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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    fowl language


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  • RE: Hashing data in existing schema

    Of course, you could always have some fun with it...

    Change the collation to Hebrew_CI_AI, Cyrillic_General_CI_AI, or Japanese_CS_AS.

    Use a replacement cypher that only swaps to characters at CHAR(500) +...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Late filter causing significant grief

    Found the problem.

    This specific line:

    ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY p.PortfolioCode) AS POSN_KY_POS_ID

    is causing the entire problem. Remove that line (and only that line, the converts were not causing an issue), and...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Query Execution Plan

    The attachment has flown the coup. Please reattach. 🙂


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Late filter causing significant grief

    Both excellent ideas, and unfortunately went there already.

    In regards to the first one I tried using count(*) instead of any column list to make sure I wasn't dealing with a...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Indexes in Sql server 2005.

    Um, wha? What are you trying to do? As already mentioned, the answer is no, not exactly, though kinda yes, because non-clustered will include the clustered as a...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (10/21/2010)


    Anyone need a good laugh?

    http://www.careerride.com/sql-server-what-is-index-segmentation.aspx

    Oh good grief, my brain already hurt today. Now it's making a run for the border. Tequila, anyone?


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Late filter causing significant grief

    A bit of additional information I neglected to include in the above discussion:

    If I take the select statement directly out of the view and append the where clause directly to...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hey Threadizens,

    I've got a confusion that I could really use your assistance with in regards to some strangeness out of the optimization engine. Well, strange to me. If...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Sequence-numbering groups

    Lutz, that is wild. I like it. Thanks. :w00t:

    Have you done that on huge recordsets? Does it perform well?


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Sequence-numbering groups

    A serial update might work for this, but the implementation would require me to see the underlying DDL for the table and indexing, specifically the clustered index.

    For the proper rules...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Common SQL Server Mistakes

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/20/2010)


    The presentation talks about people writing "=null" not "is null", and gives the latter as the proper way to test for NULL.

    Multi-row triggers are something...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Matrix counts not agreeing with data

    I'd start with doublechecking the ssrs is looking at the correct database and doesn't have a filter you aren't seeing. After that I forget if data cache'ing can cause...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Common SQL Server Mistakes

    Well, apparently sign me up, shame I'm nowhere near it.

    Anyone give me the short form as to why these two are included?

    IS NULL

    Multi-row triggers

    I wouldn't consider auditing an edge...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    LutzM (10/20/2010)


    Is it just because I'm in a bad mood today or why do I have the feeling that todays questions are more demanding with even less effort than on...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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