Jeff Moden

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RE: Threw an exception... out of memory

Understood on the "business" of education... I do it for at least an hour a day. Kind of like practicing piano. Heh... I thought you had some extreme...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 5:46 pm

#1020150
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

GilaMonster (7/5/2009)
WayneS (7/3/2009)
GilaMonster (7/3/2009)
You laugh. I was speaking with someone recently and he said that he and his team do some SQL development, but nothing complex, no joins or anything.
chuckle...
Makes...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm

#1020142
RE: Cursor in SQl Server

You bet, Barry... it's good stuff. Is there another installment coming up any time soon?
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 4:56 pm

#1020140
RE: SQL Split query

Very cool, Wayne... Guess I'll transfer all of my test results and explanations to 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)

July 5, 2009 at 4:51 pm

#1020139
RE: Threw an exception... out of memory

I meant to ask... what are you doing this for? What's the business reason, I mean?
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 4:47 pm

#1020138
RE: Threw an exception... out of memory

Just check Zip 2 because there will always be all zip codes in that column.
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

#1020137
RE: Flakey behavior of code windows on SSC

Very cool... I'm not the only one having such problems. Thanks for posting this, Wayne. If we can get enough other people to document the problems, maybe they'll...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 1:35 pm

#1020110
RE: Threw an exception... out of memory

Never mind, Steve... I found one that's a CSV file at
http://www.boutell.com/zipcodes/
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 11:56 am

#1020095
RE: Threw an exception... out of memory

Steve, I'm not sure I can help but I'm certainly interested in this problem. Would you provide a link to the free database you mentioned so I can "play"...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 11:24 am

#1020084
RE: Concurrency, Insert Into A Table To Capture A Range Of Numbers

My apologies for being thick... just trying to figure this out because the propensity for deadlocks on such a table is very high, indeed.
You listed the following values for 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)

July 5, 2009 at 11:13 am

#1020082
RE: How to store output of a Script in a .csv file in sql 2005?

Gosh... I just use good ol' BCP for this type of thing.
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 10:56 am

#1020081
RE: SQL Split query

I've been bitching to Steve Jones and the others that the code windows don't work correctly with IE. One voice isn't very effective though. It would be handy...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 10:54 am

#1020080
RE: MS2005 OR MS2008?

There are a fair number of enhancements when comparing 2008 to 2005 but the basics are the same. There're things like new ways to monitor the system, new data...
--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)

July 5, 2009 at 10:00 am

#1020071
RE: MS2005 OR MS2008?

I'd have to say 2008... if you're qualified in 2008, most people will consider you qualified in 2005.... but not the other way around.
--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)

July 4, 2009 at 10:28 pm

#1020027
RE: The Independence Day Ruckus

Perhaps... just couldn't get past the reduction of the holiday to "To me, Independence Day is all about making a ruckus." 😉
--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)

July 4, 2009 at 10:24 pm

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