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

    Sr SQL developer (7/27/2012)


    My comments are not intended to offend the author or the forum editor(s), but a clarification of my understanding of the purpose of the QOD.

    FWIW, I, and...

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

    D.Oc (7/27/2012)


    in my case it should go like this:

    "This is an opportunity to learn new/different thing and your answer will never be wrong if you Google it and read the...

  • RE: Union and Union All

    Duncan Pryde (7/9/2012)


    Not a bad question, and got me thinking about other possible questions, so here goes - how many rows are returned in the two following cases?

    -- Query 1

    SELECT...

  • RE: Views and changes

    sknox (7/2/2012)


    Bob Razumich (7/2/2012)


    For a moment, I thought the correct answer was a trick answer. "sp_refreshview"? It just seemed too cute for a Monday, but I looked it up first,...

  • RE: Views and changes

    For a moment, I thought the correct answer was a trick answer. "sp_refreshview"? It just seemed too cute for a Monday, but I looked it up first, anyway. Plus, I'd...

  • RE: Network Protocols

    Nice question. I'm surprised there were votes for TCP/IP. Named Pipes, I can sympathize with that (for some reason I've never gotten along with that protocol).

  • RE: Network Protocols

    SKYBVI (12/9/2011)


    via is supported in sql server 2008 r2 ...

    Wrong question/answer

    Regards,

    Skybvi

    It's the correct answer. Deprecated means it is going away in a future release. It's still supported but not recommended...

  • RE: Table variable - 2

    Good question, thank you.

    I will "third" liking your question format. It forces us to actually type the code if we want to cheat that way before answering the question.

    Or conversely,...

  • RE: SQL_VARIANT 1

    SQL Kiwi (11/10/2011)


    I can't believe I spent as much time as I did on this question.

    Pretty much what I did (see my post earlier in the thread). I...

  • RE: SQL_VARIANT 1

    Good question. I'll be honest, I researched first, and Google pointed me to the entry vk posted in his earlier reply. I've never seen the sql_variant data type before.

    Of course,...

  • RE: Odd men out

    With huge apologies to Ms. Shaw and Ms. Tripp...

    I read the title "Odd Men Out" took a quick glance at the list, saw the names of two women, and decided...

  • RE: In-CASE you need to SUM...

    rmechaber (7/11/2011)


    Can someone explain to me why you might expect the SUM(CASE) construct wouldn't work? I use this all the time and thought it was pretty straightforward T-SQL.

    Honest answer?...

  • RE: Would you change to a better job for a lot less money?

    Loner,

    The only reason I changed jobs intentionally in my career was for heath reasons, both mental and physical. In that particular case, it was easy to take the pay cut...

  • RE: In-CASE you need to SUM...

    Very good question. I saw the UNION part right away, but I admit I researched the CASE part first as I wasn't quite sure that would work in a SUM...

  • RE: STUFF Function

    jeff.mason (5/24/2011)


    George Carlin would have had a field day with this thread. After all, STUFF is what life is about.

    And because there is never a bad time for George...

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