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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (5/6/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/6/2009)


    I saw the OP's reply before I saw your warning. Obviously the force was not with us at the time.

    Now Gail is in there too.

    ...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Alvin Ramard (5/6/2009)


    john.arnott (5/6/2009)


    4K

    Lynn, let me know if you understand the OP's last reply in the thread about the rolling 12 months. I don't think he knows what you...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bruce W Cassidy (5/6/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Check out this chunk of code, posted by Adam Machanic on Phil Factor's blog:

    SELECT

    UPPER(RIGHT(LEFT(@@VERSION,2),1))+SUBSTRING(MiR,1,15%6)+RIGHT(LEFT

    (CONVERT(VARCHAR,[c6[[447]),4),1)+CHAR(CAST(STUFF(ZuB,2,0,REPLICATE('0',

    1))AS INT))+(SELECT(SUBSTRING(name,3,1))FROM[master]..[sysdatabases]

    etc.

    etc.[/font]

    Am reminded of a story a senior programmer told...

  • RE: String or binary data would be truncated

    As Lowell suggests, if the column names are the same in your two tables, you can use the syscolumns information to find the offending column. Recognize that although it's DATA...

  • RE: convert datetime to integer

    What sort of values are in that column now? Can you please post some sample values as they show up in date format and the desired integer value for each?

  • RE: Double quotations in Bulk insert - csv file

    Hi. The addition of enclosing double-quotes is not the normal behavior. You say it's a simple csv file, but there's certainly something different about it. For one thing, your code...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    David Webb (5/4/2009)


    I got $10 that says he deleted the table and believes he can recreate it from the views.

    :hehe:ROFL:hehe:

    But I ain't taking that bet either...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Zevon was a marvelous songwriter. I expected you, Gail, to maybe be familiar with "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" as it tells a story set on your continent, one...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lesson learned by newbie "helper"....

    So I guess I've learned a lesson tonight. Just got home and saw an email notice of Jeff posting a reply to a thread I'd...

  • RE: UPDATE column with auto number depending on field value ?!

    Jeff,

    Sorry for any confusion; I'm not the original poster. He posted in the SQL 2000 forum with just a snippet of code -- no table def's, nothing to go...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    Florian Reischl (5/1/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    WayneS (5/1/2009)


    Steve Jones - Editor (5/1/2009)


    Hey, that's a cool feature! Hadn't seen that before.

    I guess it's a good thing that I didn't ask you...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Flo,

    You're probably right. I guess I'm just new enough at trying to help that I give folks the benefit of the doubt. Two-hundred line post (twice), didn't make...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White (4/30/2009)


    Florian Reischl (4/30/2009)


    New non off topic for this thread...

    :laugh:

    Saw that yesterday and figured Steve had sorted it. He's a braver man than I.

    Seems I underestimated the OP.

    Ho...

  • RE: SQL

    Florian Reischl (4/30/2009)


    Err... did you read Steve's post correct?

    You have to specify a name for the column if you use SELECT INTO.

    ... which creates a new table and requires...

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