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• Select dynamic string has a different value when referenced in Where clause

  - by David

  I dynamically select a string built using another string. So, if string1='David Banner', then MyDynamicString should be 'DBanne' Select ... , Left( left((select top 1 strval from dbo.SPLIT(string1,' ')) //first word ,1) //first character + (select top 1 strval from dbo.SPLIT(string1,' ') //second word where strval not in (select top 1 strval from dbo.SPLIT(string1,' '))) ,6) //1st character of 1st word, followed by up to 5 characters of second word [MyDynamicString] ,... From table1 Join table2 on table1pkey=table2fkey Where MyDynamicString <> table2.someotherfield I know table2.someotherfield is not equal to the dynamic string. However, when I replace MyDynamicString in the Where clause with the full left(left(etc.. function, it works as expected. Can I not reference this string later in the query? Do I have to build it using the left(left(etc.. function each time in the where clause?

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• While debugging a CLR Stored Procedure VS2008 is giving error like 'cancelled by user'

  - by VinnaKanna

  please any one help me while debugging a CLR sp am getting error like "cancelled by user" i think i need to enable something?

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• Different ways to query this search in SQL?

  - by Bart Terrell

  I am teaching myself MS-SQL and I am trying to find different ways to find the Count of Paid and Unpaid Claims for 2012 grouped by Region from these 3 tables. If there is a returned date, the claim is unpaid if the returned date is null then the claim is paid. I will attach the code I have ran, but I am not sure if there are better ways to do it. Thanks. Here is the code: SET dateformat ymd; CREATE TABLE Claims ( ClaimID INT, SubID INT, [Claim Date] DATETIME ); CREATE TABLE Phoneship ( ClaimID INT, [Shipping Number] INT, [Claim Date] DATETIME, [Ship Date] DATETIME, [Returned Date] DATETIME ); CREATE TABLE Enrollment ( SubID INT, Enrollment_Date DATETIME, Channel NVARCHAR(255), Region NVARCHAR(255), Status FLOAT, Drop_Date DATETIME ); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (102, 201, '2011-10-13 00:00:00', '2011-10-14 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (103, 202, '2011-11-02 00:00:00', '2011-11-03 00:00:00', '2011-11-20 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (103, 203, '2011-11-02 00:00:00', '2011-11-22 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (105, 204, '2012-01-16 00:00:00', '2012-01-17 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (106, 205, '2012-02-15 00:00:00', '2012-02-16 00:00:00', '2012-02-26 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (106, 206, '2012-02-15 00:00:00', '2012-02-27 00:00:00', '2012-03-06 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (107, 207, '2012-03-12 00:00:00', '2012-03-13 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (108, 208, '2012-05-11 00:00:00', '2012-05-12 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (109, 209, '2012-05-13 00:00:00', '2012-05-14 00:00:00', '2012-05-28 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Phoneship] ([ClaimID], [Shipping Number], [Claim Date], [Ship Date], [Returned Date]) VALUES (109, 210, '2012-05-13 00:00:00', '2012-05-30 00:00:00', NULL); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (101, 12345678, '2011-03-06 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (102, 12347190, '2011-10-13 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (103, 12348723, '2011-11-02 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (104, 12349745, '2011-11-09 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (105, 12347190, '2012-01-16 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (106, 12349234, '2012-02-15 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (107, 12350767, '2012-03-12 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (108, 12350256, '2012-05-11 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (109, 12347701, '2012-05-13 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (110, 12350256, '2012-05-15 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Claims] ([ClaimID], [SubID], [Claim Date]) VALUES (111, 12350767, '2012-06-30 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12345678, '2011-01-05 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Southeast', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12346178, '2011-03-13 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'West', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12346679, '2011-05-19 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'Southeast', 0, '2012-03-15 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12347190, '2011-07-25 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Northeast', 0, '2012-05-21 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12347701, '2011-08-14 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'West', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12348212, '2011-09-30 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'West', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12348723, '2011-10-20 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Southeast', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12349234, '2012-01-06 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'West', 0, '2012-02-14 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12349745, '2012-01-26 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Northeast', 0, '2012-04-15 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12350256, '2012-02-11 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Southeast', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12350767, '2012-03-02 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'West', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12351278, '2012-04-18 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Midwest', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12351789, '2012-05-08 00:00:00', 'Indirect Dealers', 'West', 0, '2012-07-04 00:00:00'); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12352300, '2012-06-24 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Midwest', 1, NULL); INSERT INTO [Enrollment] ([SubID], [Enrollment_Date], [Channel], [Region], [Status], [Drop_Date]) VALUES (12352811, '2012-06-25 00:00:00', 'Retail', 'Southeast', 1, NULL); And Query1 SELECT Count(ClaimID) AS 'Paid Claim', (SELECT Count(ClaimID) FROM dbo.phoneship WHERE [returned date] IS NOT NULL) AS 'Unpaid Claim' FROM dbo.Phoneship WHERE [Returned Date] IS NULL GROUP BY claimid Query2 SELECT Count(*) AS 'Paid Claims', (SELECT Count(*) FROM dbo.Phoneship WHERE [Returned Date] IS NOT NULL) AS 'Unpaid Claims' FROM dbo.Phoneship WHERE [Returned Date] IS NULL; Query3 Select Distinct(C.[Shipping Number]), Count(C.ClaimID) AS 'COUNT ClaimID', A.Region, A.SubID From dbo.HSEnrollment A Inner Join dbo.Claims B On A.SubId = B.SubId Inner Join dbo.Phoneship C On B.ClaimID = C.ClaimID Where C.[Returned Date] IS NULL Group By A.Region, A.Subid, C.ClaimID, C.[Shipping Number] Order By A.Region

