Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Azure SQL or MariaDB (or perhaps PostgreSQL)?

This is a bit like saying I have something that I want to store in the pantry. What type of container should I use?
What does the data you're trying 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 23, 2021 at 4:19 pm

#3932275
Reply To: output of stored procedure to text and email text

With the understanding that I've never tried it before, have you tried using EXEC?

--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 23, 2021 at 4:12 pm

#3932273
Reply To: Full Recovery Database restores as Simple Recovery

TheSQLGuy wrote:
Ran into an issue that caused me some issues. It seems that when I backup a database that is in FULL recovery mode and restore it to a different...
--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 23, 2021 at 4:04 pm

#3932272
Reply To: Script to find session running SQL text and kill session

Although sometimes unavoidable, killing sessions is actually a pretty dangerous thing to do in SQL Server. Killing sessions automatically is about 3 times worse.
Prevention and privs control is the best...
--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 23, 2021 at 3:53 pm

#3932260
Reply To: Difficulty detecting changed records

Curtis13 wrote:
Hello,
In my application, with a DB running on SQL Server 2012, I've got a job (scheduled task) that periodically executes an expensive query and writes the results to a...
--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 22, 2021 at 8:16 pm

#3931988
Reply To: Reducing Temp Table Scans when joining two temp tables using OR conditions

ScottPletcher wrote:
Yep, and when I look over both documents, they seem in some ways contradictory. The problem is that TABLOCK can lock up other metadata things in the db, so...
--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 22, 2021 at 8:09 pm

#3931985
Reply To: Can't attach MDF and LDF files

Grant Fritchey wrote:
Almost sounds like they may be already attached.
+1000 Either that OF he has an explorer window open and maybe has even clicked on one of the files OR he...
--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 22, 2021 at 8:05 pm

#3931983
Reply To: Reducing Temp Table Scans when joining two temp tables using OR conditions
ScottPletcher wrote:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/sql-server-2016-minimal-logging-and-impact-of-the-batchsize-in/ba-p/385537
```
Table IndexesRows in table   Hints               With or Without TF 610...
```
--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 22, 2021 at 5:08 am

#3931715
Reply To: Second Friday of every month

lokesh97singh wrote:
solved!
1st friday : (SELECT DATEADD(DAY, DECODE(EXTRACT(DOW FROM START_DATE), 0,5, 1,4, 2,3, 3,2 ,4,1, 6,6, 0), START_DATE) third_friday FROM (SELECT date_trunc('month',current_date) START_DATE))
2nd friday : (SELECT DATEADD(DAY, 7 + DECODE(EXTRACT(DOW FROM...
--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 22, 2021 at 4:44 am

#3931711
Reply To: Second Friday of every month

Practically, methods like that work just fine. Technically, it bugs me because the "Tally" sequence generator had to build 366 values and then were filtered out to just 12 quite...
--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 22, 2021 at 1:43 am

#3931689
Reply To: Reducing Temp Table Scans when joining two temp tables using OR conditions

As you said, the Order By will be ignored if it's not needed. It costs nothing to include it just to be sure.
As for TABLOCK not being required, the 2nd...
--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 22, 2021 at 1:27 am

#3931681
Reply To: Second Friday of every month

Jeffrey Williams wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
Heh... Wecome aboard but... "Must Look Eye!"
You've posted what looks like Oracle code in an SQL Server forum and it's not going to work in SQL Server.
On a...
--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 21, 2021 at 10:58 pm

#3931653
Reply To: How show only first friday of every month

Can you post your code, Scott?
--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 21, 2021 at 10:53 pm

#3931648
Reply To: How show only first friday of every month

Steve Collins wrote:
Fwiw in 2021. In the FROM clause use dbo.fnTally and CROSS APPLY (both twice) to hierarchically generate the first 7 days of each month. Then in the WHERE clause...
--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 21, 2021 at 9:16 pm

#3931624
Reply To: Second Friday of every month

lokesh97singh wrote:
solved!
1st friday : (SELECT DATEADD(DAY, DECODE(EXTRACT(DOW FROM START_DATE), 0,5, 1,4, 2,3, 3,2 ,4,1, 6,6, 0), START_DATE) third_friday FROM (SELECT date_trunc('month',current_date) START_DATE))
2nd friday : (SELECT DATEADD(DAY, 7 + DECODE(EXTRACT(DOW FROM...
--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 21, 2021 at 6:43 pm

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