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  • RE: Are there limits on the number of SQL Agent jobs?

    This is inverted from the model I'm used to for a scenario like this. Usually either the worker, or a local monitoring software on the worker, will 'call in'...


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  • RE: Query running slow using default MAXDOP

    Sadly, yes, I've seen similar items. I've had it explained to me twice by people who get it and I still end up with a glazed look by the...


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  • RE: Best one-way replication option going forward

    Since you're doing a full database replication instead of selective, I'd actually recommend using mirror/snapshot. It's basically easy-mode transactional replication. Check it out; it's definately future proof as...


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  • RE: Recordset Destination to SQL table?

    david.ostrander (8/16/2012)


    I currently have an SSIS package being built where I want to upload rows from an excel document into a Recordset Destination in SSIS. What I'm having trouble understanding...


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  • RE: Retrieve records with (more than one row of same type)

    smallmoney (8/14/2012)


    you're right. i couldn't test this because i'm on a iphone right now but if he added WHERE filetype = 'log' in his subquery on the join then it...


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  • RE: Retrieve records with (more than one row of same type)

    I personally usually just do them in a single build, like so:

    SELECT

    s.[databaseid]

    ,s.[databasename]

    ,s.[filename]

    ,s.[filetype]

    FROM

    #stuff AS s

    JOIN

    (SELECT DatabaseID FROM #stuff GROUP BY DatabaseID HAVING COUNT(*) > 1) AS drv

    ONs.DatabaseID = drv.DatabaseID

    That said, it'll...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/14/2012)


    I really, really, REALLY want to ask some of these people if they even know how to think.

    Right now Lynn I'm just very glad I didn't say a...


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  • RE: What is meant by set based programming?

    patrickmcginnis59 (8/14/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (8/14/2012)

    ...stuff...

    The post I was replying to asked if there was anything to back up my theory that RBAR was slow because of the T-SQL overhead. I...


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  • RE: When and where should i use left join or right join ?

    I was going to hit you with a lmgtfy but it actually would have taken longer. You have the keywords, google is your friend.

    http://www.datamartist.com/sql-inner-join-left-outer-join-full-outer-join-examples-with-syntax-for-sql-server


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  • RE: What is meant by set based programming?

    patrickmcginnis59 (8/14/2012)


    <snip> A series of non-data retrieval encodings.

    I believe there is possible confusion on definitions here. Patrick, what do you define as 'set-based programming'? For reference, the...


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  • RE: Please help= My SSIS package is keep failing

    There should be more errors when this runs. This is not a primary indication error but a result of the error occurrance. Somewhere above (or perhaps below, but...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jan Van der Eecken (8/14/2012)


    venoym (8/14/2012)

    ...and we're now dealing with ICD9 to ICD10 conversion, ...

    You are only now converting to ICD10? Those have been mandatory in South Africa (where I...


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  • RE: What is meant by set based programming?

    Jeff Moden (8/13/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (8/10/2012)


    Not that I don't admire Jeff's abilities, but he doesn't speak the language sometimes... or better stated, he speaks the language of database.

    I respectfully submit...


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  • RE: What is meant by set based programming?

    Not that I don't admire Jeff's abilities, but he doesn't speak the language sometimes... or better stated, he speaks the language of database.

    From the perpsective of every coder, here's the...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (8/9/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (8/9/2012)


    Sean Lange (8/9/2012)


    Woohoo!!! Vacation starts in about 7 minutes. Meeting my wife's parents, her brother and another close family friend for a long weekend in Chicago....


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