Jeff Moden

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RE: Exploring Recursive CTEs by Example

David McKinney (7/17/2012)
I love it! Especially the conclusion.
It's time we stopped being afraid to whisper the words 'Recursive CTE' for fear of being heard by the RBAR...
--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)

July 25, 2014 at 9:41 am

#1732433
RE: Latin1_General_BIN Collation

Eric Humphrey (7/24/2014)
Choose Windows collation.
Designer: Latin1_General
Check Binary. All other options become invalid at that point.
I realize that you and I have just answered a 2 year post but I thought...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 7:19 pm

#1732235
RE: How to keep Canadian and US customers database separate in their country

If you have database servers in each country, I believe that you're missing a prime opportunity for disaster recovery. All customers should be in the same database and 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)

July 24, 2014 at 7:12 pm

#1732234
RE: Help with creating a SQL script.

New Born DBA (5/29/2014)
Ed Wagner (5/29/2014)
Good. Create a stored procedure and schedule it to run as a database job every hour. The procedure would query the number 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)

July 24, 2014 at 6:59 pm

#1732233
RE: Need Help parsing through the XML

Evil Kraig F (7/22/2014)
Jeff Moden (7/22/2014)
What's so bad about using something like BCP to export the data to a central transfer repository and simply import the data at the other...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 6:41 pm

#1732231
RE: T-SQL Pivot Question

Alan.B (7/24/2014)
Hi Jeff, sorry for the later reply here - I have been off the grid dealing with health issues.
I fixed my code - please let me know if...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 6:24 pm

#1732228
RE: I am Confused about SQL Server performance

Coderx7 (7/24/2014)
Hello Everyone,
About two months ago me and two of my friends tried to see for ourselves whether Oracle is faster than SQL Server or vice versa, and or if...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 6:20 pm

#1732226
RE: Index Seek on Non Clustered Index cost is very high (92%) how to reduce this ?

kbhanu15 (7/14/2014)
Hi ALl,
Please give your suggestions to resolve this problem.
Index Seek on Non Clustered Index cost is very high (92%) how to reduce this ?
I've run into this in 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)

July 24, 2014 at 6:08 pm

#1732225
RE: How to efficiently import data in .rpt format into SQL 2008

Alvin Ramard (7/24/2014)
Jeff Moden (7/23/2014)
halifaxdal (7/23/2014)
Alvin Ramard (7/23/2014)
Reading about this after all the discussion, I'm starting to think it would have been a lot faster to try the import with...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 11:08 am

#1732158
RE: Backing up a DB with log shipping turned on

Perry Whittle (7/23/2014)
Jeff Moden (7/21/2014)
Perry Whittle (7/21/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/21/2014)
GilaMonster (7/16/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/16/2014)
Yes. I believe you can use copy only, which avoids this
Full backups do...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 10:44 am

#1732152
RE: SQL-only ETL using a bulk insert into a temporary table (SQL Spackle)

opc.three (7/24/2014)
To anyone reading this article and subsequent comments, know that BULK INSERT introduces problems and carried with it many more hidden limitations than it offers benefits. BCP (the command-line...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 9:15 am

#1732128
RE: How to efficiently import data in .rpt format into SQL 2008

halifaxdal (7/24/2014)
Jeff Moden (7/23/2014)
halifaxdal (7/22/2014)
For the 400M file, I remove the first two rows (non data), I also added BULKSIZE = 200 to the Bulk Insert, and I was able...
--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)

July 24, 2014 at 8:42 am

#1732115
RE: Get next 2 weeks

@sharonsql2013,
Many folks have correctly identified that the table should be "normalized". While it may not be possible for you to change the table, do you know how you would...
--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)

July 23, 2014 at 10:31 pm

#1732011
RE: Source Control: As cool as ice cream or as boring as watching it melt?

I gave this one star only because I couldn't subtract one. If you'd like to know why, let me know and I'll write a quiz for you 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)

July 23, 2014 at 10:10 pm

#1732010
RE: What does a masters degree in database administration give you

SQLTestUser (7/23/2014)
Is there any justification for pursuing a masters degree in database administration? what would be the positives and the negatives?
To be absolutely honest and with the understanding that it's...
--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)

July 23, 2014 at 9:53 pm

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