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October 8, 1999

Outer Join Problem

Question: I am having trouble getting the following type of join to work. I have three tables: Application, College_hist, and School_Info. Application has student ID numbers that identify the person

Number of Records Returned By a Query

Question: How can I get the number of records returned by a query without cycling through all the records and counting each one? Answer: Have you tried SELECT COUNT(*) FROM

Losing Decimal Places While Updating a Column

Question: I have two columns in a table called “bak”: distance, and trig. The distance value is equal to 1/trig. When I perform the following query: update bakset distance =

Creating a Database from Access

Question: I just installed SQL 7 on my server and have an Access database that contains a lot of information. How do I create a SQL database? Also, is there

Training Management Companies

Question: I am with a large Fortune 500 company looking for a training management solution to produce CBT courses, organize, and report on skill-based courses and instructor-led courses on our

Moving a SQL Database to Another Server

Question: I have a SQL database on our production NT server and need to move the database to another NT server. I used the Database/object transfer in Enterprise Manager to