Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 91 through 105 (of 221 total)

  • RE: ISNUMERIC function

    Interestingly enough, the referenced article doesn't really say anything about spaces. I'd even go so far as to say the article is just about as useless as the function itself...

  • RE: SMO Scripting

    And why would you not use the Script() method, given that it exists?

  • RE: select in subquery

    And this is why you should ALWAYS use two-part column names, preferably with well chosen table aliases.

  • RE: Localized Install

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, March 20, 2018 9:18 AM

    I think you get error messages and the error log in...

  • RE: Localized Install

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, March 20, 2018 8:34 AM

    Unfortunately, the software is English and US centric. It's written in...

  • RE: Localized Install

    Ok. Guess I need to understand the difference between a localized version and a language version. Or not; sounds more like asking for trouble than anything else...

  • RE: Localized Install

    From the referenced article:

    Installations of different language versions of SQL Server instances on the same computer are not supported.


    Not quite sure how this tallies with the purportedly...

  • RE: Python division

    Tsk, tsk...

  • RE: Collation order by

    ildjarn.is.dead - Thursday, January 18, 2018 2:10 AM

    SQL 2015?

    It's a special release only Steve has😛

  • RE: Collation order by

    I got it right. Collations are tricky business. I think this is one case where people from countries that don't use English as their primary language have an edge.

  • RE: Extremely Quick Backups

    Interesting. If you look in the linked documentation, you're led to believe that the ... FILE = NUL syntax (without the single quotes) is the correct one, but clearly that...

  • RE: Ending 2017

    One has to admire Steve's tenacity at getting questions slightly bent.:hehe:

  • RE: Christmas 2017 - Part 4

    Very hard to know if 'Adult' refers to the Age or Genre for the movie "'s a wonderful life"...

  • RE: Parameters

    Interesting question, but I would argue that R isn't "smart enough to know that the last parameter, unnamed, is second", but  rather that R is "stupid enough to not complain...

  • RE: Cube v rollup

    amd.repetto - Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:08 AM

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, December 14, 2017...

Viewing 15 posts - 91 through 105 (of 221 total)