated note. Who wants this job?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=youtu.be

Not the kind of job I'd want.

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)
And on an unrelated note. Who wants this job?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=youtu.be
Not the kind of job I'd want.

I had to stop it after 2 minutes. :sick:

-- Gianluca Sartori

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)

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And on an unrelated note. Who wants this job?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=youtu.be%5B/quote%5D

Been there, done part of that as a member of a team which installed TV broadcasting stations, been as far up as the top of the tower structure (some 600 ft), but NOT free climbing. By the way, as a installation team member was selected from the IT department in an effort to increase the understand of all members of the TV equipment division with each others jobs and responsibilities.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Ron

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