Jeff Moden

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RE: SQL & the JOIN Operator

Nice article, Wagner! Articles of this nature should be required reading for anyone just starting out in SQL and those that enjoy a refresher. Well done. 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)

October 7, 2009 at 8:04 am

#1062791
RE: SQL & the JOIN Operator

Chris.Strolia-Davis (10/7/2009)
Excellent article.
You mentioned not knowing a real world application of the CROSS JOIN.
In my experience, this is typically used for creating test data.
Sometimes you need to test data 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)

October 7, 2009 at 7:59 am

#1062788
RE: automatic database shrink

Jason, I sense a storm brewing...
--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)

October 7, 2009 at 12:44 am

#1062600
RE: SSMS Continously Locks up for short periods

Thanks for the feedback. I look forward to what you may find because I can see this becoming more of a problem in the future.
--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)

October 6, 2009 at 11:37 am

#1062397
RE: Difference between OPENROWSET & OPENDATASOURCE

Are these interview questions, homework questions, or test questions?
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:58 pm

#1062100
RE: alternative for backup/restore for seperate Reporting DB

If the data for both servers are stored on a SAN, then SAN Snapshots are the best in my option. Once setup, it only takes a minute or two...
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:48 pm

#1062099
RE: Age Banding (for a beginner, please!)

Proper calculation of age should never include /365.35. It also doesn't need to be complex...
DECLARE @DOB DATETIME
SET @DOB = '2008-03-01'
DECLARE @Now DATETIME
SET @Now = '2009-03-01'
--===== This is the proper...
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:40 pm

#1062096
RE: Comma separated Value

Hello? Is this thing on? 😉
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:35 pm

#1062094
RE: CPU Usage Reported By Profiler

Owing to the random nature of the problem and the fact than RPC Complete isn't showing anything (the bad thing has to actually complete to have RPC Complete capture 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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:29 pm

#1062093
RE: How to schedule a job to generate a script?

How are you generating the script for the object?
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:22 pm

#1062091
RE: SSMS Continously Locks up for short periods

I don't know what it's called in Vista but turn on the equivalent of TaskMgr and see what the cpu and kernal are doing. If the cpu is pegging,...
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:21 pm

#1062090
RE: Pivoting test results with SQL Server

It would also help if the documented code matched the documented results.
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:07 pm

#1062088
RE: Update row with substring from another row.

Then you'll like this pro tip... what you are apparently calling rows are really columns.
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:04 pm

#1062087
RE: Totally Caching a Frequent Query for Maximum Performance

Post the query.
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm

#1062084
RE: substring NOT working

Francis Yee-483501 (10/5/2009)
Guys, thank you for the efforts and I got the solution already.
Thanks again.:satisfied:
Cool. Can you post your solution, please?
--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)

October 5, 2009 at 9:57 pm

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