Jeff Moden

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RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Ok... the dust bunnies are in an uproar and the hunt is on for "lost sock" as the only possible source of the leak for the secret recipe...
https://www.yahoo.com/food/introducing-hopsicles-the-beer-popsicles-c1408568357508.html
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 9:16 pm

#1742042
RE: OPENQUERY error: An unexpected NULL value was returned

DataDeveloper (8/28/2014)
I had the same issue pulling data into SQL Server from an AS400 server using OPENQUERY via a linked server. Try the following Syntax... it solved my 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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:26 am

#1741987
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

TomThomson (8/29/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/28/2014)
I just hope I don't become one of the people who post an answer and forget to answer the original question. 😛
Oh, that's sad - we were...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:17 am

#1741982
RE: Hierarchial Query

Ok... your turn. Why did you need to have the Hierarchy column so that each row contained the next child and the leaf levels of the hierarchy only contained...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:15 am

#1741979
RE: Hierarchial Query

See attached for the SQL Code.
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:13 am

#1741978
RE: Hierarchial Query

First, here's the result set from my solution for this problem...
Results:
sId scode ParentID sName Hierarchy
--- ----- -------- ----- -------------------
1 11 0 ...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:06 am

#1741975
RE: Hierarchial Query

Crud. I have the answer but my connection from work won't let me post it. I'll see if I can attach it as a file.
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 10:04 am

#1741972
RE: SQL server is crashing when data is importing from a CSV. Crash Dump File.

What are you using to do the import with? Bulk Insert, BCP, SSIS or ???
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 7:31 am

#1741894
RE: Hierarchial Query

peterausger (8/29/2014)
Kindly find attached the table and the op required..
Hope this info is good enough...
Thanks
Peter
Graphics are copyable/pastable to SSMS. Do like the article says. Make the code and...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 7:29 am

#1741892
RE: recursive sum

If you're going to be doing a fair bit of reporting on hierarchical structures, please consider the following article. It takes a bit to setup but, once in place,...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 7:15 am

#1741890
RE: Hierarchial Query

peterausger (8/29/2014)
this is what i tried and not getting the expected op
;WITH SInfo AS
(
SELECTsId
,scode
,ParentId
,sName
,CONVERT(nvarchar(800), scode) AS Hierarchy
FROMtest
WHEREParentId=0
UNIONALL
SELECTTH.sId
,TH.scode
,TH.ParentId
,TH.sName
,CONVERT(nvarchar(800), (SInfo.Hierarchy +'\' + CONVERT(nvarchar(800), TH.scode)))
FROMtest TH
INNER JOINSInfoONSInfo.sId = TH.ParentId
)
Select *...
--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)

August 29, 2014 at 6:22 am

#1741867
RE: Write tsqlt tests for stored procedures.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/28/2014)
bump
Would you be interested in a more detailed explaination of why and how the test scripts for the "Tally OH" or the "Running Total" articles...
--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)

August 28, 2014 at 2:40 pm

#1741743
RE: name convention for archived or historical database

sqlfriends (8/28/2014)
Thanks, Jeff.
These databases no longer has front end, their new versions are already upgraded to something new and have diffrent database names.
These are only kept 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)

August 28, 2014 at 12:55 pm

#1741729
RE: name convention for archived or historical database

sqlfriends (8/28/2014)
We have a department who has some legacy software databases no longer in use.
But they want to keep the data and database, and build cubes for historical data...
--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)

August 28, 2014 at 12:10 pm

#1741711
RE: How to check or how do I know who has renamed a table on Prod server

I don't know for sure because I haven't used it in about 3 years but that kind of information might be in the default trace file. I know 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)

August 28, 2014 at 12:07 pm

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