Jeff Moden

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RE: Comparing two rows in one table for changes in column

dmoldovan (5/11/2010)
I think that a cursor, which accesses the data ordered by date, is useful in your case.
So... let's see the cursor. 😉
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 9:03 pm

#1165928
RE: Comparing two rows in one table for changes in column

Also, didn't eric_russell's code do it for 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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:49 pm

#1165924
RE: Views Vs Stored Procs

koustav_1982 (5/11/2010)
Hi
I have a complex query.
Now this query can be written as
1. A view
2. A stored Procedure
Assume that the query do not accept any parameter .
Which one should...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:41 pm

#1165923
RE: Comparing two rows in one table for changes in column

Heh... you do realize that by using the 2008 VALUES clause, that all of the people still stuck in the world of 2005 or earlier either can't help you 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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:30 pm

#1165920
RE: Retrieve rows only if the difference in two rows is less than 2

Yes... Self Joined CTE with ROW_NUMBER() so you can join the rows with an offset of 1. Since you're brand new, you might want to take a look at...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm

#1165919
RE: While Loop Much Slower than LOCAL FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY Cursor

Robb Melancon (5/11/2010)
Thanks for the replies, I will look into the "quirky update" method as a possible solution. The calculations are more involved than simple summing but I think...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:11 pm

#1165918
RE: How to obtain week by week plus YTD totals

simflex-897410 (5/11/2010)
Once again, my apologies Lutz.
I have fixed them up and have been able to generate data.
Please see entire scripts from Createtable, to insert, to query.
If (OBJECT_ID('dbo.HHSDataTest', 'Table') Is Not...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 8:06 pm

#1165916
RE: High record/calculation query performance help

The problems are many here. You're simply trying to do too much in a single GROUP BY which is why you have to duplicate so much of the 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
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

May 11, 2010 at 7:53 pm

#1165913
RE: Monthly Data

shjaffer (5/11/2010)
I have this query that I want it to give me data for the 12 months.
Thanks for the sample data but... WHICH 12 months? Current Calendar year...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 7:45 pm

#1165912
RE: While Loop Much Slower than LOCAL FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY Cursor

Robb Melancon (5/11/2010)
basically each row has to be compared to the previous row in order to do some calculations to get a daily "performance" of Assets/Accounts by some grouping
Unless 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)

May 11, 2010 at 7:27 pm

#1165910
RE: Selecting row data into columns

rfranklin-741429 (5/11/2010)
Thanks for the link. I actually did read it earlier but will go thru it again. The version of SQL Server we are on does not support...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 7:19 pm

#1165907
RE: Selecting row data into columns

bitbucket-25253 (5/11/2010)
From Jeff's article:
Last but not least, I currently only have SQL Server 2000 and 2005 installed. I indicate which rev each section of code will run on in parenthesis
Emphasis...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 7:18 pm

#1165906
RE: Code generation

Magoo... here's what I'm talking about... if I take out the partitioning that supports the dupe check, then you probably get more like what you're expecting...
WITH
cteFirstGen AS
( --=== Gen enough...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 6:35 pm

#1165902
RE: Code generation

mister.magoo (5/11/2010)
Jeff, that is an interesting take on Random..... :w00t:
The first ten codes in the sample I tried...
10000180
10000F52
10001875
10001D17
1000221F
10003478
100035E7
10003763
10006415
100081B2
Is there some bias towards groups of characters in that solution ....
Or am...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 6:26 pm

#1165900
RE: Code generation

scziege (5/11/2010)
Absolutly Great job
I love a satisfied customer. Thanks for the feedback. Most folks on this thread had the right idea to begin with...
Now... a favor from...
--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)

May 11, 2010 at 2:47 pm

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