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RE: Group by
GSquared (3/21/2011)
We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one.Heh... agreed. Thanks, Gus.
--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:
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RE: Change header names dynamically in the tabular report SSIS 2008
I don't use SSRS but I have people that do nearby. What they do under such cirumstances is they get the data from a stored procedure and they typically...
--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
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RE: Are there tools to capture query cost in dev and test environment?
I certainly do use the execution plans to give me an idea of where potential trouble spots are concerned especially when it comes to index usage and possible many-to-many joins...
--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
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RE: Are there tools to capture query cost in dev and test environment?
The supposed cost of a query frequently has nothing to do with its actual performance. Your best bet is to setup SQL Profiler to monitor the real use 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) -
RE: Pivot/cross tab question
wmedernach (3/20/2011)
I apologize Jeff, I thought you were asking 'michaelAdrianJohnson' how many names he had... 😉In the 'real data' I have _many_ names in this table, and the timestamps aren't...
--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
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RE: Pivot/cross tab question
wmedernach (3/20/2011)
Thanks michaelAdrianJohnson for the information.Warren M
Again I ask... how many names do you have in your real table and will the number of names ever increase? If 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
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RE: Insert random numbers into a column
Craig Farrell (3/20/2011)
but it's still just an identity() column in an odd order.I absolutely agree except for one thing... my solution isn't self-maintaining. An IDENTITY column is and, therefor,...
--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) -
RE: Insert random numbers into a column
bitbucket-25253 (3/20/2011)
Craig Farrell (3/20/2011)
This seems exactly like why Identity() was built. It's random in that it has nothing to do with the rest of the data, and is unique...--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) -
RE: Insert random numbers into a column
henryvuong1000 (3/20/2011)
I have a table, one of the columns is empty. I want to insert a random number into each row of the empty column, under the condition that no...--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
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RE: Pivot/cross tab question
wmedernach (3/19/2011)
Hello all,I'm looking for suggestions on how to create a query to structure some time series data.
The data looks something like this:
Is this possible with the Pivot command?
Thanks 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
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RE: Searching Functions, Procedures and Tables
FredS-1001785 (3/18/2011)
No, I am searching for the one character long string '#'What do you want to do when you find the character more than once? Are you simply looking...
--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
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RE: efficiency of query approaches
johnsql-193053 (3/20/2011)
GilaMonster (3/20/2011)
What does your testing show? Have you looked at the execution plans, duration and IO statistics of each?The 4 queries return the same result like:
SKUGroupIDSKUMain
S20003120003S200031
M20003220003S200031
T20003320003S200031
A10092110092A100921
B10092210092A100921
G30005130005G300051
You asked which is...
--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
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RE: Query help for Week wise report of a given month and year
joshtheflame (3/19/2011)
Actually I am developing a application in ASP.NET where datasets for reporting doesnt populate through dynamic query which has EXEC(@SQL) statement and tmp tables. it requires a pure 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
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RE: REPLACE Multiple Spaces with One
a.rajmane (3/19/2011)
Nice and useful script.The same approach is used to find number-of-string-occurrences-with-in-a-string
look at here.
Thanks for the feedback and the link.
In reference to that link for finding 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) -
RE: Group by
But that's no reason to not use a function for something not included or even contrary to established documentation especially if it greatly simplifies the resolution to a problem 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)
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