Jeff Moden

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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

#1933852
RE: Encapsulating complex logic without using a scalar UDF

While the conversation on a workdays cumulative column and some of its permutations is certainly a good one, it has nothing to do with the original post of how 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 17, 2017 at 6:01 pm

#1933850
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Sean Lange - Friday, March 17, 2017 7:56 AM
Luis Cazares - Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:16 PM
--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 9:39 am

#1933775
RE: Windows Functions: Tell me when that changes.

adame - Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:38 AM
Agreed, always look to use new features.
Nah...you did good. I agree that there have been...
--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 9:14 am

#1933770
RE: Windows Functions: Tell me when that changes.

ChrisM@Work - Friday, March 17, 2017 2:54 AM
davidawest00 - Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:35 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 8:57 am

#1933765
RE: A full and a diff

Heh... for me, the correct answer for me is there would be no files because I don't use PoSh to do backups. 😉
--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 16, 2017 at 7:18 am

#1933458
RE: Day-of-week to Week-Number mapping

Cross Join with a list of weeks? Don't forget to compensate for laundry day offsets. 😉
--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 16, 2017 at 7:06 am

#1933453
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Hugo Kornelis - Thursday, March 16, 2017 2:47 AM
Jeff Moden - Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:49 PM
--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 16, 2017 at 6:47 am

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