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  • RE: Join if Exists

    The following code will give you the same result, but I don't think it will change your performance. The execution plan is pretty straightforward, and appears to...

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  • RE: Query Performance with multiple joins

    Other questions:

    How do you get the rows without the joins?

    How big are the tables you are joining to?

    Are the joined tables indexed?

    What does the query execution plan look like?

    Joins can...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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  • RE: Update records with similar values

    You're quite welcome, Seth. 😀

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Agreed, cursors have their place

    I'm really surprised to hear you say that, Lynn.

    Oh wait.... I thought that said cursING. 😀

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  • RE: Please Solve This query

    please solve this query waiting for immediate response

    I'll echo Lynn, how have you approached this problem? Also, you will find that online forums are not geared to...

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  • RE: Update records with similar values

    Yes. Here's one way.

    Depending on the volume of rows that you have to update, there may be more performant solutions.

    declare @sample table (RecID...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ISP = Insane SQL Posse ??

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  • RE: How to find N Consecutive records in a table

    So you want to ignore November 1st because it was a singleton?

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  • RE: how to pass table valued parameter to anotehr sproc

    Here is a modification of the example from Books Online. It is really quite simple, which leads me to ask why you are looking for another way...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    By the way, Adam. I thought you said that you didn't have time to keep up with The Thread about a dozen posts ago. Be careful,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    What do you think I have 15 acres of woods for?

    Woods are good. They provide fuel for fire and draw game to your vicinity.

    You...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Apparently plagiarism detection has become quite the cottage industry. Search "plagiarism detection" and you will find a number of different offerings.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    What Jeff said. The problem is finding the documents out on the web to compare. I've heard that many schools subscribe to a service that...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Can we quote you on that, Jeff? With proper attribution, of course. 😉

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