Jeff Moden

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RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

Hmmmm... thinking about it a bit more, the tables may actually be identical for column names. If that's true, I don't need the CREATE statement... just confirmation that's true.
--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)

December 2, 2009 at 1:06 pm

#1086726
RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

I believe I may have it figured... I just need some confirmation... any chance of you posting the CREATE TABLE (or whatever) from ACCESS for the Date_3 table (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)

December 2, 2009 at 1:04 pm

#1086724
RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

Must be a different query. The output you've shown returns 19 columns... the query you've shown returns only 7. Not to worry, though... I think I have it...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 11:27 pm

#1086271
RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

If knowledge about ACCESS were gasoline, I wouldn't have enough to run a sugar-ant's mini-bike through a match box. With that in mind, thanks for posting the tables... 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)

December 1, 2009 at 8:34 pm

#1086234
RE: Listing SQL Server services

sqlbuddy123 (12/1/2009)
Also instead of getting the output in the Command window, can we export the results to a file.
Sometimes, the "old ways" are the easiest...
[font="Arial Black"]OSQL.exe -L >C:\Temp\MyServers.txt[/font]
... and be...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 8:16 pm

#1086232
RE: ssis and ssrs interview questions

CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2009)
Sorry Jeff - did I give any answers away?
Yep... just in time, too. 😉
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 7:35 pm

#1086228
RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

I can give it a try but a little more info would help me a lot... any chance you could post the CREATE TABLE statements for the Data_3 and SKU_CONTENTS...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 7:23 pm

#1086226
RE: Bad performance in VB6 to open a hierarchical recordset based on stored procedures

incercare0 (11/30/2009)
In SQL Server Profiler it is only one call for each level of the hierarchical recordset. Each call has a Duration of about 50 seconds. So there are 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
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

December 1, 2009 at 7:03 pm

#1086224
RE: Inconsistencies in SysColumns table

I went through something similar once. I was "lucky" (waiting for the opportunity to strike, actually :-D) because I also had the foresight to not only keep track 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)

December 1, 2009 at 6:44 pm

#1086219
RE: Where do I start?????

John Waclawski (12/1/2009)
If you want to get an idea of how sql syntax is laid out I highly recommend WinSQL by Synametrics[/u]. The trial version (14 days) allows 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)

December 1, 2009 at 6:16 pm

#1086213
RE: datetime variable in where condition

tknight (12/1/2009)
If you know the date is stored in the database with a noon hour, could you just add the 12 hours to your variable?
set @StartDate= dateadd(hh,12,cast(convert(datetime,@Start_Date,101) as...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 6:10 pm

#1086210
RE: Best way to get data from multiple tables

mvertommen (12/1/2009)
Hi Seth,
Thank you for quick response.
I don't have an actualy example as this is just "research" right now.
I do know how to create the join in order to get...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 5:53 pm

#1086205
RE: How would one create a datasource to use in TSQL?

Agreed... SYNONYMs are great. If you can't use them for some reason, a "pass through" view will do the same wonderful thing except instead of ALTER SYNONYM, you would...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 5:49 pm

#1086204
RE: run query with a string input into an int field

Not a problem...
Change this...
print @sql
... to this...
EXEC (@SQL)
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 5:45 pm

#1086203
RE: Crosstab query - Please help. it has been a few days without sleep

Test-170228 (12/1/2009)
I need someone to re-write this code for me for the SQL server 2008. I would greatly appreciate it:
PARAMETERS SQLPeriodIndex Text ( 255 ), theMarket Text ( 255 ),...
--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)

December 1, 2009 at 5:35 pm

#1086198

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