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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

Question: When I run a stored procedure which uses cursors to do a selection of counts based on a view, it returns the correct (expected) numbers. However, when I rerun

Question: How do you Establish Referential Integrity between 2 tables so that when a ticket is deleted from the TICKETS table all associated information in the customer5 table will be

Question: I am using SQL+ through COBOL to include a 250 char notes field on a report. If the user has entered a return character in the field (Hex 0A),

Question: I have 20 user licenses. During some activities, users are being logged in two or three times. Thus I can hit a max user limit with only 9 actual

Question: I am interested in learning SQL on my own and need to know if there are any tutorials or disks that I can obtain so that I can practice

Question: How do I retain the results of a query for use in subsequent queries using SQL Server? Answer: Well, you could either INSERT or INSERT SELECT your query into

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

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