Jeff Moden

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 3,661 through 3,675 (of 59,098 total)

Reply To: How to add background color of row based to existing SP/query

SQLisAwe5oMe wrote:
Attached the script in .docx type.
You've been around for a long time and I think I've shown you this before but one more time.
When you're filling out a post...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 8:28 pm

#4016911
Reply To: What queries to tune first?

To add to what Johan posted, your worst performing queries will NOT usually be your longest running queries and it may not be the queries themselves, at all... it could...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 5:04 pm

#4016830
Reply To: Removing Text From All Rows

Like a lot of the other answers on this thread, that's a lot of non-bullet-proof IF's that will eventually result in silent errors producing an incorrect answer.
Don't assume. Yeah... 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)

April 15, 2022 at 4:45 pm

#4016823
Reply To: Script SQLCMD to create DB with a variable: How to set it up?

My question would be...
Why are you storing such a script on the root of the C: where some users could tamper with it or delete it? This should be in...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 4:41 pm

#4016822
Reply To: Backup more that doubles in size

erouse wrote:
I have a SQL 2012 database with simple recovery that backs up every night. Normally the backup file is around 87,000 MB and grows proportionality as data is added. ...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 4:33 pm

#4016821
Reply To: SQL Query - Finding CPU age (how old)

@sets4life
Are you still there? If so, see my previous post.
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 4:30 pm

#4016820
Reply To: SQL Query - Finding CPU age (how old)

sets4life wrote:
Hi All
Trying to do a query to find out how old are the cpu on device. We do have a way of doing it but it involves manual step...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 3:39 am

#4016512
Reply To: SQL Query - Finding CPU age (how old)

ScottPletcher wrote:
Didn't you already ask this q?!
According to the OPs profile, no. In fact, this appears to be the first and only question they've posted.

--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)

April 15, 2022 at 3:14 am

#4016507
Reply To: How to add background color of row based to existing SP/query

Phil Parkin wrote:
When I do things like this, I return separate columns for the properties I wish to control (font, bold, colour etc) and then assign those columns to the relevant...
--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)

April 15, 2022 at 3:04 am

#4016505
Reply To: How to handle multiple Aliases
One possibility for those is a bit shorter...
```
NULLIF(A.CALC_Date_EOIReceived,'1900-01-01 00:00:00.000') AS [Date Req Created]
NULLIF(A.CALC_Date_EOIReceived,'1900-01-01 00:00:00.000') AS [Date Initiated]
```
If we could see the rest of the code, we could...
--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)
April 14, 2022 at 4:41 am

#4015455
Reply To:

wrote:
I'm looking at a career change. I have bachelors degree in healthcare management and pre counseling. My mental health is going down the drain and do not think 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)

April 14, 2022 at 4:28 am

#4015450
Reply To: Common Import format to import data and database schema from various SQL dbs

I'll also tell you that a lot of companies aren't going to send you a database backup because there's a whole lot of stuff in a backup that they might...
--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)

April 13, 2022 at 5:36 pm

#4015242
Reply To: Filter clause query

With a small tweak, the method in the following article is what I use for such bleedovers. It's NOT a short article because it actually explains how to think about...
--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)

April 12, 2022 at 10:27 pm

#4014770
Reply To: Learning SQL Server 2016

fluis wrote:
Hi there,
I am looking to find some very good beginner resources for SQL server 2016 as we have to use that at work. I dont have much experience 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)

April 12, 2022 at 8:13 pm

#4014728
Reply To:

I don't know what your stored procedure looks like but, if you need to compare every column of every row to all the other rows, then create a hash 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)

April 12, 2022 at 7:06 pm

#4014721

Viewing 15 posts - 3,661 through 3,675 (of 59,098 total)