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  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Chris Harshman (3/24/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/20/2015)

    Yes, I do that sometimes, but the catch is that it has to be a 'persisted' computed column. Adding these persisted columns to an existing...

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Chris Harshman (3/24/2015)


    Iwas Bornready (3/24/2015)


    What I often see is this. A programmer goes in to fix a problem, finds the source of the problem and fixes it. Done. But wait,...

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Jeff Moden (3/22/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/20/2015)


    Chris Harshman (3/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/20/2015)


    One thing that SQL Server could use is function based indexes, so we can index on something like CAST(SALESDATE AS...

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

  • RE: query required

    Rename the table and see how many users complain. 🙂

    Or use an extended event trace. Either way, it's not something you want to be counting 24x7. I assume you just...

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

  • RE: Are There That Many GUIDs?

    Toby Harman (3/23/2015)


    ...

    One area which no-one has mentioned (that I saw) was that using GUIDs as the clustered key can avoid hot-spots when adding a lot of data. The random...

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

  • RE: First Episodes

    below86 (3/23/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2015)


    below86 (3/23/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2015)


    No has even attempted a reboot of B. J. and the Bear.

    I loved that show.

    I ran into this same issue...

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

  • RE: Incremental Load

    Phil Parkin (3/23/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2015)


    abhas (3/23/2015)


    DATE_MODIFIED column is there.

    If DATE_MODIFIED is populated when the row is initially inserted, and it's updated consistently by the application, and it's indexed,...

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

  • RE: Incremental Load

    Koen Verbeeck (3/23/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2015)


    abhas (3/23/2015)


    DATE_MODIFIED column is there.

    If DATE_MODIFIED is populated when the row is initially inserted, and it's updated consistently by the application, and it's indexed,...

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

  • RE: First Episodes

    below86 (3/23/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2015)


    No has even attempted a reboot of B. J. and the Bear.

    I loved that show.

    I ran into this same issue with a couple movies....

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

  • RE: Incremental Load

    abhas (3/23/2015)


    DATE_MODIFIED column is there.

    If DATE_MODIFIED is populated when the row is initially inserted, and it's updated consistently by the application, and it's indexed, then that's ideal. You may...

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

  • RE: First Episodes

    No has even attempted a reboot of B. J. and the Bear.

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Charles Kincaid (3/20/2015)


    Knut Boehnert (3/20/2015)


    #1 No documentation

    ...

    #2 Incomplete documentation

    ...

    #3 Inadequate documentation

    ...

    I'm working on a tool to help with this right now. First release is targeted for April.

    Don't forget the...

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Chris Harshman (3/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/20/2015)


    One thing that SQL Server could use is function based indexes, so we can index on something like CAST(SALESDATE AS DATE) or even PRODUCTDESC LIKE...

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    xsevensinzx (3/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/20/2015)


    #5 Inappropriate use of datetime columns. For example SELECT ... WHERE SALESDATE BETWEEN '2015/03/01' AND '2015/03/31'.

    This one is the one I found myself doing...

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

  • RE: Common Mistakes

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/20/2015)


    CGMChris (3/20/2015)


    What exactly is the "chef problem"? A quick Google search didn't turn up anything seemingly relevant. Or perhaps Steve meant "chief"?

    The chef problem...

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

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