concatenating column values in select when there is a null column

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concatenating column values in select when there is a null column

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dmc-608719 SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4663 More actions · Answer 1

And Lynn comes out of the shadows to win the debate! Ouch. 😛

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 2

dmc (1/15/2009)
No problem Jeff... I like a good debate! Its what makes the job fun and makes you rethink your basis of how you handle solutions to issues in the future.

Man, do I agree with that... in all the areas. Fun... keeps you sharp... keeps you up to date. Thanks for the debate, DMC.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis (1/15/2009)

Actually Jeff, I know your sore spot./quote]

Heh... which one? The one I've dedicated by avatar space to?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

noeld SSC Guru Points: 96590 More actions · Answer 4

ISNULL has some problems with data conversion (TRUNCATION) if used with variables, watch out for that!

* Noel

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (1/15/2009)

Lynn Pettis (1/15/2009)
Actually Jeff, I know your sore spot./quote]
Heh... which one? The one I've dedicated by avatar space to?

Okay, let's make it sore spots...

Not naming names which should tell you right there what I'm talking about. I still have the emails at home....

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 6

Heh... yeap... that's a doozy. 🙂

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)