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  • RE: Happy Holidays

    SQLRNNR (12/23/2011)


    Mike Dougherty-384281 (12/23/2011)


    Just to clarify for those confused by the eating association to these animals, we don't eat black cats for Halloween either.

    Well, maybe. Ever heard the song...

  • RE: Sorting triggered by data type

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    Although Hugo's post is written with clarity and precision, I had to read it about 6 times before I understood what was going on. Not sure why I'm so...

  • RE: ISNULL

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    L' Eomot Inversé (11/23/2011)


    ...of course it is not necessary to offer a reason in explanations for QoTD...Why don't we have a reason? Not because the question author failed in...

  • RE: Use of DATETIME and BETWEEN - Part 2

    Dwayne Dibley (11/18/2011)


    So this shows that the loss of precision is not as well understood as it could be.

    I thought I knew the answer. I was wrong. That...

  • RE: What's Your Title?

    I've described myself as a programmer for many years. When saying this to new people at parties I find they seem scared they will be button-holed into a tedious...

  • RE: SQL_VARIANT 1

    Hugo Kornelis (11/10/2011)

    I only got it right because I figured that the relative order of the date and time related values would be "logical". And since the conversion to smalldatetime...

  • RE: Parameters

    philip.cullingworth (11/3/2011)

    You can not set the value of a variable at the same time as declaring it until SQL 2008.

    Well, color me pleased! Until now, I never realized you...

  • RE: Update table

    mtassin (10/24/2011)


    Carla Wilson-484785 (10/24/2011)


    Hugo Kornelis (10/24/2011)


    PS: There's even one more way to achieve the intended change:

    UPDATE TOP(1) Table1

    SET Column1 = 0

    WHERE Column1 = 1;

    Since row order...

  • RE: Update table

    Kenneth J. Moore (10/24/2011)


    syntax is certainly wrong unless it is a char type in the answers. For an int type this works:

    UPDATE table1

    SET ...

  • RE: Update table

    >>Sometimes a QoTD followed by a great debate is better than reading a big book chapter on the subject.

    Well said, codebyo. This question is a great example of such.

  • RE: Which Versions of SQL Server Do You Have?

    We have a couple SS2005 to accommodate third-party apps that require it. Otherwise, we upgraded everything from SS2000 to SS2008 about two years ago. At that time, we...

  • RE: Resource Pools

    I chose the only two true answers and didn't get credit for a correct answer. Relying on this as my source of information:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934084.aspx

  • RE: exceptional logic

    BenWard (10/11/2011)


    wware (10/11/2011)


    I honestly never heard of EXCEPT or INTERSECT before either. Seeing them today for the first time, they work exactly as I'd expect them to. I...

  • RE: exceptional logic

    I honestly never heard of EXCEPT or INTERSECT before either. Seeing them today for the first time, they work exactly as I'd expect them to. I can definitely...

  • RE: Indexes

    michael.kaufmann (10/6/2011)


    Got it right--for SQL Server 2005 😉

    Thanks for a straightforward question.

    And you might find this link helpful as well.

    Regards,

    Michael

    I recommend Michael's link as well.

    In SQL Server 2005 and earlier,...

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