July 21, 2011 at 7:12 am
bopeavy (7/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (7/21/2011)
Please read my full explaination in my first post of the thread.
You must have a keyboard shortcut for this by now.;-)
Yup it's called ctrl-c / v. :hehe:
July 21, 2011 at 8:30 am
:exclamationmark:
>>>Strangely when I run this code and do a select on the table I get 8 rows.
Yep, the code I ran was just a simple copy and paste from the QOTD and an added line at the end containing "select * from @tbl" in order to show the contents of the table.
When I ran it yesterday (Wednesday) it came back with 8 rows.
When I ran it today (Thursday) it came back with 5 rows.
I now can't seem to recreate the 8 row result.
Hmmmm... I'll try it again next Wednesday to see what happens then.
July 21, 2011 at 8:40 am
david.moule (7/21/2011)
:exclamationmark:>>>Strangely when I run this code and do a select on the table I get 8 rows.
Yep, the code I ran was just a simple copy and paste from the QOTD and an added line at the end containing "select * from @tbl" in order to show the contents of the table.
When I ran it yesterday (Wednesday) it came back with 8 rows.
When I ran it today (Thursday) it came back with 5 rows.
I now can't seem to recreate the 8 row result.
Hmmmm... I'll try it again next Wednesday to see what happens then.
Tx, keep me posted.
July 21, 2011 at 6:25 pm
I thought this was a very good question. I must admit i spent time debugging the CASE statement in my head to try and determine what it would return - before noticing the UNION ALL in front of the SELECT * and returning to the text of the question to confirm what was being asked.
And of course, as somebody else has already point out, Rows Affected <> Rows Returned. There's only an INSERT. No SELECT, no return.
Nice one.
MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
--Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
July 22, 2011 at 3:30 am
Ninja's_RGR'us (7/21/2011)
malleswarareddy_m (7/20/2011)
feel upset by seeing the answer.There is only insert ..select is there.So i choosed 5 answer so that 5 rows got affected.even i tried in ssms also its also showing 5 rows got affected.There is nothing to learn. I got fully upset.
Affected <> RETURNED.
Please read my full explaination in my first post of the thread.
Ya Your are corrected.I did not think properly before answering the question.Now onwards i will read the question properly.
Malleswarareddy
I.T.Analyst
MCITP(70-451)
July 22, 2011 at 4:33 am
malleswarareddy_m (7/22/2011)
Now onwards i will read the question properly.
How long I wonder before the next QotD where a literal reading of the question leads to the wrong answer, and another endless debate about whether it was obvious what the questioner really meant 😉
July 22, 2011 at 5:02 am
Toreador (7/22/2011)
malleswarareddy_m (7/22/2011)
Now onwards i will read the question properly.How long I wonder before the next QotD where a literal reading of the question leads to the wrong answer, and another endless debate about whether it was obvious what the questioner really meant 😉
It used to happen every few days. Now it's getting better since Steve is taking the MCM and posting a ton of questions himself.
That debate however has no end in sight as far as I can imagine, untill everybody takes 100% responsibility for their own life. Now that could start another very long debate ;-).
July 22, 2011 at 5:15 am
Ninja's_RGR'us (7/22/2011)
That debate however has no end in sight as far as I can imagine, untill everybody takes 100% responsibility for their own life. Now that could start another very long debate ;-).
dont go there dude, dont go there!
😀
Ben
^ Thats me!
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July 22, 2011 at 5:22 am
BenWard (7/22/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (7/22/2011)
That debate however has no end in sight as far as I can imagine, untill everybody takes 100% responsibility for their own life. Now that could start another very long debate ;-).dont go there dude, dont go there!
😀
I am there... and strangely enough, never been happier :Whistling:. :smooooth:
July 22, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Yep, I got it wrong, also. But to me I got it right because I figured out it would have inserted 5 rows, as started.
July 22, 2011 at 2:47 pm
jlennartz (7/22/2011)
Yep, I got it wrong, also. But to me I got it right because I figured out it would have inserted 5 rows, as started.
You beat me on that point. I stopped trying to decide between 5 and 8 when I realized it would return zero rows. Did you you see that and decide it was a slip on Ninja's part? Or did you concentrate on the case statements and let the fact that no rows are returned slip by? Either way, this QOD teaches various lessons, don't you think?
July 25, 2011 at 6:44 am
Toreador (7/22/2011)
malleswarareddy_m (7/22/2011)
Now onwards i will read the question properly.How long I wonder before the next QotD where a literal reading of the question leads to the wrong answer, and another endless debate about whether it was obvious what the questioner really meant 😉
And as if by magic...
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1147125-1222-1.aspx
July 25, 2011 at 6:50 am
Toreador (7/25/2011)
Toreador (7/22/2011)
malleswarareddy_m (7/22/2011)
Now onwards i will read the question properly.How long I wonder before the next QotD where a literal reading of the question leads to the wrong answer, and another endless debate about whether it was obvious what the questioner really meant 😉
And as if by magic...
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1147125-1222-1.aspx
Ya, now that's a typo.
But then again it just makes the correct answer more obvious. Also note the title : "precedence". You guys can't complain about a trick question over there :hehe:.
July 25, 2011 at 7:33 am
I Igree
July 25, 2011 at 9:51 am
I had missed the fact that there was no select to return any rows. I was consentrating on what was put into the table. I tend to learn as much from the discussions of the QOTD as from the Questions themselves.
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