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Posted by dave on 07/20/05 11:09
"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xns9698EF7C2DE54Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
> As I just said in another post, the Open Table function in Enterprise
> Manager is a convenience function and not a replacement for an application
> or even in class with Access or Excel. There are several shortcomings
> with Open Table. In this particular case, I believe there is a limit of
> around 1000 characters io EM.
>
> So you just start typing UPDATE commands. By the time, you've gotten some
> exercise, you will find that that is faster in the long run, because
> scripts are repeatable, while point-and-click GUIs are not.
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp
thanks erland. i can assure you that in this case, it's a lot faster doing
it from EM than transact SQL. by the time i've copied and pasted the 1000+
characters, id field etc etc then edit the chars i want to change in the SQL
it's considerably longer.
thankfully these changes are once in a blue moon and only affect a single
record.
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