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  • RE: OSQL

    I don't know if the Express edition has OSQL... but if it does, it falls under the same rules... you must install the entire product... not just OSQL.exe.

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    #889009

  • RE: SQL DB Performance

    The_SQL_DBA (10/23/2008)

    Do not run DBCC SHRINKDATABASE on a PRODUCTION database :w00t:, especially when it is ONLINE.

    Heh... wanna tell us why not? 🙂

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    #889008

  • RE: 70-445 Questions and answers

    Heh... no... if I posted the questions here, they'd be no better than certification exams. Sorry.

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    #889006

  • RE: t-sql using either table-a ot table-b

    balv (10/23/2008)

    Thanks Seth & Jerry,

    The second option works better for me.

    Balv

    How does it work better for you? Why?

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    #889004

  • RE: Open Source Software

    Thank Goodness, NO! CLR's are bad enough! 😛

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    #889003

  • RE: Select Query to get two rows

    I absolutely agree... in fact, I agree so much, that I wrote an article about it.

    Please see the link in my signature for how to properly pose a problem 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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    #889002

  • RE: Using xp_cmdshell

    I'd be much more interesting in knowing what it is that "Task.exe" does and why you think it can't be done in T-SQL, whatever it is. 🙂

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    #889000

  • RE: Using xp_cmdshell

    CHAR(3)? Do you mean CHAR(13)? 🙂

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    #888999

  • RE: Help with delete command

    Mike Gray (10/23/2008)

    I ran the code that Jerry posted

    DELETE PW -- COUNT(1)

    FROM performance_esx3_workload PW

    INNER JOIN performance_sample PS

    WHERE PW.sample_id = PS.id

    AND PS.sample_time < '2008-07-01'

    You...

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    #888998

  • RE: How to cast bad data

    Really? Try this and see if ISNUMERIC is actually what you want...

    SELECT ISNUMERIC('3D2'), ISNUMERIC('3E2')

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    #888997

  • RE: SQL Data Counter

    rishgup (10/23/2008)

    I have database which has 2 tables tblCount with counter_ins field and tblEmployee with emp_name, emp_last, emp_add adn emp_ph fields.

    There is no indexing on tables. And I want 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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    #888994

  • RE: parametrized query errors

    Nikhil Shikarkhane (10/23/2008)

    @tablename is a local table variable.

    No it's not... it's the name of a database... and it's @DBName... 😉

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    #888991

  • RE: Wierd Counter!

    JohnDBA (10/23/2008)

    Please help me!

    I have this values that I need to count based on condition.

    - If the value is between 10 and 15 and the code is = 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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    #888990

  • RE: Wierd Counter!

    Nikhil Shikarkhane (10/23/2008)

    Hint: You will have to use ROW_NUMBER OVER ( PARTITION BY ) 🙂

    I'd really like to see that for this one. Got code? 😉

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    #888989

  • RE: Shrinkfile and log backup

    ... sorry.... and to answer the other question, I never do a shrink on the database unless some runaway code happened to occur. Database growth should be planned and...

    --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)

    October 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    #888987

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