Jeff Moden

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RE: Face to Face

I value F2F communications for many reasons... EMail, despite the presence of those bloody emoticons, don't tell you the emotion of the person... can't really tell if their mad, upset,...
--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 20, 2008 at 7:50 pm

#874655
RE: monthly stored procedure to export table to text file

Heh... Dude! I thought you said your buddy had it whipped.... 😉
--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 20, 2008 at 7:38 pm

#874653
RE: Controling result pane from TSQL

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to do it via T-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)

September 20, 2008 at 7:34 pm

#874652
RE: Invalid views

Gotcha... good idea! Me... I use cocktail napkins. 😀
--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 20, 2008 at 7:25 pm

#874651
RE: SQL script to import data from .txt table using BCP

At least tell your buddy that there's errors in the data that he might not be aware of... dude... 😉
--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 20, 2008 at 7:23 pm

#874650
RE: store output of stored proc into temp table

By the way... if you believe in paper instead of code, please read the Microsoft article at the following link...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153441/EN-US/
See where it says "NOTE: This problem does not apply 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 20, 2008 at 7:07 pm

#874649
RE: store output of stored proc into temp table

Man, I really appreciate you watching out for me, Sergiy. I've learned a lot from you. Thanks...
Ok... like I've done before when this controversy of Select/Into has come...
--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 20, 2008 at 6:50 pm

#874648
RE: SQL script to import data from .txt table using BCP

Exact same principles apply... but, now the requirements sound like homework. Recommend you take a look at Books Online and do your own homework... 😉
Good luck.
--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 20, 2008 at 3:42 pm

#874638
RE: Invalid views

Barry... nice blog! But why don't you write that stuff as articles on SSC? 😉
--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 20, 2008 at 3:37 pm

#874635
RE: SQL script to import data from .txt table using BCP

Ok... no error checking except for total number of rows. That also means, no primary key in this instance. You have to remove the primary key from 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)

September 20, 2008 at 11:59 am

#874621
RE: Invalid views

Heh... Barry's post wasn't there when I started typing my response.
I agree, Barry... I used to call variables such as these "accumulators" which is also probably more appropriate.
"Pseudo Cursors"? ...
--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 20, 2008 at 9:41 am

#874608
RE: last time table is accessed

bkDBA (9/19/2008)
Thanks. Good info. Have you actually tried it? Not trying to be a smart guy about this... I've heard that the auditing features of 2k8 are...
--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 20, 2008 at 9:27 am

#874606
RE: store output of stored proc into temp table

Ninja's_RGR'us (9/19/2008)
Jeff Moden (9/18/2008)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/18/2008)
Yes you need to create it first, including column definitions.
Heh... not exactly true...
SELECT *
INTO #MyHead
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB','Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=Yes;Database=Master',
...
--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 20, 2008 at 9:23 am

#874605
RE: store output of stored proc into temp table

Madhivanan (9/19/2008)
Jeff Moden (9/18/2008)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/18/2008)
Yes you need to create it first, including column definitions.
Heh... not exactly true...
SELECT *
INTO #MyHead
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB','Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=Yes;Database=Master',
...
--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 20, 2008 at 9:18 am

#874603
RE: SQL script to import data from .txt table using BCP

With error checking... broad subject... lemme start by asking what you want to do with the duplicate primay keys included in your sample file?
--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 20, 2008 at 9:07 am

#874602

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