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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (7/1/2015)


    I like this comment from one of the threads:

    Look at the tables that grow the quickest and the causes of this.

    Uh, users using the system? Isn't that...

  • RE: The New DBA

    Jeff Moden (7/1/2015)


    Ed Wagner (6/30/2015)


    Alvin Ramard (6/30/2015)


    Jeff Moden (6/30/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/30/2015)


    GoofyGuy (6/30/2015)


    None of the following are technical questions, they're just simple and conversational, but they reveal a...

  • RE: How to get the max value of a column?

    kapil_kk (7/1/2015)


    you can try below this query :

    SELECT OrderId, TaskID, MAX(SerialNo)SerialNo

    FROM table_name

    GROUP BY OrderId, TaskId

    Isn't that what I already said?

  • RE: The New DBA

    Jeff Moden (6/30/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/30/2015)


    GoofyGuy (6/30/2015)


    None of the following are technical questions, they're just simple and conversational, but they reveal a lot.

    One question I often ask is,...

  • RE: mdf full

    You could look at:

    - data compression

    - dropping unused indexes

    - deleting data that is no longer needed

    - dropping, or truncating, temp tables that are no longer needed

    - archiving old data to...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Question is being asked in the forum: "if mdf get full by data then how to make free space without adding disk."

    Is it ok to suggest dropping tables? :-D...

  • RE: Find last time all cubes were processed

    Elizabeth.Block (6/30/2015)


    I didn't mention that in SSAS I have 21 cube databases. Each cube database has 1 cube associated with it. I don't know if that makes a difference.

    That's why...

  • RE: free tempdb

    Drop all temp tables that are no longer needed.

    Close all connections that are no longer needed.

  • RE: Find last time all cubes were processed

    Elizabeth.Block (6/30/2015)


    Alvin,

    I tried running this on both the DB engine and the SSAS instance. The SSAS instance said The syntax for 'OPENQUERY' is incorrect.

    The DB engine returned this error: Could...

  • RE: Find last time all cubes were processed

    Elizabeth.Block (6/30/2015)


    Is there an easy well to find out the last time all the cubes on a server were processed? I've got over 20 cubes on one of our SSAS...

  • RE: Advice with an expression please

    faulknerwilliam2 (6/30/2015)


    Dear Alvin

    Thanks, your solution worked perfectly. I wish I could buy you a drink.

    You're welcome. Drink sounds good right now. 🙂

  • RE: Advice with an expression please

    faulknerwilliam2 (6/30/2015)


    Thanks for the very prompt response: much appreciated.

    Sorry to appear feeble, but could you please suggest how I would write the expression as you mention above?

    If I understand your...

  • RE: Advice with an expression please

    Replace the date field(s) with another IIF to return the default date if the date is blank.

  • RE: How to get the max value of a column?

    rajagopalanseeth (6/29/2015)


    Hi,

    I wanted to find the max value of a column. I have the following table structure

    OrderIDTaskIDSerialNo

    112

    123

    211

    222

    From the above table i want the following result for every orderID and TaskID...

  • RE: Can I concatenate fields on the thame row?

    jbalbo (6/29/2015)


    Actually I just tried

    case when (Question1 = N'No') then 'text here ' else '' end

    + case when (Question2 = N'No') then 'text here ' else...

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