Scientific number in varchar column

  • Jeff Moden wrote:

    MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    x wrote:

    MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    Phil Parkin wrote:

    MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    JEFF Do NOT go all SSIS on me ๐Ÿ™‚ we all know it's Bulk insert with a formatfile or openrowset

    Jeff's blood pressure just went up a notch ๐Ÿ™‚

    wait until Joe gets in on this

    I want to see how high we can get that pressure up - in the mean time , lets help this fella out

    If OP used punched cards he wouldn't be having all this trouble.

    It's ok - jeff reads punchcards like he is a blind man reading brail- he can do it. it's Kimball tags he fails with

    Heh... and I've found a lucrative side business... I sell the chad from the punchcards to the Broward County Canvassing Board in Florida. ๐Ÿ˜€

    it's more fun putting all shredded paper and chad intoย  the umbrellas we have at reception - once you turn it upside down it's instant snow.

    MVDBA

  • Is 'chad' an American term? I have no idea what it means!

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

  • Phil Parkin wrote:

    Is 'chad' an American term? I have no idea what it means!

    you know the little dots of paper that you have to empty from the hole punch... that's chad (i'm from the UK I had to google it)

    ps - umbrellas aren't the only place you can put it - car Air conditioning vents and windscreen sun visors are fair game if you leave your car keys on the desk afterย  I found a new cursor checkedย  into source control - if they didn't check it in then I use glitter ๐Ÿ™‚

    Never mess with a DBA ๐Ÿ™‚

    MVDBA

  • Thanks, Mike. I am also from the UK.

    When I Googled 'chad', I ended up learning a lot about a country in Africa, but nothing about hole-punch waste! ๐Ÿ™‚

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

  • Phil Parkin wrote:

    Thanks, Mike. I am also from the UK.

    When I Googled 'chad', I ended up learning a lot about a country in Africa, but nothing about hole-punch waste! ๐Ÿ™‚

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_punch#Multiple_hole_punches

    Most multiple-hole and many single-hole punches accumulate the waste paper circles (chads) in a chamber, which must be periodically emptied in order to allow the continued operation of the punch. For large stacks of paper, a process of drilling may work better than punching.

    PS: I'd never heard of chads either.

  • Phil Parkin wrote:

    Thanks, Mike. I am also from the UK.

    When I Googled 'chad', I ended up learning a lot about a country in Africa, but nothing about hole-punch waste! ๐Ÿ™‚

    whereabouts ? - i'm from the midlands , we know a lot about "chavs" rather than chads

    MVDBA

  • MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    Phil Parkin wrote:

    Thanks, Mike. I am also from the UK.

    When I Googled 'chad', I ended up learning a lot about a country in Africa, but nothing about hole-punch waste! ๐Ÿ™‚

    whereabouts ? - i'm from the midlands , we know a lot about "chavs" rather than chads

    Central Africa ... link. Chavs I am, of course, familiar with!

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

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