Good question with several possible answers (not just True/False) that sound somewhat reasonable. Thanks!

I think whether you think four points is too many depends, in part, on whether you answered...

Thanks for the question. I thought I knew the answer upon reading the question (based upon reading BOL, not personal experience), but I wasn't sure. Since the question referenced SQL...

Nice question, Sreepathi, thanks!

Excellent question, Sean, thanks! I had to do some digging on the differences in the collation styles and the names of the first four databases (although I should have known...

Great question, Jason. Thanks!

Excellent question, thanks, Gary! Variable scoping is something that can easily foil many people, especially with tricky functions like this.

I, too, like TomThomson, have no PowerShell experience, except for reading...

Nice question, but I agree with others, there should have been some options where the DATALENGTH results varied. My first instincts (before seeing the available options) were 20,6,10,3, but when...

Good question, Shiva. Thanks!

Nice question, although somewhat simple. However, the explanation given:

The values in col1 in both the tables is matched against each other resulting in 6 rows for...

Thanks for the question, Andy. I liked the Holmes theme. I only wish I had gotten the answer correct.:(

You forgot to give the answer to "how did Holmes deduce that...

Thanks for the easy question, Andy. I would hate to see a table with 268435456 indexes (let alone 999).

The rhyme was okay. You should have included it in the question....

Thank you for the question; it's a good one, but slightly flawed.

As others have pointed out, the results for query C are not guaranteed, but it is not just the...

Andy Warren (5/6/2014)

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I'm just catching up on the morning mail and reading this thread, thinking how hard it is to write a good question and how much I enjoy the...

The list shown here includes bit in the list of "exact numeric types".

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187752.aspx (Data Types (Transact-SQL))

The definition of bit, shown here, calls it "An integer data type that...

Good question, Steve. It made me do some research, since I haven't used encryption yet professionally. I did notice a few minor errors: the field name should have been Sales,...