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  • RE: Clever concatination

    phual (10/26/2011)


    I have a need to concatonate the values of ten fields together, but to only include a separator if there are values to separate.

    E.g.

    @Param1 = NULL

    @Param2 = 'Value1'

    @Param3...

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

  • RE: Virtualization for Security

    On the laptop I use to VPN into the office, I have separate boot and data partitions for personal use and then work, where one is not visible to the...

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

  • RE: Using TOP To Rank Columns In a Table

    I think the article presents a good enough solution to a specific problem. If I ever have a need to select the TOP X columns from a table, then it...

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  • RE: Using TOP To Rank Columns In a Table

    sanjay.patel 30254 (10/25/2011)


    Have you ever worked up a example to display dynaimc source to destination data column mapppings using the same technique, and also the matching of data items from...

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

  • RE: Doubled the size of my SQL Server and now getting bad performance

    If possible, try running a schema comparison including indexes and statistics between the new database and the previous database instance. Perhaps in the process of migrating to the new server...

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

  • RE: Using TOP To Rank Columns In a Table

    CELKO (10/24/2011)


    Why did you encourage him? Sounds like time for re-education:w00t:

    On a slow day, even the best of us may become so distracted by the challenge of solving some small...

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  • RE: Script to Update Rows

    For more complex type record matching problems, I turn to the ranking functions.

    Example:

    select * from

    (

    select *,

    ...

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  • RE: Retiring DB

    liebesiech (10/21/2011)


    As mentioned by others, sometimes you cannot remove a database as it is the only source for important legacy information.

    Just to give you an idea...

    Ideally all relevent legacy...

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  • RE: interview

    Know the the Standard Model, the six types of quarks, their intrinic properties and interactions. Also know at least the Wizard's First and Second Rule.

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

  • RE: Retiring DB

    Sending out a broadcast email asking if it's OK to retire a database is good, but depending on the size and organization of the IT department, it's entirely possible for...

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

  • RE: Finding the column containing the minimum value

    If this were Oracle, I could do it all with an inline expression using the DECODE() and LEAST(<value>, <value>, ....) functions.

    However, after deriving a version of your table that...

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  • RE: Not Only SQL

    I agree that, if your application needs to reference very large entity-attribute-value datasets, then it would perhaps be best to move those specific tables out of SQL Server and into...

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  • RE: Protecting Data

    Is it really true that we can't anonymize data?

    It is possible to remove or hash the personally identifying attributes (name, ssn, contact info, etc.) from a flat dataset or...

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  • RE: The Countdown

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/12/2011)50, years that is.

    An amazing view

    A touch of danger

    Steve, this is just a guess, but has Red Gate offered you a lofty executive position?

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  • RE: A Nice Refund

    Several years back, I was working on a government contract to develop the database backend for a web application that would query a large accounting datamart, and then build a...

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