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• Execute SPROC after completion of another SPROC

  - by Nai

  Essentially, I want to do this in T-SQL 1) Execute SPROC1 2) Upon completion of SPROC1, execute SPROC2 3) Upon completion of SPROC2, execute SPROC3 I know this is possible using SSIS. If there any way I can do this? Thanks

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• See images in SSMS?

  - by Vaccano

  I was browsing around and found this blog post: http://erikej.blogspot.com/2010/04/version-3-of-exportsqlce-now-available.html (It is for a great add in if you user SQL Server CE.) On that post I saw an screen shot of SSMS with images in the results. How is this done? I have images in my database (PNG files that are serialized via memory stream), but I just see numbers when I select the image column.

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• How to find all Classes implemeting IDisposable?

  - by apoorv020

  I am working on a large project, and one of my tasks is to remove possible memory leaks. In my code, I have noticed several IDisposable items not being disposed of, and have fixed that. However, that leads me to a more basic question, how do I find all classes used in my project that implement IDisposable? (Not custom created classes by normal Library classes). I have already found one less-than-obvious class that implements IDisposable ( DataTable implements MarshalByValueComponent, which inherits IDisposable). Right now, I am manually checking any suspected classes by using MSDN, but isn't there some way through which I can automate this process?

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• How to create nonclustered index in Create Table.

  - by isthatacode

  Create table FavoriteDish ( FavID int identity (1,1) primary key not null, DishID int references Dishes(DishID) not null , CelebrityName nvarchar(100) nonclustered not null ) This results in - Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'nonclustered'. I referred the MSDN help for create table syntax. I am not sure whats wrong here? Thanks for reading.

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• Expression Blend doesn't recognize comand objects declared in code behind file

  - by Brian Ensink

  I have a WPF UserControl. The code behind file declares some RoutedUICommand objects which are referenced in the XAML. The application builds and runs just fine. However Expression Blend 3 cannot load the XAML in the designer and gives errors like this one: The member "ResetCameraComand" is not recognized or accessible. The class and the member are both public. Building and rebuilding the project in Blend and restarting Blend hasn't helped. Any ideas what the problem is? Here are fragments of my XAML ... <UserControl x:Class="CAP.Visual.CameraAndLightingControl" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:CAP.Visual;assembly=VisualApp" Height="100" Width="700"> <UserControl.CommandBindings> <CommandBinding Command="local:CameraAndLightingControl.ResetCameraCommand" Executed="ResetCamera_Executed" CanExecute="ResetCamera_CanExecute"/> </UserControl.CommandBindings> .... ... and the code behind C# namespace CAP.Visual { public partial class CameraAndLightingControl : UserControl { public readonly static RoutedUICommand ResetCameraCommand; static CameraAndLightingControl() { ResetCameraCommand = new RoutedUICommand("Reset Camera", "ResetCamera", typeof(CameraAndLightingControl)); }

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• My exe run only dll's in exe file together. i need run exe from file how can i?

