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  • RE: Question about profiler

    Since you are on SQL 2012, you should start using extended events. Using Profiler for traces has been deprecated.

    First, you probably are not capturing all events, and you probably...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Issue with query

    durga.palepu (6/28/2016)


    It says the problem with converting the expression to int.

    I see only the date expression in this query, do you use any other expression also?

    Also you can rewrite date_begin...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Merge statement with conditions

    Phil Parkin (6/24/2016)


    Paul White suggests that the NOT EXISTS ... INTERSECT form produces better query plans than the EXCEPT form, and that's why I use it. See here (in the...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Find value is prim or not

    I think that Luis' solution will perform faster than any looping solution, especially once the square root short circuit is added.

    Drew

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Merge statement with conditions

    Phil Parkin (6/24/2016)


    UPDATE is probably better than MERGE.

    If you are a fan of MERGE, please take a read of this[/url] and decide whether, perhaps, you should reconsider.

    And rather than using...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: How to make this data into a pivot table

    By definition, an aggregate combines separate elements into one whole. This is exactly what you are doing with a pivot, which is why a pivot requires an aggregate. ...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Convert IIF to CASE - Help review conversion.

    , CASE

    WHEN [Type] = 1 THEN 26

    WHEN [Type] = 2 THEN 27

    ...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Get results from yesterday if datetime betwen 00:00:00 and 06:00:00

    You don't need CASE statements.

    select *

    from tickets

    where ticketdate = CAST(DATEADD(HOUR, -6, GETDATE()) AS DATE)

    If you have a range that you are trying to fit into another range of the same...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: problem converting date on procedure.

    The problem is that you are trying to add a string to a date.

    set @SQLQuery = 'SELECT RequestDate, IP, RequestID, CustomerID, LoanID, Ranking FROM ' + @TableName + 'where RequestDate...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: reset counter by year / month / day

    Luis Cazares (6/20/2016)


    Don't forget to add the year as well.

    An alternative to get both in a single function is to convert them to a string: CONVERT(char(6), yourDateColumn, 112)

    I'm not sure...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Syntax error using WITH

    BrainDonor (6/15/2016)


    First of all, you don't need a CTE for this. The CTE would be useful if you were transforming the data prior to inserting it (at a basic level...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Hierarchical data

    @jeff,

    Thanks. It should be fixed now.

    Drew

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Merge Multiple Columns in to One

    Jacob Wilkins (6/13/2016)


    You could do something like this:

    SELECT X1,

    AllVar

    FROM your_table

    CROSS APPLY

    ...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Update a column in one table based on a not null value in a joined table

    pharmkittie (6/11/2016)


    Thanks drew.allen for your help. I need to update the joined table only once per month but it should be "triggered" when the table without the Boolean value...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

  • RE: Hierarchical data

    After 390+ visits, you should know how to post data to a forum to get the best results. I have a link in my signature if you need a...

    J. Drew Allen
    Business Intelligence Analyst
    Philadelphia, PA

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