Jeff Moden

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RE: Using the Best

rja.carnegie (9/11/2009)
We get it, you hate non-set-based programming. But sometimes an exercise has to consist of more than one SQL statement. And while only in unusual circumstances 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)

September 11, 2009 at 3:34 pm

#1052591
RE: Very slow response times.

I guess I'd have to ask, "What changed?" This didn't use to happen ever.
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:57 pm

#1052546
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Grant Fritchey (9/11/2009)
Jack Corbett (9/11/2009)
Silverfox (9/11/2009)
Do you know what really frustates me at times, is when someone posts after you have posted, and says, yes that is correct or says...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:49 pm

#1052540
RE: Memory pressure when calling a C# assembly

Jeff Moden (9/8/2009)
I can't help on the problem you're having, Daniel, but I am curious... what does the CLR do?
Heh... you can avoid all this memory problem stuff by avoiding...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:34 pm

#1052533
RE: Help with BCP format error

Sorry for the delay.
You really need to find out what the character number of the little square box is because, at this point, we don't know if it's a Cr...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:29 pm

#1052529
RE: Slow running Select query

It may simply have to do with the order of the data. If one or the other inserts in the same order as the clustered index, there will 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)

September 11, 2009 at 4:08 am

#1052162
RE: specifying a text qualifier when outputing to file

Unfortunately, lot's of things don't even consider the "real" CSV format anymore. Take a look at the QUOTENAME function in Books Online. You'll need to build the correct...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 4:02 am

#1052160
RE: how to count data in different ids

I believe this would do (not near an SQL Server right now so can't test)...
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Product) AS TempID,
...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 3:46 am

#1052154
RE: SQLBits

I'm curious... what do you have against UniSys?
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 3:41 am

#1052152
RE: Changing Usernames

Great idea. Thanks folks.
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 3:06 am

#1052141
RE: Help with BCP format error

I'm not anywhere near an SQL Server for about the next 4-5 days so I can't provide tested code. However, I can tell you what the problem is... BCP...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 2:31 am

#1052129
RE: Using OPENROWSET to import Excel

That's one of the things I don't like about the 64 bit version... no JET drivers.
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 2:04 am

#1052124
RE: T-SQL Stumper

John,
Both solutions above use a wonderful little tool known as a "Tally" or "Numbers" table. To see how to build one as well as a detailed explanation as 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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:55 am

#1052120
RE: Gotcha with dates

I guess my question would be... why did you bother writing this as a CLR?
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:29 am

#1052108
RE: how much RAM(memory) used by sql server 2005

I've not had to actually setup a production server in quite some time... I've usually had the pleasure of a "System's DBA" setting them up in all the jobs I've...
--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)

September 11, 2009 at 1:19 am

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