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  • RE: Query Building Tips (Need Them!)

    rbarryyoung (3/30/2008)


    It is important to realize that there are several types of Subquery:

    1. Value Subqueries: These just return a single value per row and they look like this: (Select...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Query Building Tips (Need Them!)

    robertafricker (3/30/2008)


    Hi NJ,

    (this is the second one I had)

    USE Beerdrinkers

    SELECT bar

    FROM serves, likes

    WHERE serves.beer = likes.beer

    AND drinker = ‘Joe’

    If I may make a minor correction...

    SELECT bar

    FROM serves INNER JOIN likes...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Transfer data from SQL server database to DBISAM

    Posting 6 identical messages is not necessary. It wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    Many of us read all the forums.

    Please do not reply to this thread, but direct comments to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Transfer data from SQL server database to DBISAM

    Posting 6 identical messages is not necessary. It wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    Many of us read all the forums.

    Please don not reply to this thread, but direct comments to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Transfer data from SQL server database to DBISAM

    Posting 6 identical messages is not necessary. It wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    Many of us read all the forums.

    Please don not reply to this thread, but direct comments to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Transfer data from SQL server database to DBISAM

    Posting 6 identical messages is not necessary. It wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    Many of us read all the forums.

    Please do not reply to this thread, but direct comments to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Transfer data from SQL server database to DBISAM

    Posting 6 identical messages is not necessary. It wastes people's time and fragments replies.

    Many of us read all the forums.

    Please don not reply to this thread, but direct comments to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Reorganize Index Task failed but no error messages

    In the properties of the maintenance plan you can set the plan to log to a text file. It will write far more detailed info than went into the job...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: MSSQL 2000 and MSSQL2005

    OK. it doesn't look like you have the DB engine installed, just the workstation tools. Do you know what edition you tried to install? (Enterprise, standard, workgroup, developer)?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: are there "arrays" in sql 2005 ?

    Ok. Almost clear. From the looks of things, there's no need to create separate tables at all. Just one more thing....

    Where does the email address come from that you're sending...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Need help on small project from SQL professional

    If I may suggest...

    Read the article linked in Jeff's sig, then post the question again. It's probably simple, but I don't feel like guessing as to table structure and expected...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Bachelors degree - Who has one, or even more education?

    From what you've said, I would not suggest you consider a degree at the moment.

    For the record, I have a B.SC and I'm currently studying for my M.Sc. so...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Help with transactions...

    Maybe.

    How many rows are in the table? What are the indexes on the table?

    If there are no indexes, sql will do a table scan to find your rows. That means...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: MSSQL 2000 and MSSQL2005

    You can't restore a 2005 database onto a 2000 server. There's no downgrade option.

    To install the DB engine, you need to get hold of the full 2005 installation.

    What did you...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: How to kill Rollback process

    Depends.

    If you're doing something like this, all will be rolled back

    Begin transaction

    set xact_abort on

    update ...

    update ....

    update ....

    commit transaction

    If each update is within its own transaction (or if you're not explicitly...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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