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  • RE: The Exceptional DBA

    Exceptional DBAs are not just defined by what they know, but what they do. I guess we all know roughly how a good DBA would react if a server is...

  • RE: IF (COLUMNS_UPDATED()) ???

    I agree... Use IF UPDATE(somecolumn) instead of trying to setup the byte slicing of COLUMNS_UPDATED.

  • RE: Long Distance Backups

    Ummm... I don't get it... if you have a WAN amongst all of the offices and you're required to report on all the offices, why don't you have a centralized...

  • RE: Training Programmers: Accessing Base Tables or Stored Procs

    Sorry folks... I actually deleted my post (Jack caught a piece of it in his reply) because I was on more of a rant about performance than why to use...

  • RE: CLR Code to run Generic Command Prompt Commands

    Marios Philippopoulos (3/25/2008)


    I want to replace the xp_cmdshell call with a call to a CLR sproc...

    WHY??? A proxy account for xp_CmdShell will be much more secure than some adhoc...

  • RE: Help with transactions...

    Pho...

    Sorry... I didn't understand your problem before.

    Barry is absolutely spot on in his post above... two sets of tables and a view that is repointed (very much like...

  • RE: Could I eliminate this cursor?

    Pretty darned good post, yourself, Barry.

  • RE: Help with transactions...

    pho (3/28/2008)


    noone any idea?...

    Yes... take the delay out and remove the transaction. The data will be available instantaneously and everyone will be happy. 😛

    There's gotta be more to this...

  • RE: Could I eliminate this cursor?

    Heh... yeah... I don't like recursion for the same reason you do... I end up sucking my thumb and twiddling my hair when I'm trying to troubleshoot one that doesn't...

  • RE: Four Rules for NULLs

    Yeaup... I normally do too. I think the difference between 2k and 2k5 might be that 2k is identifying how the first row is found and 2k5 is identifying...

  • RE: How to convert char to real to numeric

    Robert (3/29/2008)


    In money calculations you shouldn't use float.

    Again... right with you until you said that...

  • RE: are there "arrays" in sql 2005 ?

    blahknow (3/29/2008)


    Hi Jeff

    Using XML is a satisfactory resolution for me.

    There could of course be better solutions which are above my present comprehension and i admit i didnt understand all the...

  • RE: Could I eliminate this cursor?

    rbarryyoung (3/29/2008)


    Here is my Adventureworks version. It seems to be faster than the Tally Table approach, but I am not sure if they are returning equivalent datasets:

    Thanks Barry... I...

  • RE: Could I eliminate this cursor?

    Cory Ellingson (3/29/2008)


    I am sorry, I re-read that this morning - I did not mean to sound offended, I am truely honored that I got a kudos from you. ...

  • RE: Four Rules for NULLs

    Mike C (3/28/2008)


    Jeff Moden (3/28/2008)


    Mike C (3/28/2008)


    I get a clustered index scan when I run your code. The optimizer expands it out to RowNum <> 1 AND RowNum <> 2...

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