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RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

GilaMonster (8/23/2013)
ChrisM@Work (8/23/2013)
Do you know which granite, Gail?
It's mostly dark red with black specks.
Ah, "English Barbecue" granite.
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
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August 23, 2013 at 4:07 am

#1644307
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

GilaMonster (8/23/2013)
Fal (8/22/2013)
Speaking of fruit. The missus and I are getting a new kitchen in and are trying to finalise a few issues.
We were thinking of getting a stone...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 23, 2013 at 3:06 am

#1644299
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

dwain.c (8/22/2013)
Fal (8/22/2013)
Speaking of fruit. The missus and I are getting a new kitchen in and are trying to finalise a few issues.
We were thinking of getting a stone...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 23, 2013 at 1:54 am

#1644270
RE: Searching Address by Ranges

Bill Talada (8/22/2013)
I still strongly disagree. UDFs are much, much easier to incrementally add customization rather than throw away a CTE because it can no longer be used because...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 22, 2013 at 7:39 am

#1643917
RE: Searching Address by Ranges

Bill, it's not a personal thing, we all make mistakes. The point of folks posting faster and more efficient code samples is that any posted code here in ssc could...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 22, 2013 at 6:50 am

#1643879
RE: Today's Random Word!

L' Eomot Inversé (8/21/2013)
SQLRNNR (8/21/2013)
sea-arrow
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Calamari
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 22, 2013 at 1:10 am

#1643770
RE: query is taking long time to run

Post the definition of the object tmp_Brad_Product_Configuration_12months. Without knowing what it is, it's difficult to answer your question with any degree of confidence.
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 9:20 am

#1643508
RE: Eliminate Cursor

Cadavre (8/21/2013)
ChrisM@Work (8/21/2013)
Now that was a great presentation. Watch and enjoy the show, Kapil, and work through a few examples.
I enjoyed it, found some of the questions in the audience...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 6:26 am

#1643414
RE: Eliminate Cursor

Cadavre (8/21/2013)
kapil_kk (8/21/2013)
Cadavre (8/21/2013)
kapil_kk (8/21/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (8/21/2013)
Sure. This is one of the examples where you don't need a tally table.
You can replace the logic beneath @bit = 1 with one...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 5:26 am

#1643397
RE: Avoid LEFT join

npranj (8/21/2013)
Yes thanks for highlighting that. I did check the indexes on the table. There is a covering index in place already. I was getting an index scan on that...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 3:25 am

#1643363
RE: Avoid LEFT join

npranj (8/21/2013)
Hi Chris.. am afraid will not be able to put the execution plan of the query here due to confidentiality issues.
However, the exec plan had all Index Seeks and...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 1:53 am

#1643347
RE: Avoid LEFT join

npranj (8/20/2013)
I am facing issues with a LEFT JOIN in my query. It takes 45 secs to process on the production server due to huge number of records. Need help...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 21, 2013 at 1:33 am

#1643342
RE: Add PK CLUSTERED to existing table with dependencies

ScottPletcher (8/20/2013)
ChrisM@Work (8/20/2013)
A primary key doesn’t have to be indexed
I thought it did. Doesn't SQL always create an index to enforce a PK?
It has to be indexed to work...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 20, 2013 at 9:42 am

#1643142
RE: Add PK CLUSTERED to existing table with dependencies

A primary key doesn’t have to be indexed, although SQL Server will create a unique clustered index on a PK by default; likewise, the clustered index doesn’t have to be...
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 20, 2013 at 9:35 am

#1643135
RE: Table data in tabular form

freecoder (8/20/2013)
oops! lol
Heh no worries 😀
Post back if you get stuck.
^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

August 20, 2013 at 6:20 am

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