So what is the advantage of OUTPUT parameters over a standard result set? From my experience they are much more of a pain to deal with both in coding...

Thanks Tony. It is really nice having a larger group of people who can makes these small changes for us. I think poor Steve was getting overwhelmed with...

I don't know how or if you have time to read all of these posts, but here are my stats.

I obtained a BS in Software Engineering picking up a few...

My two favorite small games are:

Marshmallow Dual

and

Minesweeper

I see others are interested in the later as well. It is a great and fun game to exercise the mind a little;...

Thanks Jack, that is really good to know. That is the assumption I was leaning towards since it is the only thing that seemed to make sense to me,...

Well it is really good to know that even someone who has been involved in making estimates most of his life has trouble with it.

I have always had trouble giving...

I just wanted to add a little comment that it is often better to avoid using Coalesce or Case statements to check for null values. From a performance standpoint...

I think it is a great idea. I used to read the section on users that need help but it just got so big that I became overwhelmed. ...

I have to agree on this one. Most of the answers would have been correct.

I have to agree with both Steve and Robert, it's one thing to be mad at someone but to willfully put others at risk just to get back at them...

Can't say as I am terribly impressed, looks like they might have forgotten to surround SQL column names with []'s. For theirs and others information, here is the error...

I agree, I received a standard follow-up email but not a full key.

I did get a second piece of free "diff" software during the process which I am going to...

If nothing else, this guarantees that I will never even look at Sprint for my wireless needs. I would guess it also means that they won't be able to...

Nice going Jacob, it is always great to get another person sharing their knowledge, it really helps the rest of us

I personally haven't done anything with SQL 2005 64 bit, but I doubt it would be that hard to install it on a workstation for a quick test which should...