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  • RE: The Most Common Query Blunders...

    Somewhat related to SQL Server, when writing remote queries or ETL packages against Oracle, try to remember that an empty string in PL/SQL is equivalent to NULL. At least understand...

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

  • RE: MERGE or not to MERGE

    If you're using a MERGE statement to perform something like a Type 2 Slowly Chaning Dimension operation, then it helps if you can apply a range condition like: WHERE SaleDate...

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

  • RE: TSQL to SELECT dimDate that are less than or equal to last factTable date

    joeshu26 (12/31/2015)


    I would like to SELECT only dates from my dimDate table that are less than or equal to the latest date in my factTable. Any syntax for this...

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

  • RE: The End of 2015

    Maybe it's just me, but it seems this past year (and 2014 as well) there were a lot of existential discussions here on SQLServerCentral regarding our careers and the industry...

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

  • RE: Best way to merge two large client databases

    MMartin1 (12/30/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/30/2015)


    Orlando Colamatteo (12/30/2015)


    Eric, agree it's not a ton more but Phil expressed it in more detail. This is basically my thoughts on it and where my...

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

  • RE: Best way to merge two large client databases

    Orlando Colamatteo (12/30/2015)


    Eric, agree it's not a ton more but Phil expressed it in more detail. This is basically my thoughts on it and where my comment about requiring less...

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

  • RE: Security Decisions

    David.Poole (12/30/2015)


    TomThomson (12/30/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/12/2015)


    a fundamental broken concept of information technology is the lack of security practices and architectures being built into our platforms and applications from...

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

  • RE: Best way to merge two large client databases

    Orlando Colamatteo (12/30/2015)


    Assuming the identity seeds were both 1, loading with IDENTITY_INSERT ON using the original identity *-1 (what Phil said) is where I would start the conversation. If the...

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

  • RE: Feeling exhausted, overworked and tired.

    Grumpy DBA (12/17/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/12/2015)


    Yeah, what Grant noted. If you're not satisfied in your job, the best time to look and change is when you can do...

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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (12/25/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (12/24/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/24/2015)


    Oh, has anyone stayed at a Hyatt recently?

    He he, cash only:-D

    😎

    I'm genuinely curious how you manage that when all the hotels demand credit cards...

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

  • RE: Partitioned table dropped! HELP!

    First, any DBA who tells you the database hasn't been backed up for months; I just wouldn't take their word for it, and they could be wrong. Before proceeding any...

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

  • RE: Does anyone know what this verbage means ?

    Where are you getting the message from? It looks like a custom programmer defined message. The term "ICD10" relates to healthcare coding not SQL Server.

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

  • RE: Where Do Staging Tables Belong

    If the data can't be easily re-sourced, meaning it's accumulating change data history, and the goal is tho retain the data permanently, which I'm guessing would be the reason for...

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

  • RE: Other Tools to Develop SSIS Package

    Alvin Ramard (12/29/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/29/2015)


    At a bare minimum, all you need is Notepad, but the free SSDT tool provided by Microsoft provides some nice to have features too.

    Eric, if...

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

  • RE: Sharing Code

    I occasionally rip off some ideas from chef Alton Brown and put it to good use in my kitchen. I don't think the guy would mind.

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

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