Luis Cazares (4/11/2016)

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You just made my day 🙂

I learned this concatenation method from Wayne Sheffield, which he explains it in here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/comma+separated+list/71700/

And...

Hey this is an example using a dynamic solution.

create table #TEST

(

YearMonth varchar(10),

PatientStatus varchar(10),

Location varchar(10),

PatientVisits int

)

DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX)

insert into #TEST(YearMonth, PatientStatus, Location, PatientVisits) values('2015-10','IN','B4','103')

insert into #TEST(YearMonth, PatientStatus, Location, PatientVisits)...

This can also be achieved using crosstabs which have the benefit of being simpler and faster. You'll still need to come up with a dynamic solution though.

SELECT

PatientStatus,

Location,

MAX(CASE WHEN YearMonth...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/7/2016)

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Chocolatey is amazing. If you haven't tried it, I recommend it. I've used it more and more, grabbing software as I need it rather than...

Seems to me like you got tripped up because you copy and pasted the code from online documentation. For future reference keep in mind why the square brackets are...

Phil Parkin (3/31/2016)

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Sergiy (3/30/2016)

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Solution is suprisingly simple.

1. Create a "translation" table:

CREATE TABLE #Mapping (

FromChar NCHAR(1) PRIMARY KEY,

ToChar NCHAR(1)

)

INSERT INTO #Mapping ( FromChar, ToChar )

SELECT 1, 'A'

UNION ALL

SELECT 2, 'B'

UNION...

Damn it guys! Do you realize how hungry you're all making me right now?!? LOL

I don't recommend using 'comma' joins as this is not the standard and easier to make a mistake. Learn and use JOIN...trust me you'll be better off for it.

GilaMonster (3/29/2016)

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I wouldn't be surprised...

I could have sworn I remember reading that declaring larger column sizes than required could cause some inefficiencies. i.e. incorrect estimates, over allocating memory...

I wish I could find good...

Exactly...

Jacob Wilkins (3/22/2016)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/22/2016)

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Alan.B (3/21/2016)

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Quick question: I got the standard email saying that someone replied to a comment on one of the forum threads but when...

SQLRNNR (3/21/2016)

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Brandie Tarvin (3/21/2016)

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Lynn Pettis (3/21/2016)

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Okay, my daughter and I are in Providence, RI. We were scheduled to do campus visit at Johnson & Wales University this morning but...

I've always been truthful and tend to be modest during interviews. I have often wondered if I have lost some opportunities to the liars/exaggerators because the interviewer had never...

...and 'they' said margarine was better for you. Oh wait, it's...