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Reply To: A Simple Formula to Calculate the ISO Week Number
michael.zanovec@la.gov wrote:Been searching for a non-Power Query, non-DAX way to do this for days. Thank you!
Thank you for the feedback.
--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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Reply To: Date Type ETL Question
When dealing with untrusted data, you'll need to use things like TRY_CONVERT(). If it fails, it will return a NULL. Then you can go back to the original data 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) -
Reply To: Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins
Jonathan AC Roberts wrote:Jeff, The "url" link to the excellent article at the beginning of this discussion isn't working. I believe it should point to https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/hidden-rbar-triangular-joins, but only you have the ability...
--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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Reply To: Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins
"Bump" to check for missing posts at start of new page.
Heh... turned out to be SPAM... took that 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
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Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?
Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:SQL Sat Pittsburgh was great and I really enjoyed seeing a few of you longtime community members there.
Hope I get to see some others soon.
It was great to see...
--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) -
Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?
As someone who will turn 40 (Hex) in 2 months, I am in the same position. I love my current job and hope it is my last before 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
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Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?
autoexcrement wrote:@jeff Moden for what it's worth, I saw your original post both before and after your follow-up, without issue. I am NOT missing a Jeff Moden post. That's unacceptable....
--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) -
Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?
I so wish they'd fix the paging and the other incorrect "landing" for posts, etc. "Bumping" my previous post so that page 2 would actually show up.
--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) -
Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?
Perhaps us dinosaurs actually have a brighter future than you might think. There seems to be a new trend away from the cloud. It kind of started when Musk moved...
--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) -
Reply To: ? on keeping a continues count grouped by month ???
jbalbo wrote:Thank You Jeff,
Let me read thru it, mess around with some data, I will get back with some data if I get hung up.
I really appreciate the info, Thank...
--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) -
Reply To: Getting all ancestral parents of a table
From the same SO link you provided, see the following link. Within that, look for an "It-Depends" header. The first paragraph of that section has to underlined n0t-so-obvious links 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) -
Reply To: ? on keeping a continues count grouped by month ???
Here's an introduction to what you need to do...
If you need more detailed help, we'll need some "Readily Consumable Data". Please see the first article in my signature line below...
--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) -
Reply To: Crazy Code I
Lordy... I can't believe they didn't use a cursor or while loop, according to another article that appeared today.
--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) -
Reply To: While Loop in T-SQL
I totally agree with Drew's post. You haven't used an example that even comes close to justifying the use of such RBAR. This could cause folks, especially beginners, to make...
--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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Reply To: Keep. It. Simple.
Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:I'm of the "strong opinions, loosely held" view. I want to stick with things until I see something new working better. Meaning not only is it performing/working/saving/etc. better, but...
--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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