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  • RE: find the position of the charcter in delimited string

    Friday afternoon fun with Tally tables! I decided to go the table route rather than a single variable route (As the original post seems to indicate that he needs...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Character's position frm a string

    Take a look at this article[/url] written by Jeff Moden. About halfway through the article there is an example doing exactly this.

    If you get stuck or have questions, post...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Storing Saved Report Data

    Having the data gives you a lot more options. Just throwing out a couple ideas of things you could do with it in that case:

    Set up an a scheduled...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    After I:

    ΒΊ Restructured the tables multiple times to avoid dynamic SQL

    ΒΊ Wrote some of the queries

    ΒΊ Planned out a system to dynamically generate forms via the website for this variable...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    In sitting here trying to justify the existence of this field with an example, I think I've decided that it's something that really shouldn't be done. I was primarily...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    RBarryYoung (8/15/2009)


    You might also consider using the sql_variant data type. This is after all what it was intended for.

    Sounds like a plan. Thanks Barry.

    Any comments from anyone on...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I think this is the longest thread I have ever seen. I read page 1 and page 248.

    As to whether or not the posts have gotten worse,...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    Thanks for the input Matt. Unfortunately, I don't believe we'll ever get past the point where this is a temporary answer. My circumstances require this level of fluidity....

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Deleting duplicate records without adding identity col

    I think you're going to need some sort of uniquely identifying field in your base table so that you can isolate rows for deletion. It doesn't need to stay...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Storing Saved Report Data

    To answer the question of storing aggregates vs. storing all the data, you simply have to answer another question: Is the ability to drill down or get more information...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    Updated the original topic again with additional information about some constraints on this project.

    If anyone feels that there is a better solution to this 'opportunity' than my EAV...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: EAV Design Questions

    It always does =).

    I updated the first question in the actual post.

    As to the second, the information mainly be queried in two different ways.

    The first would be just...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Totally confused by query behavior and plan

    Jeff Moden (2/9/2009)


    Garadin (2/8/2009)


    Is it good practice then to add all criteria to the derived tables instead of the outer query? Guess that makes more sense overall anyways.

    I hate...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Totally confused by query behavior and plan

    Jeff Moden (2/7/2009)


    Garadin (2/7/2009)


    This may not be what was happening here, but I had a somewhat similar issue on Friday using nested derived tables. It made me ask a...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

  • RE: Totally confused by query behavior and plan

    I think I could. The problem is, the estimated showed no issues at all, and the actual either ran in milliseconds or I had to kill it after a...

    Seth Phelabaum


    Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screwup. πŸ˜‰

    Links: How to Post Sample Data[/url] :: Running Totals[/url] :: Tally Table[/url] :: Cross Tabs/Pivots[/url] :: String Concatenation[/url]

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