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Jeff Moden
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Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:15 AM
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Create a Tally or Numbers Table
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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Jeff Moden
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Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:26 PM
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Heh... I love it... someone gave me the ultra low mark of 1 star and didn't even have the nerve to tell me why.
Would it help if I told you that the method I used creates a million rows in about 5 seconds?
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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Anipaul
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Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:31 AM
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Hi Jeff
Your code was no 1 that's why the person gave you 1. Why are asking for explanation?
Joke apart the article was fine. :)
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Jeff Moden
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Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:40 PM
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Heh... that's funny... hadn't thought of it that way, AnirBan. :D
I actually have an article coming out in the very near future as to "how and why" Tally tables work and and how then can be used to replace loops... the script here was just to make it easy for me to refer to when I post replies.
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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Anipaul
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Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:11 PM
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Jeff Moden (4/29/2008)
Heh... that's funny... hadn't thought of it that way, AnirBan. :D
I actually have an article coming out in the very near future as to "how and why" Tally tables work and and how then can be used to replace loops... the script here was just to make it easy for me to refer to when I post replies.
I will definitely wait for your article........:)
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PaulR-122207
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Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:44 AM
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Jeff, just so you know, I gave you a 5 because I didn't give you a 1, 2, 3, or 4, and 5 is the maximum. I just want to make sure you know the reason for my rating! :D
Kidding aside, I, too, will be awaiting your articles on usage of this table...
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Jeff Moden
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Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:15 AM
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Thanks guys... I sure do appreciate your feedback.
I just got word that it's coming out on May the 7th.
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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CELKO
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Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:48 AM
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The only thing I would find fault with is that it is too proprietary -- IDENTITY, references to system tables.
I also call this table Sequence because that is what it is. It is not a Tally -- there is nothing being tallied. It is more than a set of Numbers -- it cannot have gaps and must start with 1.
The bad news is that SEQUENCE is now a reserved word in SQL:2003 for a generator function. Arrgh!
Books in Celko Series for Morgan-Kaufmann Publishing
Analytics and OLAP in SQL
Data and Databases: Concepts in Practice
Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL
SQL for Smarties
SQL Programming Style
SQL Puzzles and Answers
Thinking in Sets
Trees and Hierarchies in SQL
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Jeff Moden
Jeff Moden
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:05 PM
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But, it
is
a Tally table... it's used to count. And, besides... as you've already found out ol' friend... Tally is not likely to ever be a reserved word. "Sequence" has been a reserved word in things like Oracle for a long time... ;)
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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Jeff Moden
Jeff Moden
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:16 PM
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And you actually believe in the myth of code portability? That'll only happen when no one creates their own extensions to the ANSI standards. :P
--Jeff Moden
"
RBAR
is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "
R
ow-
B
y-
A
gonizing-
R
ow".
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better answers on performance questions, click on the following...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/
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