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  • RE: Dynamic sorting; ASC VS DESC

    Chrissy,

    One approach to this that helps keep your code intact and allows for manipulatable result ordering is using temp tables. If you do something like the following:

    CREATE PROC abc

    @sortdescriptor...

  • RE: Table Indexing

    aballard (4/24/2012)


    SELECT m.* FROM dbo.t_main m INNER JOIN dbo.t_main_ref ref on (m.id = ref.mainid) WHERE (ref.FK1 = @Condition1) and (ref.FK2 = @Condition2) and (m.Column5 = @Condition3) and (m.Column6 < GETDATE())

    The...

  • RE: DateAdd or DatePart Question

    It can be a bit confusing, but basically what you end up having to do is clean off the 'year' and replace it.

    There's a few approaches, but direct datediff/dateadd math...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (4/24/2012)


    GilaMonster (4/24/2012)


    The Dixie Flatline (4/24/2012)


    I just finished reading "Shadows In Flight", if you've ever read Orson Scott Card and like Bean better than Ender. Recommended.

    Intriguing......

  • RE: Table Indexing

    aballard (4/24/2012)


    I have a tuning question and I don't see a difference between two techniques.

    I have a table with the structure

    (ID Guid

    FK1 Guid

    FK2 Guid

    FK3 Guid

    Priority Bit)

    The ID in this table...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/24/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (4/24/2012)


    Heh, you guys reminded me that I want to order up the final books in the Dresden series and finish that... 🙂

    Final? <sob>

    If it finishes where...

  • RE: Dynamic sorting; ASC VS DESC

    Chrissy,

    Is this to allow passing the sorting components down to a pagination proc? That's the time I see items like this the most often. If it is, there's...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/24/2012)


    The Dixie Flatline (4/24/2012)


    I just finished reading "Shadows In Flight", if you've ever read Orson Scott Card and like Bean better than Ender. Recommended.

    Intriguing... I loved...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Heh, you guys reminded me that I want to order up the final books in the Dresden series and finish that... 🙂

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/19/2012)


    Considering trying out EVE. Thought I'd download the client while I'm in the UK and see how it goes, nothing much to lose.

    I should have mentioned Eve, I played...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/19/2012)


    Personally I'm voting for 'ignore the trolls'

    #declare NewTopic;

    Who plays MMOs and which ones?

    I've just quit the one I played for a few years, they added a 'pay to...

  • RE: Dropping indexes with low read to write ratio?

    GilaMonster (4/19/2012)


    Ah hah! There it is. I got my keywords all confuzzled. :crying: Thanks Gail (both for the blog post AND linking it for...

  • RE: Dropping indexes with low read to write ratio?

    SkyBox (4/19/2012)


    VERY helpful!

    So basically, if you can create or keep an index that can cover serveral others, then queries can use the larger index with more coverage just as efficiently?

    If...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The Dixie Flatline (4/19/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (4/19/2012)


    The Dixie Flatline (4/19/2012)


    Well I was... except for the part about dying at PASS. 😉

    Please remember this year that "Extreme programming...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The Dixie Flatline (4/19/2012)


    Well I was... except for the part about dying at PASS. 😉

    Please remember this year that "Extreme programming styles" does not usually include stunt...

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