Jeff Moden

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Reply To: create a table with data capture for next 3 years

This sounds like a good place for monthly partitions. The monthly switch out takes nearly zero time or resources and then the switched out part can just be dropped as...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

April 7, 2025 at 6:47 pm

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Reply To: Sever Migration

Seems to me that the online documentation should be a better help for you.

--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

April 7, 2025 at 5:13 pm

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Reply To: Using Feature Flags

David.Poole wrote:
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Most of our infrastructure is IAC delivered by a pipeline.
Apologies for not knowing but what does "IAC" stand for in this context?
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

April 7, 2025 at 4:51 pm

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Reply To: Create Raw Zone Tables using Generative AI: The Fabric Modern Data Platform

In my quick look at your article this morning, I may have missed it... are you using the paid version for ChatGPT?

--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

April 2, 2025 at 1:54 pm

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Reply To: Is GenAI Coming Faster Than You Think?

I love how people tip-toe around this subject. Oh... it's not going to eliminate DBA jobs... we'll just be able to get along with 3 people instead of 5 to...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 31, 2025 at 3:27 am

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Reply To: Index Fragmentation

If you're going to start talking about Random GUIDs (uniqueIdentifier type not using NEWSEQUENTIALIUD()), then you absolutely MUST watch the following video, which proves that what most people think they...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 31, 2025 at 1:31 am

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Reply To: Implementing Fuzzy Search in SQL Server Using New Inbuilt Functions

I wonder what the "compute cost" of these new functions is?
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 28, 2025 at 11:14 pm

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Reply To: Improving the Performance of UPDATE Statements in SQL Server

Noman072 wrote:
Thanks for your comments. I understand your points and I would like to clarify a couple of things.
Regarding the execution time difference, batch updates are faster because they reduce...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 27, 2025 at 1:01 am

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Reply To: The Table Backup

Carlo Romagnano wrote:
uhm, what about "Temporal tables"?
"Temporal tables" do not need to be backed up and restored, you can see values in the "past" and restore them with a query.
So drop...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 24, 2025 at 5:25 pm

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Reply To: SQL Server Maintenance Plan Feedback

To be honest, I'd delete the REORGANIZE job and disable the REBUILD job. Microsoft finally took down the 5/30 supposed "Best Practices" on 20 April 2021 and a lot of...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 24, 2025 at 5:20 pm

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Reply To: Server Role for User Database Access

ScottPletcher wrote:
Add that user to the "model" db -- with whatever permissions you want -- and they will automatically be added to every new db.
Ditto that.
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 20, 2025 at 1:59 pm

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Reply To: Understanding SQL Server LEFT_SHIFT and RIGHT_SHIFT Functions

While I do have an appreciation for anyone that steps up to share information, there are a couple of serious problems with the supposed "Practical Use Cases" in the article...
First,...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 19, 2025 at 4:31 pm

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Reply To: Search all databases on one server instance to find a specific view

JP789 wrote:
Humm... I couldn't get it to work. You gave: 'USE ? select DB_NAME(DB_ID(''?''))
But I don't know the database name. The server has many databases. I want to search all...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 17, 2025 at 4:10 am

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Reply To: Database restoration slowed down abnormally.

It could be anything. Did they switch domains that one of the machines was on? Did they add any new switches or routers or make any "settings changes". We had...
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 17, 2025 at 4:06 am

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Reply To: Alternatiives to Junk Dimensions

Thanks for the links, Martin.
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

March 13, 2025 at 7:46 pm

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