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Comment on KnoxSQL an official SQL Server User Group by Travis Garland

Travis Garland — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:49:39 +0000

I have been waiting for someone to start a SQL group in Knoxville for several years. I am glad to see that you have started down that path. Please keep me up-to-date and let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Comment on querying xml… by Arlene

Arlene — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:24:36 +0000

got it!! See above… go me.

Comment on querying xml… by Arlene

Arlene — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:09:25 +0000

See, I had tried something similar, it’s the ‘.’ that I was missing!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Days I had been working on that!

Now what if I wanted to get the promotion-id… PL10ONL

so two columns

PL10ONL bar1
PL10ONL bar2
PL10ONL foo3
PL10ONL bar4

working on that now.

Comment on querying xml… by Mladen Prajdic

Mladen Prajdic — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:07 +0000

SELECT C2.query(’.').value(’.', ‘varchar(max)’)
FROM @xmlString.nodes(’a') AS T1(C1)
cross apply T1.C1.nodes(’product-id’) as T2(C2)

Comment on querying xml… by Jonathan Kehayias

Jonathan Kehayias — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:55:38 +0000

The query you want should be:

SELECT ISNULL(T.lala.value(’.', ‘varchar(20)’),’found nothing’)
FROM @xmlString.nodes(’a/product-id’) AS T(lala);

Comment on Where I’ll be at the SQL PASS Summit! by Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:47:50 +0000

Looks like a good schedule to me. There is a lunch on Tuesday with the MVPs at the normal conference lunch hour, I did an initial post about it on my blog.. Another one with the final topics will be forthcoming.

Also a chapter lunch on Thursday organized by regional areas so you can either see other SQL folks from your area or meet someone from an entirely different area.. Don’t know much about that one, but I think Jason Strate or maybe Colin Stasiuk are helping out with it?

I will be suffering the same time zone issues and I am planning on a couple early mornings so I think my nights may end up just being sushi and then sleep aside from the Welcome reception, SQL Server Central gathering and maybe hanging out with some SQL Server Pedia folk.

Comment on Where I’ll be at the SQL PASS Summit! by Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:27:42 +0000

Cool, I’m honored that you’re thinking about attending a couple of my sessions! Lookin’ forward to meeting you. I know what you mean about the time zone problems - I’m an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kinda guy, and between that and the time zone changes, PASS kicks my rear.

Comment on Where I’ll be at the SQL PASS Summit! by Arlene

Arlene — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:26:01 +0000

LOL, you know 6pm Seattle time is like 10pm my time right? But yeah, Ill prolly go find something sociable to do.

Comment on Where I’ll be at the SQL PASS Summit! by SQLRockstar

SQLRockstar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:10:48 +0000

You do know that your day will not end at 6PM, right?

Comment on How I became a Database Programmer by Jimmy May

Jimmy May — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:35:43 +0000

It was a conscious decision to become a geek, yet like you, the path which led to SQL Server was serendipitous. Good luck with your DW!