Jeff Moden

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 50,761 through 50,775 (of 59,091 total)

RE: Internet requirements

No.
--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 4, 2008 at 9:47 pm

#810505
RE: spid identified as being blocked by itself

It's not uncommon for a proc to look like it's blocking itself... if a proc is taking way to long to run, it's not usually because it's blocking itself... it...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:46 pm

#810504
RE: dbcc showcontig - why does it show an index that doesn't exist?

Post the name of the supposedly non existant index, please.
--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 4, 2008 at 9:43 pm

#810502
RE: Command to know the Name of the database of a backup file

In short... no. There's no command available to get a backup file to identify the database(s) that have been backed up in the 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)

May 4, 2008 at 9:36 pm

#810500
RE: Query Analyzer behaves differently

Sure... when you're using QA, you may run the same thing more than once. Data is cached and everything looks rosy because of it.
If you really want...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:35 pm

#810499
RE: Tally Table

Gosh, I sure hope so, Lester. Thank you for the confidence. I look at some of the articles I've written and say to myself, "Everyone probably knows 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)

May 4, 2008 at 9:29 pm

#810498
RE: data transer from text file

susheereddy (5/4/2008)
the files that are coming are text file and we have a format file.. so no need of worrying about format. I just wanna accomplish that task even if...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:23 pm

#810496
RE: Performance Problem

jeff.williams3188 (5/4/2008)
Jeff - can you provide a link to where it is suggested that you have a separate drive for each tempdb file? I was not aware of 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)

May 4, 2008 at 9:19 pm

#810493
RE: Parsing a cell into multiple rows

Hi Bill,
Ok... understood about the "cell" being the intersection of a row/column. Guess I need to see raw data without any split attempt on your part. Could 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 4, 2008 at 9:14 pm

#810491
RE: Implicit Conversions

I agree... judging from some of the "Why am I getting this error" questions on the forum, implicit conversions to "bite" people a lot. This "simple" question 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)

May 4, 2008 at 10:07 am

#810464
RE: data transer from text file

susheereddy (5/3/2008)
can i accomplish the same task by using xp_cmdshell and bulk insert... because we are using sql server 2000
DTS in SQL Server 2000 is kinda like SSIS in 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)

May 4, 2008 at 9:39 am

#810462
RE: Implicit Conversions

3 Marks isn't bad or good... it means "average" and it is an "Average" question. 😛
--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 4, 2008 at 9:30 am

#810461
RE: Parsing a cell into multiple rows

The bottom line is that I don't know exactly what you're trying to do and can't help unless I understand. Parsing isn't difficult at all... if you can spend...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:20 am

#810458
RE: Parsing a cell into multiple rows

Ok... I'm starting to feel like I'm being trolled a bit here, Bill.
What else is in the table besides that... show more than 1 "record" please.
--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 4, 2008 at 9:09 am

#810456
RE: Schema in Table Property

Yes.
--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 4, 2008 at 9:08 am

#810455

Viewing 15 posts - 50,761 through 50,775 (of 59,091 total)