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As a developer, I was pretty exicted with the version of SQL Server that allowed me to create an 8000 byte field instead of using a text field. Little did I know that I could only have one 8000 byte field per table. Maybe your developers aren't aware of the 8060 record limit. Educate them! […]

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2003-06-03

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Hi amelvin, quote: Perhaps the site owners could make a feature of favourite books, when I'm buying from Amazon (or almost anywhere online) I always check out reviews and pick out the most recommended things. Perhaps a place like this could develop such a facility rather than a simple, occasional review. take a look at […]

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2003-06-03

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RE: Copy data

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Ok, I am new to SQL Server and DBs and I tried the following INSERT INTO db2..mytext (Spanish) SELECT Spanish FROM db1..mytext However, I get the following error message: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'ID', table 'db2.dbo.mytext'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated. ID is the primary […]

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2003-06-02

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RE: DTS and web page grab

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Hi Rolf, after reading what php fopen() does, I think the FileSystemObject might be equivalent to it. I'm not sure if this will work on a remote site, but you can use an ActiveX Script Task with this script. I've found this in MSDN '********************************************************************** ' Visual Basic ActiveX Script '************************************************************************ Function Main() Const ForReading […]

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2003-06-02

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RE: Accessing Tables vs. Views

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Usually it is to add an extra layer of security. However, if you are using in SPs then I would write the code directly to the SP as there is less of a chance changes in the table can cause issues with the SP that way. A view remembers items ordinal position and if you […]

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2003-05-27

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