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  • RE: UPDATE vs SELECT statements produce diff row stats with same conditions

    Yes, Merge is better than Update From. I didn't notice this was 2k8 or I'd have mentioned that too.

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  • RE: SQL Server v MySQL

    One of the comparisons I found, http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/move_from_microsoft_SQL_Server.html, by MySQL's Dir Product Mgmt, is pretty fair about the comparison. He admits there are features MySQL doesn't have and won't have...

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  • RE: Your Opinion/Help Please

    I'd take a dev copy of the database, on separate hardware, and try a few different partitioning schemes on it. You'll get workability and performance answers that apply to...

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  • RE: How to join 3 tables and show contents as columns

    Other than joining them together, the only thing I can think of is using Union to hook them together, then using Pivot/Unpivot to get them in the form you want....

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  • RE: Upper/lower case text

    Jeff:

    I did a speed test like this:

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    go

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#Strings') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE #Strings;

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#T1') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE #T1;

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#T2') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE #T2;

    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#T3') IS NOT...

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  • RE: How do we differentiate between a Native SQL Backup and Litespeed backup

    All the data on backups in your server is stored in msdb, in the system tables named things like "backupset". There's a column in msdb.dbo.backupset called "software_vendor_id", which will...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/4/2011)


    Koen (da-zero) (1/4/2011)


    GilaMonster (1/4/2011)


    <sigh> Talking plagiarism. He really should know better...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1042151-2799-1.aspx

    Waw, LutzM's reply is really brutal 😀

    (but I'm thinking the same thing)

    Missed it when Steve cleaned up. Someone enlighten...

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  • RE: need help about procedure

    Do you have specific questions or problems you're running into?

    I see some tables, and some procs that access those tables, but I can't tell what the business rules are for...

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  • RE: Job Advise

    Sometimes, with 3rd party software, you really don't have the option of making it be sane. Some of it, often from the biggest software companies, ones that really should...

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  • RE: UPDATE vs SELECT statements produce diff row stats with same conditions

    Just keep telling yourself "It's a common mistake. Any plonk ... anyone could have made it." You'll feel better. :hehe:

    Honestly, it is a common mistake. It usually...

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  • RE: MDF File Structure?

    If you set a max file size, and it runs out of space, it will crash and burn to one extent or another. It's usually recoverable, but it will...

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  • RE: Upper/lower case text

    Ah. No, don't modify the function. Take your original query, and use the function instead of your Upper/Lower pieces.

    Lowell posted an example a few posts back. Take...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/4/2011)


    Oh. Hey, let's use that as a springboard.

    What types of articles do you like best? The kind that are most "talk" and little code, the kind that...

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  • RE: MDF File Structure?

    Rebuilding indexes takes space in the file, unless you specify doing the work in tempdb (check the documentation on rebuilding for the option for that). Once it's done, it...

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  • RE: Upper/lower case text

    Just put the column name in there instead of the variable.

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