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  • RE: Developer asked a cursor question

    [font="Verdana"]I guess the thing that worries me is the thought that "so long as I'm not using a cursor, it's okay." It's not the cursor that is the problem,...

  • RE: Database design - inheritance, interface

    [font="Verdana"]You know, there was a time when the overhead required to compile/translate SQL was significant. Unless you are running your database on an ancient server, I think you should...

  • RE: select openquery

    [font="Verdana"]Can you give us some sort of idea as to which records are missing that you expect to see in the list?[/font]

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (2/17/2009)


    I've been trying to search for CORRUGATED subqueries !!!! :w00t:

    [font="Verdana"]Look in SQL Server Books Online under "nail gun".[/font]

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (2/17/2009)


    I agree... especially when the someone who writes the document is really a frustrated novelist and includes no code samples. Or worse... incorrect code samples and code...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    [font="Verdana"]A friend of mine wrote a book on why IT projects fail. One of the points he made (which I remember vividly) was that there are different levels or...

  • RE: SQL or Oracle

    [font="Verdana"]Could be worse. Could be elephants.[/font]

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/17/2009)


    <Sigh> Why don't people read the manuals?

    [font="Verdana"]So we have an excuse to say "RTFM"?[/font]

  • RE: Design Question

    [font="Verdana"]That can work. The issue there is around propogating address changes. If a customer changes their address for one product, should it change for all? Also, disc...

  • RE: SQL query question

    [font="Verdana"]I think using a WHERE clause is probably the right approach. You have one commented out. Did that not do what you want?[/font]

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    [font="Verdana"]Please, not the "mine's bigger than yours" thing. :P[/font]

  • RE: How to store results for a query to a table?

    [font="Verdana"]As I'm sure you have realised, the answer is "no". 🙁 You can capture the result sets, but not the console output.[/font]

  • RE: reset id for new record inserted

    [font="Verdana"]You won't be able to do this with an identity field, as it generates a unique number for every row. You will need to manually generate the numbers. ...

  • RE: Mapping Oracle v$ performance views to SQL server dynamic management views

    nabeelmukhtar (2/17/2009)


    I assume that we will not be able to get the RAC metrics from SQL Server because in SQL Server failover clusters, two nodes do not communicate with each...

  • RE: VM... Setting up new "box"

    [font="Verdana"]Setting up a VM (the first time) should take a little more time than setting up a physical server from the point of view that you have to set up...

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