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  • RE: View with WHERE vs. WHERE referencing the view

    I wouldn't expect to see a difference unless the NOEXPAND hint was used, forcing the query to run without allowing the where clause access to the underlying indexes.


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  • RE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOLOCK VS WITH(NOLOCK) IN SQL SERVER 2008

    homebrew01 (1/10/2014)


    We have some semi-static reporting databases that run long queries. Some of them use nolock to avoid one report blocking another. In this case, the data was refreshed over...


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  • RE: Newbie Question On How to Ensure a Report DB has the most up to date/ realtime data

    The fastest way to have your reports have up to date information is not using a warehouse, period. Hook to the source DBs.

    The next fastest way is transactional replication,...


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  • RE: SLICING DATA IN A TABLE

    Well, since I can't run test code since I don't have a sample I can directly use, best I can offer is an idea of the code:

    SELECT

    vendorno,

    MIN(datetime)

    FROM

    table

    WHERE

    ...


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  • RE: Stored Procedure drop table

    Instead of dropping the table, simply TRUNCATE it. That'll reset all your seeds and the like and you won't have to redefine the schema constantly, which fries dependencies and...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: SSIS Excel Source makes Visual Studio unresponsive

    sneumersky (1/8/2014)


    Is this type of external metadata validation behavior (entire worksheet) able to be short-circuited at design time (as opposed to the runtime behavior with DelayValidation).

    The confirm metadata/etc options are...


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  • RE: Using OLTP as datasource over creating an OLAP

    RonKyle (1/7/2014)


    I don't ever recommend dropping and recreating the warehouse from scratch, although I've seen that as a solution from some consultants. It's faster to develop but ultimately (and...


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  • RE: SQL Server Profiler question (resource issue)

    Mountain Steve (1/7/2014)


    I keep having a long running profile shut down because the C Drive is full. I am saving the output to a table so is there a...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: SSIS Excel Source makes Visual Studio unresponsive

    To do the row sampling, afaik it still loads the entire sheet into memory, which is why you stall after you select the source sheet. The cache is too...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Job Failure running DTS package

    Do you have the step logging on? That truncated version (which you got from the history window) doesn't have the full story.

    You need to open the step log and...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Urgent help need to create query

    I realize you don't want to redesign your system, but this is code-parsing at best, painful at worst.

    There are a few components you need here, particularly if you want to...


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  • RE: Creating job to run SSIS package Remotely

    I'm confused as to the problem. Are you trying to initiate the package from one server, but have it run locally on another?

    Basically... you don't. You need to...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Using OLTP as datasource over creating an OLAP

    You can report off OLTP systems with a light touch as long as you're not looking for significant aggregations and the like. My guess is they're not, not yet.

    What...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Centralized mechanism for managing/executing sql jobs

    curious_sqldba (1/6/2014)


    Please let me know which tools you have been using for this. Thanks in advance.

    SQL Agent. Doesn't do everything that you're looking for but we have a centralized...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (1/6/2014)


    Looks like I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue... Oh wait, I'm in the UK all week where it's "cold" and rainy. I'm practically in shorts...


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