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AskSQLTeam
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Posted - 02/18/2002 :  20:38:39  Show Profile  Visit AskSQLTeam's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Microsoft introduced the sql_variant in SQL Server 2000. You can use the sql_variant to store data of an unspecified or inconsistant type. Or to store data of almost any SQL Server datatype.

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jcelko
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Posted - 02/19/2002 :  14:10:27  Show Profile  Visit jcelko's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Is there a way to turn this damn thing and preserve normalization, standards, portable code, maintainable code, etc.?

This looks like the nightmare of an idiot OO programmer who does not understand that SQL is a strongly typed language.



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robvolk
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Posted - 02/19/2002 :  18:54:55  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Uh, Joe, you'd better close your ears for this one then:

SQL.Net!

If you hurry, I think you can still get involved with the class action suit, and force MS to drop this "necessary part" of the software and provide a simpler version.

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byrmol
Shed Building SQL Farmer

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Posted - 02/19/2002 :  19:13:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Don't give him a heart attack Rob!

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