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  • RE: @@Error and sp_rename

    Chirag (9/3/2009)


    I found the question confusing. It asks for value of @@Error which is 15248. I put the statement in a TRY/CATCH and got the @@Error as 15248.

    The question is...

  • RE: SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements Part - IV

    Good article. I have a 3rd party app which will begin using the FILESTREAM attribute in the next major release, and this article gives me a good overview of how...

  • RE: Nth occurence of a day in a month/year

    Why not just do (using the function definition and parameters (and the @firstDate variable) as given):

    set @firstDate = dateadd(dd,1-datepart(dd,@inputdate) ,@inputDate) -- ensures that we start with the first of the...

  • RE: cast, convert and float!

    Jim in Arizona (8/20/2009)


    I think the 30% of us (me included) that got it wrong just need to make sure we get our morning caffiene before trying to answer the...

  • RE: RAID

    marklegosz (8/18/2009)


    I was shocked to see only 49% getting this right (when I checked). Surely all DBAs should be all over this one.

    My guess is that many made the mistake...

  • RE: A Story of the Deleted Transaction Log

    Mark Horninger (7/14/2008)


    Bill Whitman (7/14/2008)


    oberhardt is correct.

    A maintenance plan should be set up to truncate, shrink, and backup the transaction log -- nightly, if necessary.

    Probably don't want to...

  • RE: Unique constraints

    The <strong> tags are clearly an issue with the CMS here; I've seen it in a few other code samples. I don't know if the preview works with them where...

  • RE: column & data type.

    Carlo Romagnano (7/23/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (7/23/2009)


    There really should have been a third choice: It Depends. It really does, what data type is being converted to what data type?

    For example you...

  • RE: SUBSTRING

    Interestingly enough, the MSDN documentation linked to from the answer incorrectly states:

    "In this case, the number of characters that are returned is the largest value of either the sum of...

  • RE: Going Native

    I think it comes down to personality. I find two classes of personalities in this business: those that overgeneralize, and those that don't. 😛

    Okay, seriously, the personality trait I look...

  • RE: Swap column values

    I think this was a very useful article, because it highlighted a difference we sometimes forget between T-SQL and procedural code. Specifically, procedural code like

    set value1 = value2

    set value2 =...

  • RE: Imaginative Auditing with Rollback (Undo) and RollForward (Redo) Part I

    I can definitely see some use for this.

    Even if I had no use for it at all, it's a very interesting academic exercise. I'm looking forward to seeing how you...

  • RE: Where and Join On Clause the Same?

    Here's how I see the difference. It may help you to understand the order of execution, or it may just confuse you, but it's how I read the statements semantically....

  • RE: Enhancing the readability of your code: Table aliasing in sql

    Sylvia is actually right when she says that there's no need for aliases in author-title query. But Jeff is right when he says that code is not written well for...

  • RE: There Must Be 15 Ways To Lose Your Cursors… Part 2: Just Put It in a S

    jwheeler (4/27/2009)


    Samuel Vella (4/27/2009)


    jwheeler (4/27/2009)


    The fact you even have to tell so called developers this stuff is frightening.

    Not really and it's something I've seen a few times...

    When someone has...

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