Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Happy New Year 2025

skeleton567 wrote:
Yes, Jeff, those were the days of news instead of propaganda. Thanks for the memories.
There were some fond memories made back then.
--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)

January 3, 2025 at 4:38 am

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Reply To: Big Data or Small Data

"Bumping" my latest reply because of the forum's "Page 2" problem.
--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)

January 3, 2025 at 4:31 am

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Reply To: Big Data or Small Data

Alex Stuart wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
And, yeah... that was one of the times where they said "It didn't run" when they tested it because it ran so comparatively fast.
Hah - I've 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)

January 3, 2025 at 4:30 am

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Reply To: create multiple output files based on query

Bruin wrote:
Was there an issue with creating solution locally before deploy?
No... it's what happens when you deploy. The C: drive on the server should be avoided for this type 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)

January 3, 2025 at 4:22 am

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Reply To: The Oldest Article

Thank you for the update, Steve. If they need someone to test, I can help.

--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)

January 3, 2025 at 4:07 am

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Reply To: The Oldest Article

Too funny. A SPAM post was removed but the "Discussion" section still has the title with the SPAM info from the title still intact. That's another item they'll need 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)

January 2, 2025 at 12:43 am

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Reply To: create multiple output files based on query

Bruin wrote:
On my physical laptop ... just testing the process before using Network share.
Is the "SQL Server" you're testing on also on your laptop?
--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)

January 2, 2025 at 12:35 am

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Reply To: create multiple output files based on query

I can't help because I don't use PowerShell for much but I am curious. The output file in your original post is "c:\fileloading\rmcstdetails.csv". Where is the "c:\" drive physically located? ...
--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)

January 2, 2025 at 12:28 am

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Reply To: Happy New Year 2025

I remember when I was a young kid and listened to Walter Cronkite talk about the year 2000, which was decades away at the time. Once again, it's decades away...
--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)

January 1, 2025 at 2:55 am

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Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Since MS messed up with performance starting in 2019 and hasn't made it any better in 2022, I sadly pronounce that I Don't Believe Anymore but I keep Doing the...
--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)

January 1, 2025 at 2:24 am

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Reply To: need community help on 1 final cdata odbc driver product eval question

I'm confused. You're talking about Oracle but you're posting in an SQL Server 2019 forum.
Since I'm not privy to your previous attempts and have never used "CDATA", what is 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)

December 30, 2024 at 10:18 pm

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Reply To: How to Attach and Detach Databases in SQL Server

Michael L John wrote:
I would recommend updating statistics after you re-attach the database.
I've seen several people say that. I have to ask "Why"? The statistics are stored in the database just like...
--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)

December 30, 2024 at 10:00 pm

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Reply To: Why does SSMS always pop up this window every time I get into it?

Just curious, Rod. Did you ever figure this out?
--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)

December 30, 2024 at 9:53 pm

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Reply To: Database Archive missing FK

Between updates, just set the database to "Read Only". As an alternative, you can create individual File Groups with one or more Files in each and set those File Groups...
--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)

December 30, 2024 at 9:51 pm

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Reply To: printing complete path

I don't work with Powershell in most cases, which means I'm not very good with it. GOOGLE seems to work for this though.
Try this link.
https://sqlstudies.com/2022/07/07/powershellbasics-expanding-the-column-width-to-avoid-truncation/

--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)

December 27, 2024 at 4:58 am

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