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  • RE: Interview with someone that works with Databases / SQL server

    No problem.  As for IT being repetitive, it depends on where you work as well.  Where I work, I was slowly building up a list of canned responses to people...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Reseed one table column

    The best approach (from my understanding) is to not force reuse of old values.  The primary key, for best performance, should be an ever increasing value.

    Why do you...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Distinct query with all columns

    So 1/6 of your data has the longest MethodNames.  This is likely part of what is causing the slowness.
    What is the max length of that column?

    Also, what...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Installing SSIS alongside Current SQL Instance

    We have things set up that way where I work.

    The only thing you need to be careful of is that SSIS operates in separate memory space than SQL...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: SSMS is Free

    Rod at work - Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:36 AM

    So, Eric et al, can  you have more than 1 version of SSMS...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Distinct query with all columns

    ss-457805 - Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:42 AM

    One more thing that I don't understand is - if I remove the column 

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: SSMS is Free

    It is free and works for most things.  Anybody who has worked with a 2012 SSIS catalog (possibly 2014 and 2016 as well... I did not test those) has probably...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Distinct query with all columns

    ss-457805 - Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:14 PM

    Thanks Guys for the advise and suggestion. I have raised it with the dev and...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Distinct query with all columns

    Not to be mean, but if you can't adjust the query and you can't de-duplicate the data, what do the developers think you can do?

    The only other option...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Distinct query with all columns

    Looking at the execution plan, the slowness appears to be caused by the sorting which is due to the DISTINCT.

    It looks like you have a LOT of duplicate...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Interview with someone that works with Databases / SQL server

    1 - My education is some university, no degree.  Plus I got my MTA in database fundamentals.  Experience is 7 years as a database administrator and current position database administrator

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: How to obtain first, but not empty value?

    Ok, if you need to sum those up, you would want something more like:
    SELECT TOP 1 passenger_name, fare + commission + gst AS total_cost
    FROM ##invoice
    WHERE...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: How to obtain first, but not empty value?

    It might just be me, but I think you are making this more complicated than it needs to be.

    The way I would do it would be to have...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Interview with someone that works with Databases / SQL server

    I can answer some questions too.  I'm kind of like Danny_Dba though in that there are some questions I wont' be able to answer.

    I have been a DBA...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • RE: Short Names

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 - Monday, July 17, 2017 1:52 PM

    I had not read that, but it was a fun read. I do...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

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