Jeff Moden

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RE: Normalization Question

4 table idea sounds good to me. Could be 3 tables because a deposit is nothing more than a credit transaction. Payments are certainly different and should 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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:59 pm

#818953
RE: SQLCMD command needs parameter

Did you ever figure this one 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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:51 pm

#818952
RE: How to convert date in Varchar to TimeZone format?

Thanks for the explanation... why not just import the XML into a table as "real" data and use DateTime columns? Again, just curious...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:32 pm

#818951
RE: PERFORMANCE ISSUE

Indexes don't interfere with the load if the table is empty at the beginning of the load.
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:28 pm

#818950
RE: High CPU utilization and query is slow

Heh... wasn't meant to be personal, at all.
I'd make the startup size of TempDB whatever size it grew to after a month. 1 GB may not be enough... shoot,...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:27 pm

#818949
RE: tempdb Filegroup and Files

Thanks for the feedback, Mike. I've been involved with such undocumented legacy systems before and I know the hell you're going to go through. Just remember the old...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:22 pm

#818948
RE: Converting from varchar to numberic

Not a problem... thanks for the feedback. 🙂
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm

#818947
RE: how to avoid sp_cursorprepexec and sp_cursorunprepare?

15 table join with a non-indexable WHERE clause and a killer ORDER BY and we wonder why this code takes a bit to run? First thing to do would...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:16 pm

#818944
RE: Should I use sp_rename?

I think an ALTER instead of a DROP would probably work faster.
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:10 pm

#818943
RE: Geting the Values of SQL Results. is it possible even sp_executeSQL

Yes... the INSERT/EXEC would be used to save the results in a table. If you get different results, use more than 1 table... nothing wrong with that.
Of course, 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)

May 21, 2008 at 7:07 pm

#818940
RE: Writing

David Burrows (5/21/2008)
Keep think about submitting something but can't think of anything that ain't already been done 🙁
Actually.... everything I've written about is NOT new... Tally table is old...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 6:50 pm

#818936
RE: Bulk Move between Databases

On the truncation problem, everyone realizes that the table columns must be in the same cardinal order as the input file unless you use a format file, right?
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 6:09 pm

#818931
RE: Another Date Issue

Do you mean "ISO Standard"?
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 6:06 pm

#818930
RE: A Worthwhile Goal

Consistency didn't stop 20 inch wheels from coming out nor has it prevented the use of 13" wheels on some small cars.
Whatever... we could go on forever... our ideas 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)

May 21, 2008 at 5:27 pm

#818926
RE: A Worthwhile Goal

ntaylor (5/21/2008)
Jeff Moden (5/21/2008)
Properly done, written enforced standards won't prevent someone from trying something new,
Again, though. How do you measure when it's being properly done? You can easily measure...
--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)

May 21, 2008 at 4:35 pm

#818913

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