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  • RE: Strange behavior with "where not in" clause

    Any rows with NULL in keyVal in T2? If so, Not In will return 0 rows.

    Makes sense if you think of NULL as "we don't know". "Not in"...

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  • RE: No Limits

    I recently completed a project that required cleaning up over 100-million rows of name-and-address type data. It was a mess, and the clean-up was very, very resource-hungry. But...

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  • RE: Database Redesign

    Scott, as a post-script:

    Don't assume that your opinion, unbacked by data, is going to convince people of anything. Repeatedly asserting "Erwin>Visio" without any sort of analysis at all being...

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  • RE: Database Redesign

    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    GSquared (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)

    So what does Erwin do that Visio doesn't?

    ...

    >> every database I'm currently doing dev work in <<

    A straw man, since the topic...

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  • RE: How to Make Scalar UDFs Run Faster (SQL Spackle)

    Usman Butt (8/2/2012)


    GSquared (8/1/2012)


    Here's a function I tested, and the test I used....

    @GSquared Any reason for not turning it into iTVF/iSF? I guess then the it could have been much...

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  • RE: execute a built command at command line from SSIS without using xp_cmdshell? Must I build a .bat?

    Greg J (8/1/2012)


    Got an example GSquared?

    Thanks!

    It's been 10 years since I last used VB with any intensity. I just look things up online and then modify/fiddle till it does...

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  • RE: execute a built command at command line from SSIS without using xp_cmdshell? Must I build a .bat?

    Script object is your best bet.

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  • RE: Database Redesign

    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)

    So what does Erwin do that Visio doesn't?

    I didn't think Visio even offered a logical data model (i.e. Entity modeling vs table modeling), I...

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  • RE: How to Make Scalar UDFs Run Faster (SQL Spackle)

    Here's a function I tested, and the test I used:

    USE [ProofOfConcept]

    GO

    /****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[InitialCapTest1] Script Date: 08/01/2012 11:20:42 ******/

    SET ANSI_NULLS ON

    GO

    SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

    GO

    ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[InitialCapTest1] (@String...

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  • RE: SQL Server Joins

    Boby B Jacob (8/1/2012)


    Does SQL Server 2008 and higher version supports *= operator of Joins?

    You can find a list of features deprecated/being deprecated, in versions of SQL Server, here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143729(v=sql.90).aspx

    Use...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    L' Eomot Inversé (8/1/2012)


    Grant Fritchey (8/1/2012)


    Kiara (8/1/2012)


    Does this look like a giant advertisement to anyone else?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1039196-391-1.aspx

    Nah, I'm sure 5 different people are going to swoop in and post once time...

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  • RE: Discussion: is e-Commerce making a mockery of SQL Server?

    Grant Fritchey (8/1/2012)


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    Grant Fritchey (7/31/2012)


    I worked on a project for about three years (it was supposed to take 18 months) that still wasn't done when I left the company....

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  • RE: NULL, = NULL and IS NULL

    Glad I could help. You're welcome.

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  • RE: Tracking all of the objects you've changed

    I use a combination of things to track changes.

    First, I have a folder for each project I'm working on, and store all DDL and DML scripts for the project in...

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  • RE: NULL, = NULL and IS NULL

    If you turn off ANSI_NULLS settings in your query environment, you can do "X = NULL" type tests. Details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188048.aspx

    It is strongly recommended that ANSI_NULLS be turned on,...

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