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  • RE: Char with null

    Rune Bivrin (1/10/2017)


    Russell Shilling (1/10/2017)


    The answer is clearly wrong. Some of these questions are really questionable.

    The

    isnull(left(@b,3),'I ô Char') as ba

    will also return the string. The left function...

  • RE: The Max datetime

    I have to agree about the question wording (because we all like to whine from time to time). However, I did realize that the question was about SmallDateTime. I got...

  • RE: SSRS report manager not rendering charts

    We saw a similar issue with SSRS 2012 after an upgrade. In my case we noticed that when the lack of rendering occurred there was a "Thread Aborted" error for...

  • RE: Exit Lines

    I once worked at a company where I was held in pretty high regard. I knew it, and never tried to take advantage of it... except for the day I...

  • RE: Merge Targets

    Stewart "Arturius" Campbell (9/9/2014)


    Ed Wagner (9/9/2014)


    Stewart "Arturius" Campbell (9/9/2014)


    Koen Verbeeck (9/9/2014)


    Well, I hope Steve corrects the issue and awards points back.

    I thought I lost my sanity there for a moment...

  • RE: How do you solve T-SQL problems?

    "Moving forward she asked for help, which is perfectly acceptable way of working in your career. Try to solve it yourself, get a solution working, and then ask if it...

  • RE: The DBA Office

    Like most everyone else who has posted, I've been in about as many environments as possible. I prefer an open concept myself. I have found that I hate having my...

  • RE: SQL

    Hugo Kornelis (11/30/2012)


    Tom, I also have been trying to find when cascading referential integrity was introduced. Like you, I could not find anything conclusive, but I might very well have...

  • RE: SQL

    Hugo Kornelis (11/30/2012)


    ...he chose to use an article that is 14 years old, and that is also inaccurate!

    I noticed that too. Because I didn't have a clue, the article...

  • RE: STR

    (From Hugo):The harm is that this website is now in danger of being the target of legal action.

    Well, maybe. Granted, we here in the States may like to hit...

  • RE: T-SQL

    I for one am not too surprised about the approximately 25% failure rate on the question. As earlier posters have noted, it would be easy for an occasional user of...

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    rcheneyjr (10/9/2007)


    All this talk, and nobody says anything (good or bad) about DB2...

    One good thing about knowing Oracle and SQL Server (and DB2, mySQL...), there is always work to find...

  • RE: The 2012 SQLServerCentral/Exceptional DBA Awards Party at the PASS Summit

    Is the November 7 date correct? That's a Wednesday night, aka the evening after the first full day of regular sessions. Last year it was a Tuesday evening, so naturally...

  • RE: "Question of the Day" is about:

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/30/2012)


    I'll cancel this question and award back points to everyone.

    With all due respect, and in my humble opinion, you should leave it in. I like...

  • RE: "Question of the Day" is about:

    L' Eomot Inversé (7/27/2012)


    It seemed to me ...

    OK, tell the truth - you're not really a DBA, you're a lawyer who does database stuff in his spare time, right???

    More seriously,...

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