Jeff Moden

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RE: Update records and record the updated records into a table

I make people bring me my favorite sandwich (JJ's #9, no mayo, no onions) before I'll unlock their account. 😉
--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, 2017 at 4:13 pm

#1933905
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Matt Miller (#4) - Sunday, March 19, 2017 1:19 PM
Jeff Moden - Sunday, March 19, 2017 7:23...
--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, 2017 at 3:59 pm

#1933904
RE: column collation - the mystery of it all ?

I believe that you need to make it so that the insert is of the collation you desire, as well.

create table test(a varchar
--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, 2017 at 1:53 pm

#1933903
RE: Issue with deleting millions of rows of data

Step 1 would be to actually add some meaningful indexes... I take that back. Step 1 would be to fire the vendor. 😉
--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, 2017 at 9:13 am

#1933893
RE: High CPU for "System" Process

curious_sqldba - Friday, March 17, 2017 12:27 PM
Never really come across this issue, i have a query when i execute overall server...
--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, 2017 at 9:10 am

#1933892
RE: Primary key violation on INSERT, even though TABLOCKX is held

...and how many rows are in the staging "table"?
--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, 2017 at 9:06 am

#1933891
RE: Create a view to view encrypted columns from a table

Seems a bit crazy to do it in a view because then you have to protect the view and all that goes with it.
--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, 2017 at 8:17 am

#1933890
RE: Migrating Databases from old version to new version- in shortest time

The steps sound fine except that any webservices will latch on to the databases as soon as they can. You might want to set each DB so single user 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)

March 19, 2017 at 8:14 am

#1933889
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Matt Miller (#4) - Saturday, March 18, 2017 6:02 PM
Jeff Moden - Saturday, March 18, 2017 3:46...
--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, 2017 at 7:23 am

#1933887
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Lynn Pettis - Friday, March 17, 2017 2:10 PM
Not mine either but looking like I need to learn it and JSON.
I...
--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 18, 2017 at 3:46 pm

#1933868
RE: Windows Functions: Tell me when that changes.

ChrisM@Work - Friday, March 17, 2017 10:37 AM
Whatever did we do without ROW_NUMBER? Oh, I remember now - we ran stuff...
--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 18, 2017 at 3:31 pm

#1933867
RE: Encapsulating complex logic without using a scalar UDF

jcelko212 32090 - Wednesday, March 15, 2017 7:40 PM
Lynn Pettis - Wednesday, March 15, 2017 9:38 AM
--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, 2017 at 8:37 pm

#1933856
RE: 'Spell check' a string-valued field

Just curious... is that what you were looking for?
--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, 2017 at 8:28 pm

#1933855
RE: Replacing BCP with SQLBulkLoad

I know this article is 14 years old but it's interesting to see that the grammar police were just as petty back then as they are now. What the hell...
--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, 2017 at 8:04 pm

#1933853
RE: Replacing BCP with SQLBulkLoad

DavidCameron - Monday, July 21, 2003 1:02 AM
This article assumes that XML is the way of the future, which is a false...
--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, 2017 at 7:18 pm

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