  - by programmerist

  i created imported DLL in references. My plugin need these DLL but they are in common or plugin file if i click reference add dll they import form plugins file . they must be only in only plugins or common not two place. Look picture below: if i click add refrence ClearCanvas's DLL and PluginTest Dll must be only plugins file !!!

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• How can i use ClearCanvas in remote database?

  - by programmerist

  How can i get data from REMOTE database using OnStart method? protected override int OnStart(StudyLoaderArgs studyLoaderArgs) { ApplicationEntity ae = studyLoaderArgs.Server as ApplicationEntity; _ae = ae; EventResult result = EventResult.Success; AuditedInstances loadedInstances = new AuditedInstances(); try { XmlDocument doc = RetrieveHeaderXml(studyLoaderArgs); StudyXml studyXml = new StudyXml(); studyXml.SetMemento(doc); _instances = GetInstances(studyXml).GetEnumerator(); loadedInstances.AddInstance(studyXml.PatientId, studyXml.PatientsName, studyXml.StudyInstanceUid); return studyXml.NumberOfStudyRelatedInstances; } finally { AuditHelper.LogOpenStudies(new string[] { ae.AETitle }, loadedInstances, EventSource.CurrentUser, result); } } i need to use OnStart in main project. How cn i use or call OnStart method

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• Error while creating tests in Visual Studio

  - by Benjol

  When I try to generate a unit test for the following method (in a public static class) private static string[] GetFields(string line, char sep) { char[] totrim = { '"', ' ' }; return line.Split(sep).Select(col => col.Trim(totrim)).ToArray(); } The Tests output says: While trying to generate your tests, the following errors occurred: This method or property cannot be called within an event handler. It works if I make the function public - I've tried running Publicize.exe manually, it doesn't complain, but doesn't make any difference either.

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• Is it possible to skip over an abitrary amount of a loop during debug?? Visual Studio

  - by numerical25

  I am trying to find an error in my code. The problem is the error occurs in a loop. But the loop iterates about 500 times. Instead of clicking through the loop. Is it possible to skip over a certain amount of the loop ??

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• How to simulate a file read error in the CRT

  - by Mark0978

  Using VS2008, we would like to simulate a file that has a size of X, but that has a read failure at X-Y bytes, so that we get an error indication. Anyone have an idea of how to do this on windows? Looks like there is a solution for linux, but I can't really come up with a way to do this on windows. We have multiple developers, multiple machines, and cppunit testing framework, so I want a software only design. I'm trying to simulate the actual CRT failing, so I can test the code that is dealing with the failure.

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• Can I spead out a long running stored proc accross multiple CPU's?

