June 3, 2009 at 8:17 am
GSquared (6/3/2009)
Adam:I hate to sound so quantum (reference to today's cartoon from the front page), but I think the principle of publishing even when there are problems with it, is both right and wrong at the same time. Kind of like a lot of Wikipedia articles.
So, I'm observing the post, but can't tell. Is your cat dead or not?
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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
June 3, 2009 at 8:26 am
Is there a good way to search for a particular QotD? If I use the search bar, it seems to focus on Articles/Forums/Scripts, even if I put "Question of the Day" before my search item.
Reason I'm asking, is I pulled question 53 out of the "Two-Minute Stumpers" and threw it at my team for fun. While I can find the reference on MSDN with the answer (different article than referenced, btw: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176089.aspx), I can't get a default len of 30 out of the function, and I'm getting nit-picked to death. :w00t: (my fault for not testing it first)
select len(cast(year(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 4
select len(cast(month(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 1
Is this specific to 2008? We're on 2000 and 2005. I was hoping to find the discussion on this QotD and see if that came up, but can't seem to find it.
Thanks, 😀
Jon
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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
June 3, 2009 at 8:38 am
select len(cast(year(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 4select len(cast(month(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 1
LEN does an implicit right trim. Try DATALENGTH instead.
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Adam Machanic
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June 3, 2009 at 8:42 am
What do I do to deserve this 🙁
Before you click on the link, be aware that they OP has posted vast quantities of data - twice - it now crashes my IE6 browser and I can't get back into the thread. Someone with the latest EeetSh1tKill Xenon Mega9000 PC (or possibly Firefox) will have to take it up.
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost728231.aspx
And I still haven't found out what he actually wants.
June 3, 2009 at 8:44 am
Adam Machanic (6/3/2009)
select len(cast(year(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 4select len(cast(month(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 1
LEN does an implicit right trim. Try DATALENGTH instead.
beautiful, thanks Chef for helping me remember all those things I'd forgotten 😉
Another good question for the team.
Still have that question about finding the QotD on the site. Anyone?
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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
June 3, 2009 at 8:46 am
WayneS (6/2/2009)
Steve, as I was typing this, I came up with an idea... Is there anyway that articles that have been rated below a certain level can have some kind of web site inserted mumbo-jumbo notice on the top of the page made to be quite prominent that peers at SSC have rated this article at a low level, and that the reader should treat the article lightly, and be sure to read the article discussion for why?
Good idea. I'll add this as an enhancement as well.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:00 am
Tom Brown (6/3/2009)
What do I do to deserve this 🙁Before you click on the link, be aware that they OP has posted vast quantities of data - twice - it now crashes my IE6 browser and I can't get back into the thread. Someone with the latest EeetSh1tKill Xenon Mega9000 PC (or possibly Firefox) will have to take it up.
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost728231.aspx
And I still haven't found out what he actually wants.
download IE7, it'll prompt you to kill the script before it takes your browser out. I tried to restate what I think he's asking for based on your script not working for him, we'll see what the response is. Not sure why that would be helpful to the call center, but his requirement, not mine.
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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]
"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
June 3, 2009 at 9:01 am
jcrawf02 (6/3/2009)
Is there a good way to search for a particular QotD? If I use the search bar, it seems to focus on Articles/Forums/Scripts, even if I put "Question of the Day" before my search item.Reason I'm asking, is I pulled question 53 out of the "Two-Minute Stumpers" and threw it at my team for fun. While I can find the reference on MSDN with the answer (different article than referenced, btw: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176089.aspx), I can't get a default len of 30 out of the function, and I'm getting nit-picked to death. :w00t: (my fault for not testing it first)
select len(cast(year(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 4select len(cast(month(getdate()) as char)) -- returns 1
Is this specific to 2008? We're on 2000 and 2005. I was hoping to find the discussion on this QotD and see if that came up, but can't seem to find it.
Thanks, 😀
Jon
Which volume are you referencing? Volume 1, question 53, pertains to maximum RAM for SQL 2000 EE 64bit.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:08 am
jcrawf02 (6/3/2009)
download IE7, it'll prompt you to kill the script before it takes your browser out.
I wish I could, but - its corporate PC - controlled by some central bureaucracy, circa 2002, 1.8GHz Stick of Celery with 256Mb RAM, the only thing I have internet access on while at work. I'll look again when I get home tonight.
June 3, 2009 at 9:20 am
Ok, cleaned up the sample data, should load now.
FYI FF3 asks to kill the script as well. There's a "do not ask me again" box that you don't want to check.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:36 am
Gus and Gail have both been to this one, but I had to put it here. I'd like to know what resources he has read on triggers.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hi Jack,
Yeah I saw that one as well, first thing that I thought when I saw him say
I'm quiet new to sql but I have already made a few nice triggers by searching the net etc..
was trouble in the house 😉
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June 3, 2009 at 9:46 am
Steve Jones - Editor (6/3/2009)
I think you're architecturally confused.
I like that reply.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:48 am
I posted that one on Twitter. Wonder if anyone else has a better way to explain it.
Popup from a trigger is a new one on me.
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June 3, 2009 at 9:52 am
Popup from a trigger? I like the idea, but I'm afraid that just can't work.
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