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  • RE: Reporting without using SSRS

    Elliott Whitlow (1/25/2011)


    With triggers we can either write the data to the other DB directly or use something like service broker to queue it up.

    Side comment: Service...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    That's the kind of situation that tends to get me in trouble with my mouth.

    "Let's see, would you like that in Wild Assed Guess time formatting, or Goldbricking for Giggles...


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  • RE: CTE problem with insert

    CTEs are one-shot subquery definitions, only good for the next 'real' statement in the process.

    They're more a way to organize subqueries into more intelligible code rather than creating unique structures...


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  • RE: Performance difference between different users calling the same stored procedure?

    To SQL Server? Not really, not once you've opened the server's "door", so to speak.

    Any chance you could post the query and execution plans for the windows and non-windows...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/25/2011)


    Craig Farrell (1/25/2011)


    I've got it pretty good at the moment...

    Wish I could say the same, as I'm sure my near-constant rants (whining) has implied. Starting to think about alternatives,...


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  • RE: ERD

    Some quickies in addition to Grant's questions, and I agree on Cascades. I hate them with a passion. It's almost worse then the hidden logic behind triggers.

    Why is...


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  • RE: Reporting without using SSRS

    duncfair (1/25/2011)


    Steve,

    SSRS isn't an option because the decision to use a 3rd party reporting tool isn't negotiable at this time.

    Thanks

    Welp, I'm afraid not knowing much, if anything, about Logi, we're...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/25/2011)


    ALZDBA (1/25/2011)


    Sheer luxury :Wow:

    at least if you compare it to most of us :blink:

    Yup. Wish I was in that position.

    I've got it pretty good at the moment but that...


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  • RE: Reporting without using SSRS

    Then you are relatively up a creek unless you bind in an MS Access front end for reporting, Crystal Reports (I think you can pay them some royalties to include...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: SSIS get hour from date

    Just a quick addon to Phil's suggestion which is inline with what you're attempting, a quick and dirty alternative:

    Use this in an execute SQL task and feed the result set...


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  • RE: Performance difference between different users calling the same stored procedure?

    MB-400824 (1/25/2011)


    Answering Craig, if I understand what you mean, I went and executed separately the sp which gets called from sp_main_helper, which I will call sp_calculations. I get different performance...


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  • RE: 130 GB Table Column datatype change

    Do NOT go from 15,2 to 21, 10. You will most likely lose data.

    Why?

    15,2: 1234567890123.45

    21,10: 12345678901.234567901

    Note where the decimal ends up in precision.

    You want 23,10, if...


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  • RE: Surely there is a way to import CSV data in this situation?

    Brian McGee-355525 (1/25/2011)


    Hi

    I removed QuoteSplit as it is redundant, and I added an A4, to give me more than 10000 rows available to the tally table. That's it really,...


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  • RE: Surely there is a way to import CSV data in this situation?

    Million Row Testbed:

    INSERT INTO DeFielder (FileTypeID, FileData)

    SELECT

    1,

    CASE WHEN t.N%2 = 0 THEN '"' + CONVERT( VARCHAR(150), NEWID()) + ',' + CONVERT( VARCHAR(150), NEWID()) + '"' ELSE CONVERT( VARCHAR(15), t.N)...


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  • RE: Sharing Code

    Sometimes I wonder if other authors out there feel the same way. Do writers assume their code will be rewritten by someone before it is used. Digital rights and...


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