  - by Russ

  [Also on SuperUser - http://superuser.com/questions/116600/can-i-spead-out-a-long-running-stored-proc-accross-multiple-cpus] I have a stored procedure in SQL server the gets, and decrypts a block of data. ( Credit cards in this case. ) Most of the time, the performance is tolerable, but there are a couple customers where the process is painfully slow, taking literally 1 minute to complete. ( Well, 59377ms to return from SQL Server to be exact, but it can vary by a few hundred ms based on load ) When I watch the process, I see that SQL is only using a single proc to perform the whole process, and typically only proc 0. Is there a way I can change my stored proc so that SQL can multi-thread the process? Is it even feasible to cheat and to break the calls in half, ( top 50%, bottom 50% ), and spread the load, as a gross hack? ( just spit-balling here ) My stored proc: USE [Commerce] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[GetAllCreditCardsByCustomerId] Script Date: 03/05/2010 11:50:14 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetAllCreditCardsByCustomerId] @companyId UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, @DecryptionKey NVARCHAR (MAX) AS SET NoCount ON DECLARE @cardId uniqueidentifier DECLARE @tmpdecryptedCardData VarChar(MAX); DECLARE @decryptedCardData VarChar(MAX); DECLARE @tmpTable as Table ( CardId uniqueidentifier, DecryptedCard NVarChar(Max) ) DECLARE creditCards CURSOR FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY FOR Select cardId from CreditCards where companyId = @companyId and Active=1 order by addedBy desc --2 OPEN creditCards --3 FETCH creditCards INTO @cardId -- prime the cursor WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0 BEGIN --OPEN creditCards DECLARE creditCardData CURSOR FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY FOR select convert(nvarchar(max), DecryptByCert(Cert_Id('Oh-Nay-Nay'), EncryptedCard, @DecryptionKey)) FROM CreditCardData where cardid = @cardId order by valueOrder OPEN creditCardData FETCH creditCardData INTO @tmpdecryptedCardData -- prime the cursor WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0 BEGIN print 'CreditCardData' print @tmpdecryptedCardData set @decryptedCardData = ISNULL(@decryptedCardData, '') + @tmpdecryptedCardData print '@decryptedCardData' print @decryptedCardData; FETCH NEXT FROM creditCardData INTO @tmpdecryptedCardData -- fetch next END CLOSE creditCardData DEALLOCATE creditCardData insert into @tmpTable (CardId, DecryptedCard) values ( @cardId, @decryptedCardData ) set @decryptedCardData = '' FETCH NEXT FROM creditCards INTO @cardId -- fetch next END select CardId, DecryptedCard FROM @tmpTable CLOSE creditCards DEALLOCATE creditCards

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• Is there a way to call custom method of Custom Role Provider class

  - by IrfanRaza

  Hello friends, I have created my own custom role provider class "SGI_RoleProvider" and configured properly. Everything is working fine. Suppose that I have added a public method say "SayHello()", then how can i call that. Because if i am using Roles then the method is not displayed. If i am forcefully using that Roles.SayHello() then compiler gives the error. Any suggestion how can i call this. Because creating a new instance of SGI_RoleProvider is meaningless. Thanks for sharing your time.

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• Visual Studio registry capture utility has encountered a problem

  - by DanielR

  I recently reinstalled my development machine and went from 32 bit Windows Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. I'm running VS2008. Some of my .NET applications still use J#, which now causes problems. The program still runs, but when I want to deploy it (I'm using a setup project to create a .msi), I get this error: "Visual Studio registry capture utility has encountered a problem" How can I fix this? This error does not occur with other programs (those written purely in C#).

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• Can I write for .Net 4 using VS2008?

  - by chillitom

  Can I write code against .Net 4 and its libraries using VS2008? If so how should I configure it? I realise that VS2008 will probably struggle with language changes such as the dynamic keyword but can I install the version 4 and target it anyway? My only real interest is in being able to use some of the new libraries, in particular I'm interested in the TPL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Extensions)

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• Query gives an unsorted result set when run from stored procedure using CTE

  - by irtizaur

  I am trying to create a paging query using CTE. It works fine when I execute it from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Query Editor. And the result set is perfectly sorted as I want. But when I modify it for a stored procedure it gives me a unsorted result and I don't have any clue why. Here is my Query, with items as ( select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by create_time desc) number , i.item_name item_name , i.create_time create_time , c.category_name category_name , i.category_id category_id from cb_item i, cb_category c where i.category_id = c.category_id and c.category_id = '4E5248FE-05DD-4D01-ABBB-80C6E3BA5CDA' ) select item_name , create_time , category_name , category_id from items where number between 1 and 25 And this is the Stored Procedure Version, create procedure ItemPage @category_id uniqueidentifier , @from int , @to int , @sortby nvarchar(50) as begin with items as ( select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by @sortby) number , i.item_name item_name , i.create_time create_time , c.category_name category_name , i.category_id category_id from cb_item i, cb_category c where i.category_id = c.category_id and c.category_id = @category_id ) select item_name , create_time , category_name , category_id from items where number between @from and @to end exec itempage '4E5248FE-05DD-4D01-ABBB-80C6E3BA5CDA' , 1, 25, 'create_time desc' The first one gives me sorted result but procedure gives me unsorted result. I don't know why?

