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  • RE: Data Warehouse Documnetation

    I'm in agreement with Ron in the sense that Business Requirements documentation is needed but I think poster is right when trying to get a proper picture of ETL mappings...

  • RE: Select duplicates on a table and update a certain column if it is duplicate.

    I'm in agreement with Lutz.

    Morevover - just out of curiosity, what are you planning to do with duplicate rows after the update process is done?

    delete them?

    keep them there forever?...

  • RE: How can this query be rewriten?

    programmersunlimited (6/3/2011)


    I'm pretty sure this query can be optimized, but I don't know how. What is a better way of doing this? The goal is to get two counts from...

  • RE: Insert into table from other table while excluding duplicates

    lgoolsby 86333 (6/3/2011)


    I have 2 tables:

    IDXRaw and INVOICES. Both tables have fields INVNUM and MEASURE. IDXRaw will have multiple records with the same INVNUM and MEASURE values. ...

  • RE: how to proceed with learning?

    laurence 53118 (6/2/2011)


    Hi Paul

    Thanks for your reply.

    I know I have a long way to go but learning new stuff is rather fun and better than watching TV of an evening!

    What...

  • RE: Using Schemas to stage data

    How big are those tables?

  • RE: any sql test resources?

    Check t-sql related questions in this forum and attempt to solve the posted issues then, compare your solution whit the one proposed by senior members.

    Threads usually include a good deal...

  • RE: how to proceed with learning?

    Welcome to the wonderful world of RDBMS Harry.

    First thing first, even when there is just one underlying relational theory implementations are different therefore you cannot expect to be fluent in...

  • RE: Using Schemas to stage data

    If - as it appears to be the case - you are not planning to add/update data into operational tables but fully populate them each time then proposed process may...

  • RE: accidental DBA needing help

    cw.izatt (6/1/2011)


    also as a side note any suggestions on good SQL books for somebody in my situation?

    Check BOL - Books On Line, it comes with SQL Server for free. If...

  • RE: PK Identity as a convention, always more effective when there is a single int natural key?

    ShawnTherrien (5/30/2011)


    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (5/30/2011)


    For starters, if you come to my desk with a 1:1 relationship better for you to have very, really strong arguments about why those two tables are not...

  • RE: DataMart Design for Newbie

    sdhan79 (3/3/2011)


    Thank you for your input sir!

    Just to add a level of complexity - real world is a complex environment and systems should reflect such a complexity; think about how...

  • RE: Clustered index seek on View

    agustingarzon (5/31/2011)


    I can't run the query against the base tables, provided the column names differ from table to table.

    Yes you can, just write it. 🙂

  • RE: INSERT IF NOT EXISTS

    highlord1 (6/1/2011)


    Does Anyone know how to to this?

    Yes. Use an inline view to check for non-existing rows a.k.a. the ones you want to insert.

  • RE: Clustered index seek on View

    agustingarzon (5/31/2011)


    Hi there, I'm trying to see if it's possible to optimize a query that is taking 5 seconds to run:

    SELECT * FROM [vwUnionAllFields] WHERE [MLNumber] = 123456

    vwUnionAllFields is a...

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