Jeff Moden

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RE: Physically restarting the server

Fluctuations in connectivity or other network issue? Have you got proof that's what it is? My bet is on some code that runs in the background somewhere...
--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 3, 2008 at 7:16 pm

#784741
RE: Is anybody knowing how to create Formatted Excel file using SQL server

Wouldn't it be easier to change the color of a cell using "conditional formatting"?
--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 3, 2008 at 7:14 pm

#784740
RE: Generate subtotal and grandtotal records

I absolutely agree that this type of formatting should probably be done in the GUI...
... but it's too damned much fun doing it in T-SQL :D:P;):w00t::hehe::)
Ian... I got carried away......
--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 3, 2008 at 6:43 pm

#784734
RE: Recursive query with different where clauses - very slow

It seems to me that a bit of divide and conquer will make this run much faster... when you're all done, look for PatientID's that have a Parm of 5....
--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 3, 2008 at 5:21 pm

#784723
RE: Need help with an Update query

Ya know... you'd get a lot better help quicker if you did what the URL in my signature lines tells you to do... just a thought... 😉
--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 3, 2008 at 1:36 pm

#784665
RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

zactly....
--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 3, 2008 at 1:32 pm

#784662
RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

Ya do gotta be flexible... shoot... I even taught myself how to run plenum cable and make both Cat 3 and Cat 5 teminations... had to do it because I...
--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 3, 2008 at 1:20 pm

#784655
RE: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

Me too 😉 ... I know zippity-squat on the SSIS and the SSRS sides of the house... zippity-squat times 2 on the development studio. Like what's been already stated,...
--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 3, 2008 at 12:38 pm

#784619
RE: How to lay out SQL Code

Thanks for the feedback, Tom... the standards are kinda long... most of them are really based on common sense and things that have actually gone wrong at my current company....
--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 3, 2008 at 10:00 am

#784519
RE: Query improvement

I'm curious... why would you use UNION ALL or OR on such a thing?
--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 3, 2008 at 8:42 am

#784465
RE: to rename a file by attaching datestamp at the end of filename using SSIS File task

brkn eng dif 2 ustd abv b wrs plz stp ko? 😉
--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 3, 2008 at 8:38 am

#784457
RE: Querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA

Nicely done, Mike. By the way, in SS 2k QA, press the {f4} key and see what comes up. 🙂
--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 3, 2008 at 7:14 am

#784400
RE: Recursive query with different where clauses - very slow

Thanks. I'll give this a whirl after work, today.
--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 3, 2008 at 6:57 am

#784391
RE: Query improvement

"and, sorry, I almost forgot... there aren't any "fields" in a database, they're called "colums"" 😉
--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 3, 2008 at 6:30 am

#784374
RE: Query improvement

vaidyanathan_kalyanasundaram (3/3/2008)
Hi,
How do i improve the performance of this query:
select * from table where Month(datefield)='mm'??
If it were me in the interview and I was asked that question about that query,...
--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 3, 2008 at 6:23 am

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