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Database Location query

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Morning AllWhen I run the following TSQLselect * from sysdatabasesit give me the location for my master Database asd:\mssql\MSSQL\data\master.mdfHowever, if I check the Db properties through Enterprise Manager, it reports it asd:\sql\MSSQL\data\master.mdfBoth files exist, have virtually the same timestamp, and are the same size.  How do I establsh which is correct?ThanksGary

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2005-01-31

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RE: programming languages

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At the risk of being accused of being facetious, here are the differences between C# and VB.NET:- C# uses { and } to delimit blocks, whereas VB.NET generally uses new lines and tokens that are English wordseg if (condition) { true-block } else { false-block }versusIf condition Then    true-block Else    false-block End If- […]

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2004-12-16

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RE: Populating @Variables dynamically

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Farrel,No worries mate. Don't forget though: If you declare the variable within an sql string and exec it, it will generate a new spid and the variable will only have the lifespan of the new spid. It won't be useable anywhere else in your sproc - thats when you get the variable declaration error messages. […]

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2004-11-10

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RE: Update with insert of zero

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How about something like this:select CASE PATINDEX( '%[a-Z]%', col1)  WHEN 0 THEN      stuff('000',4-len(col1),len(col1),col1)  ELSE   stuff('000',4-PATINDEX( '%[a-Z]%', col1)+1,len(col1),col1)  END from test1Where test1 is the table in question and col1 is the column you are working on. 

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2004-10-06

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