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  • RE: Date type compatibility

    Eirikur Eiriksson (1/2/2015)


    marcia.j.wilson (1/2/2015)


    One example of what I was looking for was whether DT_R8 would map to DT_NUMERIC. (It did.) I was getting one of those errors where you...

  • RE: Date type compatibility

    One example of what I was looking for was whether DT_R8 would map to DT_NUMERIC. (It did.) I was getting one of those errors where you know something's not...

  • RE: Importing Excel file where text length changes

    Sorry, it took me so long to get back on this, especially after the helpful comments. I checked with the people that were doing the screen-scraping and found that...

  • RE: Date type compatibility

    Eirikur Eiriksson (1/1/2015)


    Quick suggestion: Integration Services Data Types

    😎

    Thanks. I had come across that link, but it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I'm looking for something that...

  • RE: The First Day

    Not a good start to the year. Got the first QotD wrong. And it's one that I could have gotten right if I'd just thought a little harder...

  • RE: Create Table FAILED!?

    I missed it, but at least I was in good company.

  • RE: Checking meta data

    Just wondering. What's the reason for excluding those with diagram in the name and those in the schema tSQLt?

  • RE: Merry Christmas 2014

    Hugo Kornelis (12/25/2014)


    For those who, like me, had to spend more time than they are willing to admit to understand the logic ...

    Hugo, it's reassuring to know that someone...

  • RE: Importing Excel file where text length changes

    Koen Verbeeck (12/18/2014)


    marcia.j.wilson (12/18/2014)


    I don't think you can force the external column definition. However, I am far from being an expert on this, so I might have overlooked something.

    You...

  • RE: Bit Casting

    antony-688446 (12/17/2014)


    Arrggghhh....

    Got lost in my 1's and 0's and pressed the wrong option. Knew the right answer, just picked the wrong 'un.

    I've done that before. 😛

  • RE: Importing Excel file where text length changes

    Koen Verbeeck (12/18/2014)


    Since you don't want to change the registry setting (it is not exactly a hack)...

    You're right. I shouldn't have used that terminology. Part of my...

  • RE: Importing Excel file where text length changes

    Phil Parkin (12/18/2014)


    If you have the option, I do recommend using delimited text files as you'll have far less trouble with them. However, I would not use a tab as...

  • RE: Finding Data Islands

    That's clever.

  • RE: Fun with XOR #1

    david.gugg (12/5/2014)


    Wow, I've never had to do bitwise operations. I totally interpreted that as a math problem (one to the one hundredth power).

    Thanks for the question!

    Oh, good. I'm...

  • RE: The Value of Code

    GeorgeCopeland (12/2/2014)


    Matt Miller (#4) (12/2/2014)


    True - at very least they should purchase the 600-odd page spefification manual for you first, :hehe:

    There is not much that I can do for you...

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