Jeff Moden

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RE: Get Rid of Duplicates!

Heh... nah... it's just the human element on a (thankfully) open forum. Sometimes ya just gotta play the ol' Jedi mind trick on your self... "These are not 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)

December 1, 2009 at 2:36 pm

#1086129
RE: Temp Table to Gather Data

Now you're talking... Beer fixes everything especially when war stories about work are involved. :w00t: Add a pool table and some good company and there are no problems 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)

December 1, 2009 at 1:49 pm

#1086103
RE: Get Rid of Duplicates!

G33kKahuna (12/1/2009)
Heh... man... you don't need be to be so rude. Most everything that folks write an article having to do with SQL Server are all "age old dilemma's" 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)

December 1, 2009 at 1:30 pm

#1086089
RE: Temp Table to Gather Data

ezlikesundaymorning-573799 (12/1/2009)
I was trying to make a point.
Heh... me too, Luther. Hit the showers and cool down. 😉
--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 1:15 pm

#1086076
RE: Bulk insert performance.

To add to that, do you have persited calculated columns, indexed views, or a wad of constraints?
--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 12:54 pm

#1086056
RE: finding out which tables are the biggest

That's only 136 Mega bytes... why the concern?
--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 12:46 pm

#1086046
RE: SQL server shuts down randomly

Heh... clever startup procedure trick by a laid off employee???
--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 12:41 pm

#1086039
RE: Counting into Month Columns

Consider the faster/sometimes easier alternative to Pivot...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
--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 12:34 pm

#1086030
RE: Why I Run SQLServerCentral

but I don't see this job as my great passion
You know full well why I usually don't post anywhere else but SSC... I'll reiterate what has already been said... it's...
--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 12:24 pm

#1086021
RE: Stored procedure to search for files

I'n not sure how complicated your code is but if it's not too long, you could post it and we might have an even better suggestion.
--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 12:10 pm

#1086009
RE: Anything other than Trigger ?

I agree with GSquared. The newly "INSERTed" row is in the original table. All you're doing with capturing INSERTs is effectively doubling the data. With some rare...
--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 12:07 pm

#1086008
RE: Anything other than Trigger ?

You should still post the code.... you might be surprised what else folks can help on especially if it turns out to be a RBAR trigger. 🙂
--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 11:48 am

#1085996
RE: Totals for each month in a date range query

stewsterl (11/30/2009)
The results I'm looking for are the totals for each month of each year.
Jan Feb ...
--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 11:43 am

#1085992
RE: Get Rid of Duplicates!

G33kKahuna (12/1/2009)
Seth,
this is an age old dilemma and was put to rest with many variations like JP de Jong-202059 pointed out. In fact this site has articles with script to...
--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 11:38 am

#1085989
RE: How to write a query for this one?

Sorry, Pren... I lost track of this one. Does khawaja.irfan's solution work 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)

December 1, 2009 at 11:24 am

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