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  • July 9, 2009 at 7:36 pm

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    Bruce W Cassidy (7/9/2009)

    RAISERROR()? CHECKSUM()? They're both T-SQL though.

    CHECKSUM! Awesome!!! Thanks - exactly what I was looking for - I can relax now...

    @Wayne: A special mention for CHARINDEX too - thanks!

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  • July 10, 2009 at 3:23 am

    #1022904

    Bruce W Cassidy (7/9/2009)

    Florian Reischl (7/9/2009)

    Bruce W Cassidy (7/9/2009)

    [font="Verdana"]Well, he is German, after all.[/font]

    No more translation needed. Just figured out.

    Good night

    [font="Verdana"]Sorry Flo. The implication being that you are German, and hence associated with long words (as in the discussion topic). No other implication intended. I just realised my comment could have been taken entirely the wrong way! :ermm:[/font]

    Nothing to apologize. I understood the right way. 🙂

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  • July 10, 2009 at 6:43 am

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    Bruce W Cassidy (7/9/2009)

    Paul White (7/9/2009)

    So is COALESCE the only standard SQL function that accepts a variable number of parameters?

    Just curious.

    [font="Verdana"]Hmm. Do you include the variable number of columns in the ranking functions? Other than those, I can't think of another off-hand. Perhaps you should drop Joe Celko an e-mail?[/font]

    Would "Any" or "All" count? I'm assuming "In" doesn't.

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  • July 10, 2009 at 6:48 am

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    GSquared (7/10/2009)

    Would "Any" or "All" count? I'm assuming "In" doesn't.

    🙁 No, they're not functions. 🙁

    Otherwise, I could count SELECT :laugh:

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  • July 10, 2009 at 7:14 am

    #1023006

    Sometimes, MVP = Mighty Vacuous Post

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    So I couldn't resist - sue me! :laugh:

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  • July 10, 2009 at 8:38 am

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    Nice, Paul.

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  • July 10, 2009 at 9:54 am

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    Paul White (7/10/2009)

    Sometimes, MVP = Mighty Vacuous Post

    Thread Link

    So I couldn't resist - sue me! :laugh:

    Heh... there are 10 types of MVP's... those that know, and those that don't. 😉

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  • July 10, 2009 at 10:17 am

    #1023183

    Jeff Moden (7/10/2009)

    Paul White (7/10/2009)

    Sometimes, MVP = Mighty Vacuous Post

    Thread Link

    So I couldn't resist - sue me! :laugh:

    Heh... there are 10 types of MVP's... those that know, and those that don't. 😉

    hmmm, what about those that know but are not MVPs? I guess the 10 types applies to non-MVPs too.

    😉


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  • July 10, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    #1023386

    On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

  • July 10, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    #1023390

    Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

    On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

    Last time I heard from him it was June 17th and he was saying that he had work and personal issues keeping him busy.

    I sure hope everything's ok.


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  • July 10, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    #1023394

    I agree, Alvin.

  • July 10, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    #1023453

    Gaby Abed (7/9/2009)

    Jan Van der Eecken (7/9/2009)

    Paul White (7/8/2009)

    Jan Van der Eecken (7/8/2009)

    Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenschluesselloch

    The keyhole in the door of the Danube steamship company's captain's cabin. :w00t:

    10 out of 10 for this translation goes to Paul. Or was it Google?:-)

    There is a term for lovers of the long word: Sesquipedalian

    Is it a hobby or a condition? 😀

    Condition, definitely. Not quite as sure what condition, but I *think* it is the condition of being 75 (and older?).

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  • July 10, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    #1023454

    Gaby Abed (7/9/2009)

    Alvin Ramard (7/9/2009)

    Does anyone know why "abbreviated" is such a long word?

    🙂

    For the same reason "long" is such a short word? 🙂

    English is a funny language. For example, if lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

    And programmers decoded? And DBA's denormalized? And MVP's devalued? 😀

    And restored home-owners dededeeded? :w00t:

    🙂

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  • July 10, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    #1023455

    Bruce W Cassidy (7/9/2009)

    Paul White (7/9/2009)

    Ah - so you are a fan of anti-verbositization then :w00t:

    [font="Verdana"]If only mere words could express my floccinaucinihilipilification of verbiage...[/font]

    Yeah, I have the same problem. I have to take these activated-charcoal capsules for it and that still doesn't stop all of it. 😛

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  • July 11, 2009 at 7:00 am

    #1023486

    RBarryYoung

    Condition, definitely. Not quite as sure what condition, but I *think* it is the condition of being 75 (and older?).

    Now now, having been born in 1932, I find longer words require an excessive amount of brain cell usage, prodding those tired old cells back into activity is strenuous... so the simpler the better.

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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