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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The posted answers should improve for awhile. A few days ago this happened:

    My brand new baby girl! My first baby. I took a month off of work and the...

  • RE: PatReplace8K

    sequelgarrett (6/29/2015)


    Why is the CASE statement necessary?

    I have to go through my notes, I can't remember at the moment and I don't have access to a PC. It had something...

  • RE: The Case for Specifying Data Types and Query Performance

    Great article Chad! I learned something new today.

  • RE: Eliminating a Distinct SORT operation

    Answer removed, bad advice.

    I think I got to the bottom of this... Give me a few minutes...

    Ok I'm back. Again, DDL would really be helpful. Note the link in...

  • RE: Eliminating a Distinct SORT operation

    lmarkum (6/19/2015)


    Here is the SQL and the attached sql plan

    DECLARE @SendId INT

    SET @SendId = 1

    UPDATEEmailTrackingSummary

    SETEmailName = tets.EmailName,

    SentDate = tets.SentDate,

    SendDate = tets.SendDate,

    NumberSent = tets.NumberSent,

    NumberDelivered = tets.NumberDelivered,

    Duplicates = tets.Duplicates,

    UniqueClicks = tets.UniqueClicks,

    UniqueOpens =...

  • RE: Cannot perform an aggregate function on an expression containing an aggregate or a subquery

    ChrisM@Work (6/18/2015)


    You will find this much easier to work with if you can reduce the clutter, and one way of doing this is to encapsulate sections of the code into...

  • RE: Size of Filtered Table

    I'm on my phone now, otherwise I'd provide an example....

    You could take the last backup and restore it somewhere else (a non-production machine preferably). Then you could create a...

  • RE: Need code to list ID

    Another way...

    DECLARE @IDList VARCHAR(MAX);

    WITH yourtable AS

    (

    SELECT memberID FROM (VALUES ('001'),('002'),('003')) t(memberID)

    )

    SELECT @IDList = STUFF ((SELECT ','+memberID FROM yourtable FOR XML PATH('')),1,1,'');

    PRINT @IDList;

    GO

  • RE: Data Warehouse automation tool suggestions?

    Andrew P (6/17/2015)


    Thanks Thomas - I appreciate the offer, but not at the moment. I've had a read through the TimeXtender 2014 user guide and have somewhat of an idea...

  • RE: Help! How to properly normalise a table from the start

    I agree with Alvin - don't use ambiguous column names like ID and Date. Instead go with Contact_ID and something like Create_Date. Economic Class can be it's own table with...

  • RE: scalar function returning zero when it shouldn't

    For even better performance I strongly suggest that you consider turning it into an Inline Table Valued Function and use SCHEMABINDING.

    There are many issues with scalar udfs including the...

  • RE: bug in SQL Server view

    Robin35 (6/17/2015)


    thanks for the reply.

    yeah refreshing the view will solve the issue but when i query the view after adding a column to table, i get the following result.

    c1c2total

    533RobinNULL

    655SteveNULL

    Column Total...

  • RE: bug in SQL Server view

    <Duplicate Post Removed>

    SSC Bug? :hehe:

  • RE: Culture Clashes and Arrogance

    Great Post Andy.

    I have been everything from a DBA at a bank and in the Healthcare industry where there are the tightest controls imaginable and I have worked in...

  • RE: bug in SQL Server view

    This is a classic "it's not a bug, it's a feature" things...

    This is one of those funky MS SQL Server View behaviors. Because the view is not Schema Bound...

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