Jeff Moden

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RE: Instrumenting Code

Adam Machanic (2/23/2009)
I'm definitely a fan of instrumentation for debugging purposes. Quite a while ago I wrote something called TSQLAssert (http://datamanipulation.net/tsqlmacro/) for that very purpose... It's based on 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)

February 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm

#949080
RE: Display column of different rows as column of a single row

Sooooo.... Sriram.... your question has people using the "C" word. Can we please hear back from you as to why you want to do this? Not looking 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)

February 23, 2009 at 4:36 pm

#949070
RE: Display column of different rows as column of a single row

Cursor... my word... A very effective non-cursor solution has already been posted. Why ya gotta go swearing like 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)

February 23, 2009 at 4:33 pm

#949069
RE: OpenRowSet Error

Hmmmm... it's starting to sound like a "connection leak", although I don't know for sure. We had that problem only once and, if memory serves correctly, we found out...
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm

#949067
RE: Automation fun

Heh... don't feel bad... it took me half a day to figure out what I was doing wrong the first time I forgot the parenthesis.
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm

#948862
RE: Automation fun

EXEC (@SQL)
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 12:00 pm

#948838
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Heh... I'm still trying to read what may be the greatest fantasy novel of all time... every time I get close to finishing a major part of it, they rewrite...
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:48 am

#948825
RE: Private Messages

Steve Jones - Editor (2/23/2009)
I could grab them from the DB. We won't add "download", but perhaps an "forward on to an email" would be nice.
The delete is a mess....
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:41 am

#948813
RE: Removing char after space

p.s. You may have better luck if you posted this on the SSIS forum.
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:39 am

#948809
RE: Removing char after space

Yes... just sub a column name in the place of the string literal in both places.
So far as exactly how to do it in SSIS, I don't know because I...
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:38 am

#948806
RE: Private Messages

I'd like to be able to click on a folder and select "Download" and have it create a simple file (or, 1 file each) instead of manually opening each PM,...
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:31 am

#948795
RE: Return SQL count even if it's zero

FULL OUTER JOIN would solve it 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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:08 am

#948778
RE: Removing char after space

SELECT SUBSTRING('02968-01999-00013 - 9',1,CHARINDEX(' ','02968-01999-00013 - 9')-1)
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:05 am

#948774
RE: Private Messages

I'd be happy to delete mine... right after someone tells me how to download them all. I'd like to keep the ones that still remain.
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 11:01 am

#948772
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

One of the few sets of "novels" I've read from start to finish is the 10 book collection for "John Carter of Mars" written by Edgar Rice Burroughs (same guy...
--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)

February 23, 2009 at 10:42 am

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