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RE: Query to get rows if value contains result of another query

winmansoft (3/5/2013)
ChrisM@Work (3/5/2013)
INNER JOIN the two tables using LIKE. If that doesn't work, you will need to split out the words in 'checkout and play'. It will work but it...
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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
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March 5, 2013 at 3:56 am

#1593379
RE: How to uncommit the transaction and execute the next statement in the cursor?

prakashr.r7 (3/5/2013)
Jeff Moden (3/4/2013)
I hardly ever use the word "stupid" in describing something but the people asking you to do this are freakin' stupid to their core! How many...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 3:52 am

#1593377
RE: Query to get rows if value contains result of another query

winmansoft (3/5/2013)
I will explain with example. I have a query "select work from entries1 WHERE [date] BETWEEN '01-Jan-2012' and '20-Jan-2013'" and lets say it will return result
training
checkout
surfing
develop
...
I have another...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 3:39 am

#1593365
RE: MERGE problem -> when I need to reenter an entry which is already in the history

chingarova (3/5/2013)
OK, let me explain...
The script I posted is just an example(my real example is different and much more complex,but this doesn't matter), what I need to understand is why...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 3:05 am

#1593346
RE: MERGE problem -> when I need to reenter an entry which is already in the history

chingarova (3/5/2013)
The business key is the FirstName. I am merging the initial table with update tables and I am doing this based on the FirstName(which will not chanege in my...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 2:47 am

#1593335
RE: MERGE problem -> when I need to reenter an entry which is already in the history

chingarova (3/4/2013)
Hi,
I am having a BIG problem with the merge statement in SQL 2008:
When I have an entry (for example an employee name) in the table which is already...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 2:00 am

#1593322
RE: Create Insert data script for views

Krishna1 (3/4/2013)
Dear All
For one table I need to create insert statemetn with data. For this I used SSMS-Task -Generate script - Data only it creates inserts will all...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 1:48 am

#1593321
RE: Help with execution Plan

Investigate the properties of the Compute Scalar operator - right-click on the icon, choose "Properties". Expand the collapsed nodes.
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 1:39 am

#1593317
RE: Trying to make my lookup table unique

Your requirement isn't totally clear Alan so I'll take a shot at interpretation and suggest ROW_NUMBER(), like this:
SELECT
rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
PARTITION BY Software_Name_Raw, Software_Version_Raw, Software_Publisher_Raw
ORDER BY Load_Date),
Software_Name_Raw,
Software_Version_Raw,
Software_Publisher_Raw,
Software_Category,
Software_Subcategory,
MSDN_Flag,
CDL_Flag,
Source,
Pending_Classification_Flag,
Auto_Classification_Flag,
Software_Classification_Version,
Manual_Deletion,
Load_Date
FROM...
^{“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

March 5, 2013 at 1:32 am

#1593314
RE: date problem

jamesnorton (3/4/2013)
Hi not sure if this is the correct forum but I need some help with dates in SQL.
I have been given a database that has the dates stored in...
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 10:00 am

#1593085
RE: Grouping records by time interval

With the added cost of Event_Channel in the matrix table correlating with the inner query, it may be worthwhile splitting the query up, like this:
SELECT *
INTO #Matrix
FROM Tijdsintervallen
CROSS...
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 9:20 am

#1593062
RE: Grouping records by time interval

geert.de.vylder (3/4/2013)
Hi ChrisM@Work,
Yes, event_channel has to be populated, even if there isn't a match in the Tussen_Ticket table. This is because I have to update the results into another table...
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 9:15 am

#1593058
RE: Grouping records by time interval

geert.de.vylder (3/4/2013)
I'm connecting to SQL Server 2008 R2.
Run this: SELECT @@VERSION
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 9:13 am

#1593056
RE: How to uncommit the transaction and execute the next statement in the cursor?

prakashr.r7 (3/4/2013)
Eugene,
I can generate unique values....what i am asking is " How do you generate unique values for 40 rows ? " We can generate upto 36 right? How...
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 9:11 am

#1593054
RE: Grouping records by time interval

What version of SQL Server are you connecting to?
^{“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

March 4, 2013 at 8:49 am

#1593040

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