Jeff Moden

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RE: BCP problems (SQL2K)

Since you're going from SQL Server TO SQL Server, you can solve the tab problem by using the "Native" format for both the export and the import. It's also...
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:49 am

#787266
RE: Password at Database level

Yeah... ever hear of the "DataBase Owner" role?
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:45 am

#787264
RE: How to write a query to join 2 table

It's gonna be a mess if you have, say, 1000 employees... you said you have to do this "for some reason"... what is the reason?
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:44 am

#787263
RE: Removing double quotes from colum names with cvs export

What are you using to do the export with? DTS?
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:41 am

#787261
RE: BCP problems (SQL2K)

Marek, can you post the BCP command as you're using 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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:27 am

#787253
RE: Bulk Move between Databases

And, since you're moving data from SQL Server TO SQL Server, if you use the "Native" data format, it'll absolutely scream.
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:17 am

#787247
RE: How to lay out SQL Code

dean gross (3/4/2008)
Andrew Novick's Transact SQL User Defined Function's book has an excellent discussion on Documenation, Formmatting and Naming Conventions in Chapter 6. In this, some of his reasons for...
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:15 am

#787246
RE: Display all Column information in single cell ? got result, but not able to understand concept

That's a pretty awesome machine...
--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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:07 am

#787243
RE: Passing Temp table value to stored procedure from another stored procedure

I can see it coming... RBAR on steroids... someone's going to make a temp table in the "outer" procedure and then step through it a row or two at 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)

March 10, 2008 at 4:03 am

#787242
RE: CLR and UDF

In fact, i am having hundreds of columns in each of nearly eight tables.
I'm all done taking pot shots at a problem that keeps changing... Please, clearly define 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)

March 10, 2008 at 3:59 am

#787240
RE: Creating assembly

Are you happy with the performance?
--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)

March 9, 2008 at 9:50 pm

#787194
RE: Loading a 24x7 Data Warehouse

Gary E. Vernon (3/8/2008)
Good solution for small Database but not for terrabyte databases. Ours takes 3 days to load from backup. Using partitioning and file groups or snapshot...
--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)

March 9, 2008 at 9:13 am

#787134
RE: Loading a 24x7 Data Warehouse

I dunno... to me, killing everyone's connection seems to violate a 24x7 SLA. I've used the same method at the table level before without killing any connections with 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)

March 9, 2008 at 9:10 am

#787133
RE: Display all Column information in single cell ? got result, but not able to understand concept

That would be exactly correct... that's why I said "Code is not the only thing to consider where performance is concerned." 😀
By the way... if you're getting these times...
--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)

March 9, 2008 at 8:50 am

#787132
RE: Using VBScript to Automate Tasks

Heh... I can explain that... since it's a "script", it may not be subject to the normal "code release" steps within a company, it's callable from DTS or SSIS, it's...
--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)

March 9, 2008 at 8:44 am

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