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• Disable all non-clustered indexes

  - by spender

  I select a number of non-clustered indexes from my database with the following: SELECT sys.objects.name tableName, sys.indexes.name indexName FROM sys.indexes JOIN sys.objects ON sys.indexes.object_id = sys.objects.object_id WHERE sys.indexes.type_desc = 'NONCLUSTERED' AND sys.objects.type_desc = 'USER_TABLE' I'd like to run the following over each of the results: ALTER INDEX indexName ON tableName DISABLE How would I go about doing this? Is there a better way?

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• How can i solve out of Exception error in list generic ?

  - by Phsika

  How can i solve out of memory exception in list generic if adding new value foreach(DataColumn dc in dTable.Columns) foreach (DataRow dr in dTable.Rows) myScriptCellsCount.MyCellsCharactersCount.Add(dr[dc].ToString().Length); MyBase Class: public class MyExcelSheetsCells { public List<int> MyCellsCharactersCount { get; set; } public MyExcelSheetsCells() { MyCellsCharactersCount = new List<int>(); } }

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• Is it possible to create a new T-SQL Operator using CLR Code in SQL Server?

  - by Eoin Campbell

  I have a very simple CLR Function for doing Regex Matching public static SqlBoolean RegExMatch(SqlString input, SqlString pattern) { if (input.IsNull || pattern.IsNull) return SqlBoolean.False; return Regex.IsMatch(input.Value, pattern.Value, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); } It allows me to write a SQL Statement Like. SELECT * FROM dbo.table1 WHERE dbo.RegexMatch(column1, '[0-9][A-Z]') = 1 -- match entries in col1 like 1A, 2B etc... I'm just thinking it would be nice to reformulate that query so it could be called like SELECT * FROM dbo.table1 WHERE column1 REGEXLIKE '[0-9][A-Z]' Is it possible to create new comparison operators using CLR Code. (I'm guessing from my brief glance around the web that the answer is NO, but no harm asking)

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• remote debug unmanaged code

  - by sagie

  Hi. I have a process that contains C# code, C++\CLI code and native c++ code. Now, I'm trying to remote debug my process, and I can go to the statements of my C# code and my C++\CLI code, but I can't reach my native code. When I try to hit a breakpoint in my native c++ source file, I get the "No symbole have been loaded" error. I tried to manualy load the symboles (tools-options-debugging), but no luck. Any Idea?

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• How to remove user control entries from toolbox in Visual studio?

  - by Muhammad Kashif Nadeem

  There are dozens of user control in our project. All these controls loads in Toolbox. I think this slows down the system when we work in designer. Is it true? if so the how to remove these controls from tollbox? Thanks.

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• SQL GUID Vs Integer

  - by Dal

  Hi I have recently started a new job and noticed that all the SQL tables use the GUID data type for the primary key. In my previous job we used integers (Auto-Increment) for the primary key and it was a lot more easier to work with in my opinion. For example, say you had two related tables; Product and ProductType - I could easily cross check the 'ProductTypeID' column of both tables for a particular row to quickly map the data in my head because its easy to store the number (2,4,45 etc) as opposed to (E75B92A3-3299-4407-A913-C5CA196B3CAB). The extra frustration comes from me wanting to understand how the tables are related, sadly there is no Database diagram :( A lot of people say that GUID's are better because you can define the unique identifer in your C# code for example using NewID() without requiring SQL SERVER to do it - this also allows you to know provisionally what the ID will be.... but I've seen that it is possible to still retrieve the 'next auto-incremented integer' too. A DBA contractor reported that our queries could be up to 30% faster if we used the Integer type instead of GUIDS... Why does the GUID data type exist, what advantages does it really provide?... Even if its a choice by some professional there must be some good reasons as to why its implemented?

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• Help with simple SQL Server query

  - by Bram

  I have to tables as follows; Employees: Name nvarchar(50), Job Title nvarchar(50) and Salary int. Employers: Name nvarchar(50), Job Title nvarchar(50) I would like to select every item from the 'Employers' table where 'Job Title' does NOT show up in the 'Employees' table. I know this is a simple query but it has me stumped. I'd be grateful for any help. Thanks.

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