Jeff Moden

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RE: The Optimists

Nope... they would fall in the category of "abusers" or "Know-It-Alls"... heh... Know-It-Alls... funny how the abbreviation for that is "KIA"... 😛
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 7:00 pm

#803402
RE: Loading dates US style when I want UK style

If there is no difference between the DTS jobs, check both servers using the DBCC USEROPTIONS command... look for what the setting in the "dateformat" setting is. Compare 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)

April 16, 2008 at 6:56 pm

#803401
RE: Calculating percentages in a table

And, just a note... all the data should be stored vertically instead of horizontally... it should only be pivoted or cross-tabbed for display purposes... would make your calculations a whole...
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 1:59 pm

#803316
RE: Adding/updating rows of data that is missing but not in sequential order

Yeaup... that's the one I used. Works fine, fails safe, and drains to the bilge. 😉
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 1:56 pm

#803313
RE: The Optimists

GSquared (4/16/2008)
Jeff Moden (4/16/2008)
Thanks, Gus... the order was to preserve Asimov's original order and because they can be broken down more simply as "Protect the data, protect the project, protect...
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 1:21 pm

#803288
RE: The Optimists

Thanks, Gus... the order was to preserve Asimov's original order and because they can be broken down more simply as "Protect the data, protect the project, protect the user" 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)

April 16, 2008 at 9:34 am

#803171
RE: Querying multiple tables using one script

True enough... you won't always be able to use something like INNER MERGE JOIN because the optimizer doesn't always like it.
Teaching a man to fish... the WITH RECOMPILE option 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)

April 16, 2008 at 9:27 am

#803163
RE: How to insert more rows into sql server table using stored procedure?

Dang... I keep forgetting about that... thanks for the reminder, Matt. 🙂
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 9:21 am

#803154
RE: Total Cost And Total Hours Worked

corey.psychological (4/16/2008)
aaah SPOT ON!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
THANKS ALOT FOR THE HELP!!!!!!!
Heh... you did it... you took the time to post some simple table structures and some data. You made my day because...
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 9:16 am

#803152
RE: Total Cost And Total Hours Worked

SELECT RateID, CONVERT(CHAR(8),CAST(SUM(CAST(EndTime - StartTime AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME),108) AS TotalHours
FROM ConsultancyDetails
GROUP BY RateIDYou can't sum the difference between two date times... but...
--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)

April 16, 2008 at 2:13 am

#802921
RE: Insert...or UpdateCursor..Which is faster?

Hey Highway! Don't give up, yet... turn this into a learning experience because Sergiy is correct... no matter where you go, you're going to run into steaming piles 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)

April 16, 2008 at 1:22 am

#802913
RE: application running slow

Whoa... wait a minute... back the performance pony up! Let's review the facts...
1. escaleraroyal already stated that the vendor tested it in QA and it was slow...
2....
--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)

April 15, 2008 at 6:05 pm

#802849
RE: Total Cost And Total Hours Worked

Corey,
This looks a bit like homework, and we don't mind helping with that because you tried on question 1.
We need just a bit more information...
In the first...
--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)

April 15, 2008 at 5:52 pm

#802847
RE: Insert...or UpdateCursor..Which is faster?

Your co-worker is, well... wrong! Even if you had the best indexing in the world on all the tables, updating 18 million rows with new data for the new...
--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)

April 15, 2008 at 5:09 pm

#802842
RE: Select Changed Records

If you do this with a trigger, the INSERT trigger table will have all the rows that changed in it... automatically...
... then , the trigger could insert into 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)

April 15, 2008 at 5:01 pm

#802841

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