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  • RE: Simple SQL challenge - who can solve

    For what it's worth, this one can be paramaterized in terms of the number of dates returned, and it doesn't require a pre-existing tally table, which might be useful in...

  • RE: Who did what?

    Iwas Bornready (5/11/2016)


    The problem I just had with it is that I do not have permissions to run this on production.

    You can try requesting the following from the DBA:

    -- allow...

  • RE: Use Tools

    If you're organization is starting an IT automation initiative, then simply put: resistence is futile. When it does come time to downsize, then I guarantee you that those of you...

  • RE: Regarding Existing Duplicate Key

    Perhaps what you need is a composite unique key, which would be the business code combined with something like a date/time column. For example, let's assume an Employee table is...

  • RE: Can I just move 1 table to RAM disk?

    If you have a database with heavy write activity, something like a high volume DW or ETL staging, then placing the transaction log on a RAM drive would probably yield...

  • RE: Duplicate entries

    For this type of row filtering based on TOP(x) ranking, you can use the DENSE_RANK() function like so. You'll need to experiment with the PARTITION BY and ORDER BY clause...

  • RE: sql server Personal Data obfuscation-improve this script-thanks

    There is no WHERE clause. This procedure will update all rows in the each column with the same value, which I'm sure this is not what you intend.

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    TheFault (5/10/2016)


    m_swetz (5/10/2016)


    Money is good relatively speaking, but work/life balance is poor as the expectation is that I can be reached at all times, can work weekends, etc.

    There's often a...

  • RE: Can I just move 1 table to RAM disk?

    onlo (5/10/2016)


    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we only use SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition, we can't use the memory optimized table feature.

    Can I move just one table (it is a staging table) to a...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    whereisSQL? (5/6/2016)


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    djj (5/6/2016)


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    Ed Wagner (5/6/2016)


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  • RE: Byte Me: Inadequate Cooling

    Ed Wagner (5/6/2016)


    I, unfortunately, completely get it. That's how I felt earlier this week. It's warming up here in Michigan and the heat was blasting. The furnace...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    djj (5/6/2016)


    Grumpy DBA (5/6/2016)


    ZZartin (5/6/2016)


    Ed Wagner (5/6/2016)


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  • RE: DBA Career Moves for Next 5 Years!

    ebooklub (5/6/2016)


    Did you check how many job positions in (Internet of Things) and data analytics posted in you area?

    I found that in my region (Montreal, Canada) jobs related "Internet...

  • RE: Any experiences with AirBnB?

    jasona.work (5/5/2016)


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    jasona.work (5/5/2016)


    Now we just need to get our refi on our home completed with our credit union so we can see if the budget will carry this...

  • RE: IBM Hierarchical IMS Database model to RDBMS, options ?

    It would be hard to infer what would be the equivalent of referential constraints simply by looking at the code. I'd start all this effort by collaborating with a subject...

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