One of my favorite pranks was replacing the screen saver on a coworker's machine while he was away from his desk. The screen saver of choice was the Blue Screen...

Stephen,

Your CASE statement results might more accurately be given as

DECLARE @a INT, @b-2 INT

SET @a = 0

SELECT CASE WHEN (@a = 1 /*FALSE*/ AND...

You need to look at the header of the table also. UNKNOWN (in bold on the left) is being compared to 3 different values in the top row. The intersection...

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