Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Introduction

Greetings and welcome aboard.
Just to "grease you up" for asking questions, I recommend you read and understand the article at the first link in my signature line below. If you...
--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)

November 16, 2022 at 7:16 pm

#4113985
Reply To: Tutorial to Create a Power BI Report Using PostgreSQL

Robert Sterbal wrote:
Thanks.
For the first time in a long time I actually have a database that needs indexing. I imported about 9 million voter records from the Pennsylvania Full Voter Export.
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)

November 16, 2022 at 4:52 pm

#4113867
Reply To: Saving transaction backup logs off the DB server

So, what happens if someone needs a restore from the previous day 30 seconds after you drop the old backup?
It sounds to me like you need to keep both 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)

November 16, 2022 at 4:49 pm

#4113865
Reply To: First wednesday of February & August Every year

SwePeso wrote:
Because if you care about performance, you want to avoid IO. Calculating "next wednesday" is about 150 times faster than looking it up (using ta table) on just a...
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 9:04 pm

#4113456
Reply To: Saving transaction backup logs off the DB server

And don't forget to make "compression" the default... especially when using a NAS.
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 6:02 pm

#4113407
Reply To: Pivot Issue

Ok... this is the 3rd post on the same subject. One of your others provided some output, one of the others provided some input, and this one provides the 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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:57 pm

#4113350
Reply To: Pivot Issue

You'll find that very few people are going to go read the article you provided a link to. You also haven't posted the full code you're using . You've also...
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:55 pm

#4113348
Reply To: Sql Column value dyncamically

I see no difference between the original data form and what you've requested. other than some column names in the desired output. We don't actually know what the column names...
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:49 pm

#4113346
Reply To: Saving transaction backup logs off the DB server

Saving either the full backups or the log file backups to the same server as the database is one of the worst ideas for backups. There's no chance at restores...
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:43 pm

#4113344
Reply To: First wednesday of February & August Every year

Ravi wrote:
thanks Both i have now sorted with calendar table.
My advice there is "Watch the Reads".
It would also be nice if you posted the code you ended up using 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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:32 pm

#4113342
Reply To: The VALUES Limit

Rune Bivrin wrote:
George Vobr wrote:
The question is asked clearly: "What is the limit for rows in a Table Valued Constructor?". The documentation states that there is a limit. So there is nothing...
--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)

November 15, 2022 at 4:13 pm

#4113326
Reply To: The VALUES Limit

frederico_fonseca wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
Jason A. Long wrote:
Just keep in mid that, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should"... Super long value lists can really eat up compile memory and compile time.
Oh, 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)

November 15, 2022 at 3:59 pm

#4113297
Reply To: Tutorial to Create a Power BI Report Using PostgreSQL

Robert Sterbal wrote:
What would you recommend for learning more about indexing in Postgrsql?
Perhaps the documentation? 😉 https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/indexes.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)

November 14, 2022 at 9:46 pm

#4112907
Reply To: Sysadmin can't create tables

Not a clue on your last question but I'd be loath to let anything create a permanent table in TempDB. What do you suppose might happen on your next server...
--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)

November 14, 2022 at 9:42 pm

#4112906
Reply To: How to compare average prices of weekday vs weekend
phonecase wrote:
listing_id: int
date: text
available: text
price: int
I was right about price but, lordy... date and available are actually the TEXT datatype? Even if they're VARCHAR() is a...
--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)
November 14, 2022 at 6:49 pm

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