Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Improving the Performance of UPDATE Statements in SQL Server

Noman072 wrote:
Thanks for your comments. I understand your points and I would like to clarify a couple of things.
Regarding the execution time difference, batch updates are faster because they reduce...
--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)

March 27, 2025 at 1:01 am

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Reply To: The Table Backup

Carlo Romagnano wrote:
uhm, what about "Temporal tables"?
"Temporal tables" do not need to be backed up and restored, you can see values in the "past" and restore them with a query.
So drop...
--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)

March 24, 2025 at 5:25 pm

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Reply To: SQL Server Maintenance Plan Feedback

To be honest, I'd delete the REORGANIZE job and disable the REBUILD job. Microsoft finally took down the 5/30 supposed "Best Practices" on 20 April 2021 and a lot 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)

March 24, 2025 at 5:20 pm

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Reply To: Server Role for User Database Access

ScottPletcher wrote:
Add that user to the "model" db -- with whatever permissions you want -- and they will automatically be added to every new db.
Ditto 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)

March 20, 2025 at 1:59 pm

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Reply To: Understanding SQL Server LEFT_SHIFT and RIGHT_SHIFT Functions

While I do have an appreciation for anyone that steps up to share information, there are a couple of serious problems with the supposed "Practical Use Cases" in the article...
First,...
--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)

March 19, 2025 at 4:31 pm

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Reply To: Search all databases on one server instance to find a specific view

JP789 wrote:
Humm... I couldn't get it to work. You gave: 'USE ? select DB_NAME(DB_ID(''?''))
But I don't know the database name. The server has many databases. I want to search all...
--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)

March 17, 2025 at 4:10 am

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Reply To: Database restoration slowed down abnormally.

It could be anything. Did they switch domains that one of the machines was on? Did they add any new switches or routers or make any "settings changes". We had...
--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)

March 17, 2025 at 4:06 am

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Reply To: Alternatiives to Junk Dimensions

Thanks for the links, Martin.
--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)

March 13, 2025 at 7:46 pm

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Reply To: how do you explain the cardinal sin of warehousing to the chiefs?

I'm curious... what does the lowest level of management think of what you said. Has anyone even told them? And how about the next level or two above that? Have...
--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)

March 13, 2025 at 1:45 am

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Reply To: Job requires X years of SQL... How do you respond?

Just to say it out loud... It's very likely that I'll never post anything on GitHub. However... a lot of companies insist that if you're not adding to GitHub 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)

March 12, 2025 at 9:33 pm

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Reply To: Alternatiives to Junk Dimensions

Never mind about me thinking they were talking about "Jump" tables. I'm not a DW kind of person.
I asked Perplexity.AI the following...
What is a "junk" dimension in a data warehouse?...
--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)

March 12, 2025 at 8:31 pm

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Reply To: windows services monitor

Jeffrew wrote:
You also have some options. One approach is to use Windows built-in Task Scheduler to trigger a PowerShell script only when the service actually stops, rather than polling constantly....
--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)

March 12, 2025 at 7:05 pm

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Reply To: using Sql without using Pivot .

jagjitsingh wrote:

How to get the below data we can create dynamically using Sql in a Table and then display using query. I will not be using Pivot .

--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)

March 12, 2025 at 7:01 pm

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Reply To: Alternatiives to Junk Dimensions

Are you sure they said "junk" and not "jump"? There is good use for tables that only contain IDs from the Fact Tables and the Dimension tables. In relational databases,...

--Jeff Moden