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RE: Question of the Day for 22 Jan 2004

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It seems to me that there is only one right answer and that would be SELECT * FROM #test1 WHERE col1 LIKE '%5[%]%' The reason is because the query should return a row with the value 5% in col1. But suppose you have the value   fjf5j%fjf   in col1. SELECT * FROM #test1 WHERE col1 LIKE […]

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2004-01-22

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ISNUMERIC()

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If I use the following statement: CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(Field) = 1 THEN CAST(Field as Numeric) ELSE 0 END. So when the field has a numeric expression I convert it. Otherwise I put the value zero. This work as long as the field doesn't contain the values . , + and -. Because for these values […]

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2004-01-21

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Between Clause (Dates stored as Text)

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Hello,I'm having some trouble with a small app that I have been given to work on.I'm trying to retrieve records based on a date range.The dates are stored in the Access database as textWhen I try to retrieve the records (ex. Between 01/01/2003 and 12/31/2003)I still get all of the records dated in the 2004 […]

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2004-01-14

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RE: Importing iis log file to sql server database

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 I suggest another solution if you are interrested. If you want import iis log files to sql server database - ok, but when you must import for example 1 GB log files per day I suggest Log Parser 2.0. It's Microsoft tool and the most important thing it's free (I was reading license 6 months ago). You can […]

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2004-01-14

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RE: Building a Demo Server

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Steve,Thank you for covering this important part of a products lifespan. I would like to recommend that the demo data that the system is running, is as close as possible to a very recent total copy of the live data. This will give the prospect a realistic view of the performance, and he'll be impressed […]

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2004-01-14

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RE: Updating a view in SQL 2000

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I ran this from one session: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tbltest] ( [Pkey] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , [fname] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL , [lname] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] go CREATE VIEW dbo.vwTest AS SELECT fname, lname FROM dbo.tbltest go grant select on tbltest to public go grant insert, update […]

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2004-01-02

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