Jeff Moden

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RE: Best way to determine to Clustered index keys

Robin35 - Friday, February 3, 2017 5:11 PM
Jeff Moden - Friday, February 3, 2017 4:15 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)

February 4, 2017 at 11:43 am

#1926732
RE: Importing data using bcp

phil.doensen - Friday, February 3, 2017 9:30 PM
Jeff Moden - Friday, February 3, 2017 3:56 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)

February 4, 2017 at 11:38 am

#1926731
RE: 1 Tb is How many rows in a databse

susmitha117 - Friday, February 3, 2017 7:35 AM
How many rows does a database contain in 1TeraByte?
Heh.... "42".
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 4:18 pm

#1926719
RE: Best way to determine to Clustered index keys

Robin35 - Friday, February 3, 2017 11:04 AM
GilaMonster - Friday, February 3, 2017 8:07 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)

February 3, 2017 at 4:15 pm

#1926718
RE: Importing data using bcp

We've been guessing long enough. Please post your unadulterated BCP command with the obvious exception of obfuscating ServerName, Login, and Password. Also, for imports, BCP may be the wrong tool. ...
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 3:56 pm

#1926716
RE: All indexes in one small table are taking too long to rebuild

Heh... stop rebuilding indexes. It's not worth it and only causes blocking the next day. I haven't rebuilt indexes on my production box for over a year (last date was...
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 3:49 pm

#1926714
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Luis Cazares - Friday, February 3, 2017 7:37 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, February 3, 2017 7:21 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)

February 3, 2017 at 8:36 am

#1926628
RE: Best way to determine to Clustered index keys

One of the most informative videos I've ever seen on the subject is by Kimberly Tripp and can be found at the following URL...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjCEkI8Qm5c
It should...
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 8:31 am

#1926626
RE: Interview Question

susmitha117 - Friday, February 3, 2017 7:48 AM
Hi. Recently I have attended a couple of interviews. I have faced a similar question...
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 8:27 am

#1926621
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

djj - Friday, February 3, 2017 6:14 AM
Thank you, everyone.
Not a lot of postings with my skill level as I have...
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 7:21 am

#1926587
RE: Your Favorite Feature that Needs Work

Thom A - Friday, February 3, 2017 3:40 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, February 3, 2017 1:01 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)

February 3, 2017 at 7:10 am

#1926579
RE: Your Favorite Feature that Needs Work

That's just the top feature. What I'd really like is (to name a few)...
1. Make the ACE drivers more intelligent and useful.
2. Make FORMAT run at least 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)

February 3, 2017 at 1:01 am

#1926529
RE: High Memory Usage

If you sum up the "Size" column of sys.master_files for all of your MDF/NDF files and divide by 128, what do you get for a result?
--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)

February 3, 2017 at 12:25 am

#1926525
RE: Your Favorite Feature that Needs Work

One of the oldest and higher voted active connect requests (10 years on 2/18) that I see no glimmer of even being worked on can be found at the following...
--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)

February 2, 2017 at 11:20 pm

#1926522
RE: High Memory Usage

No... 12GB is too little for a database server. Buy some more memory for 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)

February 2, 2017 at 9:54 pm

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