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  • RE: Check if date ranges overlap

    This will give you what you want.

    SELECT A.MemNo

    FROM zzz_Overlapping A

    JOIN zzz_Overlapping B

    ON B.MemNo = A.MemNo

    AND ((A.YMDStart BETWEEN B.YMDStart AND B.YMDEnd)

    OR (A.YMDEnd BETWEEN B.YMDStart AND B.YMDEnd))

    WHERE B.YMDStart !=...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: indexes on foreign keys

    Also, I would expect custid to be a foreign key as well.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: indexes on foreign keys

    There is no need to index foreign keys by default. So long as employees(empid) is indexed, which it should be since the empid column is the primary key of employees...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Database design to merge many different product databases into a single database

    I'm assuming the goal here is to consolidate multiple OLTP databases into one OLTP database, and each existing line of business application will (at least for now) continue it's own...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    Matt Miller (#4) (2/9/2016)


    Eric M Russell (2/9/2016)


    ...That's scary, though potentially not a problem. A number of states publish voter data as public records. A few might have restrictions on the...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    David.Poole (2/9/2016)


    I heard a story that an analysis of coin composition revealed the state of a nation's armament capability.

    Data is like fissile material. Once it gains critical mass it's...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    Have you ever wondered how much an IT staff member working for Department of Homeland Security earns?

    http://php.app.com/fed_employees11/results.php?fullname=&topagency=DEPARTMENT+OF+HOMELAND+SECURITY&agency_name=%25&job_title=INFORMATION+TECHNOLOGY+MANAGEMENT&statename=%25&Submit=Search

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    🙂

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/9/2016)


    Eric M Russell (2/9/2016)


    ...That's scary, though potentially not a problem. A number of states publish voter data as public records. A few might have restrictions...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: SQL, and Ye Shall Find

    ThomasRushton (2/9/2016)


    Eric M Russell (2/8/2016)


    There has been explosion in the number of relational SQL databases developed over the past 20 years. The broad sentiment that RDMS don't scale is due...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Digital Woes of Public Records

    ...That's scary, though potentially not a problem. A number of states publish voter data as public records. A few might have restrictions on the use of that data, but the...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: SQL, and Ye Shall Find

    There has been explosion in the number of relational SQL databases developed over the past 20 years. The broad sentiment that RDMS don't scale is due to the unfortunate fact...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Culture and Performance

    If employees have interesting projects to work on, are well compensated, and generally happy with the direction of the organization, then having a "corporate culture" in place will give them...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: UniqueID's - multiple SQL instances deployed in different data centers

    Basically what you're describing is the underlying tables of a "distributed partitioned view" design pattern.

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188299(v=sql.105).aspx

    What you'll need to do is have each table insert identity values within a unique range....

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Crafting Your Resume

    Beatrix Kiddo (2/8/2016)


    Thanks; I hope you're right. I'm very concerned that I'm getting de-skilled here. It's really sad; nobody cares, nobody wants to do anything well, nobody wants to improve...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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