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Bday dates revisited
Posted by Mike_B at 4/16/2006 10:17:04 PM
Hi, I'm trying to create a query that will tell me when someone's birth day is approaching from my employee table. I tried Case When Datediff(dd,b_day,getdate()) < 4 Then 'Remind' Else '' End As B_dayCk Datepart(dd,b_day) - Datepart(dd,b_day) < 4 (This checks for the day but not for the ...more >>


Weird..
Posted by Omnibuzz at 4/16/2006 9:55:01 PM
SQL Server assumes all functions to be deterministic.. is it true?? check this out. create view vtest as select rand() as today drop function func1 create function func1 (@b varchar(10)) returns float as begin declare @a float select @a = today from vtest return(@a) end select ...more >>

Add text to paramaterized query result in SQL Server -- is it possible?
Posted by Ranginald at 4/16/2006 7:15:07 PM
Hi, Question 1: Say you have a query: SELECT itemID, itemDesc FROM tblItem that returns the following: itemID itemDesc ============= 1 Item1 2 Item 2 3 Item 3 Is there a way to add text to this result set. Say for example if you were using a parame...more >>

query help pls
Posted by Hassan at 4/16/2006 6:46:17 PM
Have this table Col1 Col2 DB1 Host1 DB1 Host2 DB1 Host3 DB2 Host1 DB2 Host2 DB3 Host2 DB3 Host3 I would like the output to be as such Host1 DB1,DB2 Host2 DB1,DB2,DB3 Host3 DB1,DB3 .... and so on How can I do s...more >>

Timeout Expired on SQL 2000
Posted by scott at 4/16/2006 6:43:23 PM
I have SQL 2000 developer running fine on my desktop pc. I'm getting the below error when trying to connect or register the SQL 2000 server from both mylaptop and my domain server. Both my server and laptop are running SQL 2005. I have service pack 4 installed on the SQL 2000 server instanc...more >>

representing months with columns
Posted by PJ6 at 4/16/2006 11:21:54 AM
I keep running into people that represent each month, January through December, as a column in a table. Considering the nature of some of the reports generated from this data, storing it in this way can certainly be convenient; however I personally find the idea repugnant. I've been doing th...more >>

Syntax error converting datetime from character string.
Posted by rmcompute at 4/16/2006 9:51:01 AM
I input a date and time to charachter variables and tried to convert them to a datetime variable. I got the error:Syntax error converting datetime from character string. I was able to successfully convert when I hardcoded those values directly to the convert function. The first SQL statemen...more >>

When to use stored function Vs. stored procedure?
Posted by keithb at 4/16/2006 7:25:52 AM
How to decide between a stored function and a stored procedure when functionality can be implemented either way? Thanks, Keith ...more >>



Condition in FROM vs WHERE
Posted by Senna at 4/16/2006 2:59:01 AM
Hi What's the difference between having the condition in FROM vs WHERE. Alt 1: SELECT t1.Title FROM Table1 t1 INNER JOIN Table2 t2 ON t1.Id = t2.Table1Id WHERE t1.Active = 1 Alt 2: SELECT t1.Title FROM Table1 t1 INNER JOIN Table2 t2 ON t1.Id = t2.Table1Id ...more >>

select * in views
Posted by Peter at 4/16/2006 12:22:39 AM
People are telling me it is bad to put select * from <atable> in a view. I better should list all fields of the table inside the definition of the view. I dont know exactly why but some say: A select * from makes sql server does a table scan. Is that true, even if i put a where...more >>

Performance problem
Posted by Roy Goldhammer at 4/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello there I have two tables with combination of two fields that aren't unique in both tables. To make them unique i must, create view of the last id of the fields. example SELECT Fld1, Fld2, max(id) FROM tbl GROUP BY Fld1, Fld2 This cause serious performace problem. Is there a wa...more >>

wrong result set
Posted by Peter at 4/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello all, I have the following t-sql batch: create procedure stp_test ( @p_date1 as datetime = null, @p_date2 as datetime = null ) as begin set @p_date1 = isnull(@p_date1, <some expression>) set @p_date2 = isnull(@p_date2, <some other expression>) select ...more >>


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