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  • RE: Query Help

    Glad we could help.

    And don't worry, we don't apply the death penalty until the third time you post a question without fulfilling all possible requirements on it. :w00t:

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  • RE: Implementing a watchdog service for MS SQL 2008 R2 - Counting table inserts per second

    I think you'd be best off building a custom service for that. Should be simple enough to build a .NET service that you grant access to the tables and...

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  • RE: Time Zone Conversions

    Happen to know where to get a list of all the time-zone abbreviations? I tried a quick search online, including a couple of wikipedia articles, and couldn't get anything...

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  • RE: Hard Data v Gut Feel

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/10/2012)


    jay-h (7/10/2012)


    SQLRNNR (7/10/2012)


    If you can show that there is data to support a decision, it is more likely to be well received than one...

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  • RE: Time Zone Conversions

    Should the code be sensitive to Daylight Time vs Standard Time (US), or should it rely on "EDT" vs "EST" in the input?

    If sensitive without the input being modified, should...

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  • RE: Query Help

    Without your table structure and some sample data, we're left guessing on parts of this, and left doing more work than would be necessary if you provided that. We're...

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  • RE: Character Scramble function won't accept datetime datatype

    How about something like this?

    CREATE VIEW dbo.Rnd

    AS

    SELECT NEWID() AS R ;

    GO

    ALTER FUNCTION dbo.character_scramble

    (@OriginalVal_in VARCHAR(MAX))

    RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)

    AS

    BEGIN

    ...

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  • RE: Help on SQL query

    Jeff Moden (7/10/2012)


    ChrisM@Work (7/10/2012)


    Jeff Moden (7/9/2012)


    In 2008 or less, I'd REALLY like to know how to create a view that does a running total without forming a Triangular Join. ...

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  • RE: Changing from automatic to manual identity range management

    I'm used to using GUIDs instead of identities for Merge Replication, specifically to avoid these kinds of problems.

    Assuming you don't have the option of switching to those at this late...

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  • RE: Help on SQL query

    Jeff Moden (7/10/2012)


    SQLKnowItAll (7/10/2012)


    ravigour2000 (7/10/2012)


    Thanks Rookie it worked. 🙂

    Hmm... So, because it worked on a set of 3 records you will accept it? Do you even know what that is...

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  • RE: Help on SQL query

    ChrisM@Work (7/10/2012)


    GSquared (7/10/2012)


    Just looked in Jeff's old article on running totals, and on his PC, the quirky-update running total on a million rows of data was about 6 seconds. ...

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  • RE: Hard Data v Gut Feel

    thadeushuck (7/10/2012)


    Gut Feel is a baby boomer approach. The old "establishment" managers and politicians just need to retire...:)

    I'll assume by the smiley at the end that this was meant sarcastically/facetiously.

    I'm...

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  • RE: Trouble with Cursors

    There are times when cursors are the best or even the only viable solution. No question about that. Generally speaking, avoid them. But in specific cases, they're...

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  • RE: Help on SQL query

    Just looked in Jeff's old article on running totals, and on his PC, the quirky-update running total on a million rows of data was about 6 seconds. Assuming margin-of-error...

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  • RE: Help on SQL query

    The prior attempt is still rolling back, so I modified the script as follows:

    USE tempdb

    GO

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..Simpletable2') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE Simpletable2 ;

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..vwRunningTotals2') IS NOT...

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