The question is valid. The BOL reference is valid. The comment about understanding how a function works is valid. But the reason the result of the query is NULL is...

If the QotD was mandated by law or our employers then this question could have ONE correct answer. Because it is a tool that can be used if desired and...

There are five possible answers to this "question".

Answer 1 "This is a way to judge your skills." This definitely could be correct...for me it is.

Answer 2 "This...

This question made up for yesterday's beating. Glad we ending the week with this one.

Good question for a Friday!

Plausibility is completely relative.

Thanks for the question. Reminds us to remember those datatypes.

I remember numbers better than events or even names. I still know my phone number from when I was a child. I remember tail numbers of airplanes I've flown. I...

If the question's author is a politician then it all makes perfect sense.

Amazon makes it pretty easy to self-publish your work. I attend a local writers' group and last year I would attempt every week or two to complete a humorous short...

Thanks for the question.

I believe the ORDER BY concept should also apply to the explanation because it would make more sense to say "always include an Order By when using Top" instead of...

I just jumped in to answer the question and on the site it shows "mainkey int not null identity (-1,-1)" which should yield -1, -2, -3 yet I'm told the...

Good question. (Maybe because I got it right?). No, actually it was a good question that made me read slowly and think it through.

Of course the real answer should be "it depends", but if you read the question and take it literally, meaning these two statements are all you are running in a...