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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15883 More actions · Answer 1

Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:14 PM
Lynn Pettis - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:07 PM
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:47 AM
SEAN!
SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@whine <poke> <poke> @whine
BTW, this is me pretending to be one of those "I have EXPECTATIONS and people on this site need to help me NOW" people. So feel free to launch pork chops (I've got the grill all fired up and ready). @=)
Okay, where, I have to see what prompted this.
Oh, it's not on the forums. Sean sent me an email promising to review my articles "soon" so I thought I'd just mess with him in a public place. @=)

Brandie, you are terrible...

Keep doing it!

🙂

Rodders...

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 2

Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:47 AM
SEAN!
SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@whine <poke> <poke> @whine
BTW, this is me pretending to be one of those "I have EXPECTATIONS and people on this site need to help me NOW" people. So feel free to launch pork chops (I've got the grill all fired up and ready). @=)

Man a guy gets busy with life and then chastised publicly? 😀 Here is your catapult.

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Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Chris Harshman SSC-Forever Points: 42192 More actions · Answer 3

JustMarie - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:18 PM
Since Microsoft was ever so helpful to remove database diagrams from Visio Pro (without telling anyone so we wouldn't buy the newer versions) what are people using to generate those for presentations, documentation, and such?

I wish I had a better answer, but I cling desperately to Visio 2010. I've evaluated some other ER tools but they all seem too expensive or not enough features :crazy:

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 4

Sean Lange - Thursday, February 9, 2017 1:07 PM
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:47 AM
SEAN!
SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@whine <poke> <poke> @whine
BTW, this is me pretending to be one of those "I have EXPECTATIONS and people on this site need to help me NOW" people. So feel free to launch pork chops (I've got the grill all fired up and ready). @=)
Man a guy gets busy with life and then chastised publicly? 😀 Here is your catapult.

I have nothing else to day on this apart from "lol".

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:14 PM
Oh, it's not on the forums. Sean sent me an email promising to review my articles "soon" so I thought I'd just mess with him in a public place. @=)

It took me about 4 months to review the last article I agreed to review, so I suspect Sean has some way to go. 🙂

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster - Thursday, February 9, 2017 3:01 PM
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:14 PM
Oh, it's not on the forums. Sean sent me an email promising to review my articles "soon" so I thought I'd just mess with him in a public place. @=)
It took me about 4 months to review the last article I agreed to review, so I suspect Sean has some way to go. 🙂

Actually I already reviewed both of them and returned them to her. 😀 It helps that Brandie does a lot of writing already so even her first draft is far cleaner than many articles that are actually published.

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Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 7

Sean Lange - Thursday, February 9, 2017 1:07 PM
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:47 AM
SEAN!
SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@whine <poke> <poke> @whine
BTW, this is me pretending to be one of those "I have EXPECTATIONS and people on this site need to help me NOW" people. So feel free to launch pork chops (I've got the grill all fired up and ready). @=)
Man a guy gets busy with life and then chastised publicly? 😀 Here is your catapult.

You want one of these, mate!

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172991 More actions · Answer 8

Sean Lange - Thursday, February 9, 2017 1:07 PM
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:47 AM
SEAN!
SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
@whine <poke> <poke> @whine
BTW, this is me pretending to be one of those "I have EXPECTATIONS and people on this site need to help me NOW" people. So feel free to launch pork chops (I've got the grill all fired up and ready). @=)
Man a guy gets busy with life and then chastised publicly? 😀 Here is your catapult.

Wow. So trolling Sean actually worked. Get ready for the BBQ, everyone! Sean's supplying the meat!

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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February 10, 2017 at 7:05 am

#1927754

I'm waiting for the pork chop trebuchet.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003851 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Friday, February 10, 2017 7:05 AM
I'm waiting for the pork chop trebuchet.

You can educate your kids on the subject, too! 🙂 It's not a trebuchet but it'll get them started.
https://www.amazon.com/Monty-Python-Cow-Catapult-Deluxe/dp/B0006JGW9S

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
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.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 11

Chris Harshman - Thursday, February 9, 2017 2:46 PM
JustMarie - Thursday, February 9, 2017 12:18 PM
Since Microsoft was ever so helpful to remove database diagrams from Visio Pro (without telling anyone so we wouldn't buy the newer versions) what are people using to generate those for presentations, documentation, and such?
I wish I had a better answer, but I cling desperately to Visio 2010. I've evaluated some other ER tools but they all seem too expensive or not enough features :crazy:

+1 They haven't pried Visio 2010 from me yet, no matter how much they wanted me to upgrade. Everyone knows I have an old version and they all know why (I complained pretty loud).

Chad

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182879 More actions · Answer 12

Jeff Moden - Friday, February 10, 2017 7:51 AM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Friday, February 10, 2017 7:05 AM
I'm waiting for the pork chop trebuchet.
You can educate your kids on the subject, too! 🙂 It's not a trebuchet but it'll get them started.
https://www.amazon.com/Monty-Python-Cow-Catapult-Deluxe/dp/B0006JGW9S

ROFL
😎

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 13

Is a 200GB storage or less common for productive db servers? I know that I have a lot more in my laptops which obviously use cheaper storage, but it doesn't seem right to have such a limited space as the thread that wants to free 6GB of space because they run out of disk (and it's not the first time I see a thread like that).

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 14

Luis Cazares - Friday, February 10, 2017 12:37 PM
Is a 200GB storage or less common for productive db servers? I know that I have a lot more in my laptops which obviously use cheaper storage, but it doesn't seem right to have such a limited space as the thread that wants to free 6GB of space because they run out of disk (and it's not the first time I see a thread like that).

In my experience, it's not common. Then again, I may be spoiled because my network team really takes care of me where space is concerned.

Then again, I have seen when scenario A is budgeted, planned, purchased and set up. Then scenarios X, Y, Z and AB^2 are implemented on the same server, problems do arise as hardware limitations are reached.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 15

Luis Cazares - Friday, February 10, 2017 12:37 PM
Is a 200GB storage or less common for productive db servers? I know that I have a lot more in my laptops which obviously use cheaper storage, but it doesn't seem right to have such a limited space as the thread that wants to free 6GB of space because they run out of disk (and it's not the first time I see a thread like that).

I suspect a lot of time these threads are people still using a Win2000 server as their primary database server and they are running sql2k along with it. I am shocked at how many people still are using sql2k. For that matter I am shocked at how many people are still creating new applications in VB6, Delphi, VFP and classic ASP.

_______________________________________________________________

Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/