Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Review Ola hallengren indexoptimize parameters

Yes. Do not use REORGANIZE. It doesn't work the way you think it does. It's so bad on indexes that fragment that it's actually the cause of the myth 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)

November 5, 2021 at 1:46 pm

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Reply To: AWS RDS - MS Sql server

I don't know about those stored procedures and can't help there.
Of a much larger concern, suppose you want to restore just one database? Go check the documentation on that. IIRC...
--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)

November 4, 2021 at 4:35 pm

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Reply To: New Index Maintenance Methods Recommended by Microsoft

You're presuming an awful lot. Why would you want "at least 2 files per filegroup" for a single table?
Also, I can see some instances where you might have specific reason...
--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)

November 4, 2021 at 4:26 pm

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Reply To: SSRS reports that use a data component

Understood but that's not my question. To be more clear, you stated that...
I'd rather write components in a project written in C# that yield the results that would 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)

November 4, 2021 at 4:02 pm

#3947952
Reply To: Identify INT,BIGINT,character in stored proc

thbaig wrote:
Thank you. TRY_Convert exist in my version
Now that you have your answer, would you please tell us what your stored procedure is doing? I'm really interested in why bad...
--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)

November 4, 2021 at 3:52 pm

#3947944
Reply To: New Index Maintenance Methods Recommended by Microsoft

ScottPletcher wrote:
Of course that method does not work with any cross-table constraints on the table, since constraints must be in the same filegroup (IIRC).
Try it and find out that 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)

November 4, 2021 at 2:59 pm

#3947923
Reply To: New Index Maintenance Methods Recommended by Microsoft

ScottPletcher wrote:
Of course that forces the entire table to be rewritten every time. In a typical rebuild, often large parts of the table do not need rewritten because they haven't...
--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)

November 4, 2021 at 2:53 pm

#3947920
Reply To: New Index Maintenance Methods Recommended by Microsoft

Toby Harman wrote:
One thing I am disappointed not to be hearing more about is the use of resumable index rebuilds.
I've stopped using reorganize on huge tables where we can't rebuild because...
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 10:48 pm

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Reply To: Shrink File on database to release the free space back to a drive

How many megabytes does the database currently have, how many megabytes to you want it to have, how much FREE SPACE is currently available in the data base, and how...
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 8:48 pm

#3947682
Reply To: Identify INT,BIGINT,character in stored proc

thbaig wrote:
Hi,
I have a stored proc that takes comma separated list , split it and use it to match against table columns.
e.g.
execute spValidationGet '821780031254,821780031250,1473983,1473903,65644'
I need to implement some input validation...
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 8:42 pm

#3947681
Reply To: Pivot Query

Jeff Moden wrote:
stephen.aa wrote:
Just one more thing... The example above spans 29 months. Is there a good way to separate it out to place three columns for each month within 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)

November 3, 2021 at 8:37 pm

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Reply To: Best Practice question

You added OPTION (RECOMPILE) to the code you posted for this thread. That's what I'm talking about. The OP said the code was being run thousands of times per day.
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 8:27 pm

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Reply To: End user needs to execute just ONE sproc

I agree with Aunt-Green but it may require you to add an "EXECUTE AS OWNER" to the stored procedure. "It Depends".
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 7:18 pm

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Reply To: SSRS reports that use a data component

Rod at work wrote:
I'm not a SSRS expert. I know enough to get myself in trouble. Anyway, if memory serves, I recall seeing somewhere a blog post, maybe a Microsoft documentation article,...
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 7:16 pm

#3947651
Reply To: DATEDIFF with GETWEEK worth of data

JeremyU wrote:
I have such an issue. I have units, on sale date and also how many weeks the unit is on sale. However, my current formula with DATEDIFF grabs only...
--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)

November 3, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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