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all groups > sql server (alternate) > march 2007 > threads for march 29 - 31, 2007

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SQL Datatypes
Posted by pinney.colton NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/31/2007 7:41:18 PM
I have a SQL 2005 database that's created by a survey data collection system. Users of this system are fairly non-technical and have little to no conscious control over the datatypes. As a result, the data is mostly stored quite inefficiently as varchars. For example, there is data that could...more >>


The old inability to toggle/change/switch between ALTER PROCEDURE <---> CREATE PROCEDURE bug (or is it a feature?)
Posted by raylopez99 at 3/31/2007 3:26:37 PM
Keep in mind this is my first compiled SQL program Stored Procedure (SP), copied from a book by Frasier Visual C++.NET in Visual Studio 2005 (Chap12). So far, so theory, except for one bug (feature?) below. At some point I'm sure I'll be able to laugh about this, akin to forgeting a semi-colon...more >>

Converting a date field to the month
Posted by lisa.moffitt NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/30/2007 1:51:13 PM
How can I create a field in a view that takes a date field and converts it to a month? For instance, if I have a field called "CreatedOn" with a date of '2/22/2007', how can I create another field called "Month" that will say "February"? Is there a built-in SQL function that does this (like us...more >>

how could I ???
Posted by any_Girl at 3/30/2007 1:46:30 PM
how could I start learning SQL SERVER Im just student ...more >>

Allowing users to truncate log file
Posted by hedgracer at 3/30/2007 8:56:54 AM
I would like to allow a particular user to truncate a log file in a stored procedure that the user runs every day. At this moment the only personnel that can truncate the log file are personnel with sysadmin rights. Is there any way to do this in sql server 2005 without granting this user sysadm...more >>

After Sql 2005 Install, Sql 2000 Still There
Posted by pbd22 at 3/30/2007 7:21:21 AM
Hi. I just downloaded and installed Sql 2005 from the MS site. I see that my instance of Sql 2000 is still on the same computer. I assumed that Sql 2005 would upgrade but it didnt. Should I simply delete my instance of 2000 or will this cause complications? Sorry - newbie question. ...more >>

I have a database on a network drive that I use for archiving purposes, but when the server is rebooted the database becomes suspect.
Posted by war_wheelan NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 3/30/2007 7:08:51 AM
I created the db with the attached script and I am able to access it until I reboot the server. I've tried enabling flag 1807 via the SQL server service and the startup parameters of the instance. In all cases the database always come up suspect after a reboot. There was one instance where I ...more >>

Data type in audit record
Posted by WombatDeath NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/30/2007 3:59:21 AM
Hi, I want my application to audit any data changes (update, insert, delete) made by the users. Rather than have an audit table mirroring each user table, I'd prefer to have a generic structure which can log anything. This is what I've come up with: TABLE: audit_record *audit_record_id (...more >>



Combine multiple records into single row
Posted by franzey at 3/29/2007 9:43:08 AM
This is how the data is organized: vID Answer 12 Satisfied 12 Marketing 12 Yes 15 Dissatisfied 15 Technology 15 No 32 Strongly Dissatisfied 32 Marketing 32 Yes What I need to do is pull a recordset which each vID is a single row and ...more >>

pivot table without aggregation?
Posted by Mike at 3/29/2007 9:04:24 AM
Hello, I have a resultset as follows: fields: Name, RankID values: Prorduct A, 4 Product B, 33 Product C, 221 (etc) Name is always unique. RankID may not be. I want to take that result set and basically pivot it to have the Name values as columns, and the RankID of each one as the ...more >>


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