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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (1/6/2009)


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    Grant Fritchey (1/6/2009)


    I must be old, D&D used lots (and lots and lots) of six-sided dice. Now, Traveller, there were the decimal dice at work.

    Which edition was...

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  • RE: Tracing

    There is a default trace running in SQL 2005. Doubt you can get what you want out of there, but it's your only hope. Well, that or invent...

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  • RE: Puzzling SELECT TOP/Group By issue

    Glad we could help. You're welcome.

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  • RE: OLE Automation help

    You can have SSIS run .NET code, which can be used to automate Excel. Have SSIS create the Excel file, then a script opens the file through automation, auto-fits...

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  • RE: How to link view and table together

    I've had plenty of instances where removing the time was important for a warehouse or reporting solution, but otherwise, I leave it in. I'd rather have it and not...

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  • RE: Puzzling SELECT TOP/Group By issue

    Try this, see if it does what you need:

    SELECT a.application_id,

    d.brandname,

    dd.dosage,

    ...

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  • RE: Help needed to do performance tune in stored procedure.

    The first thing I'd do is break the proc into smaller procs and have it all called from a master proc. Then you can tune each one.

    As written, the...

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  • RE: to INCLUDE or not to INCLUDE

    I'm going to pretty much echo Gail on this one. If the column will be used in a Where or Join clause, put it in the key, but if...

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  • RE: OLE Automation help

    I have a question about methodology. Why not, instead of OLE automation, use SSIS? It's designed to do this kind of thing. It has no problem whatsoever...

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  • RE: multiple-part identifier could not be bound

    UDFs have to be followed by parentheses, even if they don't have input parameters.

    Is your command:

    set @_AsOfDate = dbo.svf_GetPriorMonthEndDate_asofdate

    or is it:

    set @_AsOfDate = dbo.svf_GetPriorMonthEndDate_asofdate()

    If it doesn't have the parentheses, it...

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  • RE: Searching a table with recursive association

    A recursive CTE could find that for you. Use that with an If Exists check and roll back the transaction on violation.

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  • RE: Great IT Shops

    I haven't worked for my current employer long enough to know whether it's great or merely good, but it sure looks promising.

    The main thing I look for is morale. ...

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  • RE: Temp tables vs. table variable speeds, temp tables faster???

    Jeff Moden (1/6/2009)


    Heh... "catch block"... that's another one... used properly, it's a great tool... but, for a huge number of the developers (using the term very loosly) I know, it's...

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  • RE: dashboard reports question

    For that purpose, I wouldn't use dashboard reports at all. I'd run a trace, and analyze the CPU use, IO stats, etc., while filtering for that particular database. ...

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  • RE: T-Sql Script question to compare values between 2 tables

    foxjazz (1/6/2009)


    don't you guys have jobs?

    Yes, I've been hired by a shadowy international group of conspirators. My job is to annoy people who suggest using cursors in SQL Server....

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