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July 16, 1999

Coding blank spaces in a select statement

Question: After the line break in the code below, the blankspace between the quotes is not recognized. I am merely trying to indent the second line, but I get nothing.

SQL Adding Records

Question: What is the syntax for inserting multiple records into a single query. I have some files with thousands of records to insert and it’s too slow using Insert into

History of SQL

Question: Where can I find miscellaneous information about SQL on the web? If you know of anyuseful websites with history, general structure, etc…, of SQL, please let me know. Answer:

Setup for e-mail in SQL Server 7.0

Question: Currently, I use SQL Mail in SQL Server 7.0 with Outlook and Exchange Server. I am sure there were no errors during set up, but when I went to

Other tools besides BCP

Question: I’m looking for other tools for importing ASCII files to SQL server 7.0 without problems. At this moment I’m missing data and the tools can’t take care of it

SQL stored procedures from VB6

Question: We are always getting “stored procedure not found” error messages. We know it is on the server and we can access the db. Any clues? Answer: Well, if you

Condensing rows

Question: I’ve got a table structure that looks like the following:Customer TableCUST_IDNAMECODE_LISTCode TableCUST_IDCODE The code table can have any number of codes for each customer. I’m trying to find a

How to read data file into SQL tables

Question: I’m curious to know, if I have a file full of data separated by commas, how do I read stuff from that file into SQL tables? Answer: The fastest

Deleting Tables

Question: Is there a SQL statement for deleting tables like there is for deleting data from tables? Something like:DELETE TABLE NAME or DROP TABLE NAME Answer: Yes indeed, Drop table