Jeff Moden

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

I have to disagee with Jeff on this one.
Oh... wait a minute folks... I didn't mean to make it look like I was condoning this dis-honesty... not even for 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)

February 29, 2008 at 9:42 am

#783914
RE: Include end date on a history record?

Lynn Pettis (2/29/2008)
Jeff,
Could you do it in SQL 2000 with a tally table and derived tables?
😎
Ummm... I don't think so... a running update would do it though... certainly 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)

February 29, 2008 at 8:44 am

#783834
RE: Include end date on a history record?

MattieNH (2/29/2008)
Jeff, correct me if I've screwed up my terminology, but isn't the normalized design the one without a StopWeightEffectiveDate column, ...
I'll probably get some argument from others here,...
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 8:40 am

#783830
RE: Index management - rebuild/reorganize/dbreindex & fillfactor

Adam Bean (2/29/2008)
Ok, but what if you don't pass a fillfactor? Does it default to it's original value or the database default?
Does the same thing apply to rebuild/reorganize?
Heh... Who 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)

February 29, 2008 at 8:31 am

#783817
RE: Practical Methods: Naming Conventions

So, the young couple took the new born twins, a boy and a girl, to the God Father. "God Father", said the young Mother... "We would be honored 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)

February 29, 2008 at 8:20 am

#783802
RE: Include end date on a history record?

... and a trigger would take care of the date-1 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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:49 am

#783772
RE: Include end date on a history record?

So should I go with the normalized design,...
Heh... what would be the alternative?
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:48 am

#783770
RE: Index management - rebuild/reorganize/dbreindex & fillfactor

It's in Books Online under "DBCC Reindex"...
fillfactor
Is the percentage of space on each index page to be used for storing data when the index is created. fillfactor replaces the original...
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:40 am

#783764
RE: A Quick Reference Question

Ummm.... here's the Books Online link...
ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/tsqlref9/html/a54f7373-b247-4d61-8fb8-7f2ec7a8d0a4.htm
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:24 am

#783755
RE: Need some Logic Help on some row by row process

SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM yourtable
UNION
SELECT y1.*
FROM yourtable y1,
yourtable y2
WHERE y1.Date...
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:15 am

#783745
RE: Sequence number with Group By

Yeah, but nothing like instant confirmation that you're right, huh? Thanks, Adam...
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 7:05 am

#783733
RE: Sequence number with Group By

SELECT ROW_NUMBER () OVER (ORDER BY VatCode),
VatCode
FROM Partner
GROUP BY VatCode
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 6:58 am

#783726
RE: The Identity Debate

I just create an updatable view with a "Company" column that is the union of the two tables. It's a little more complicated than that, but not much 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)

February 29, 2008 at 5:43 am

#783695
RE: how to Mutilply different data type values

The problem is that you have the Price defined as a CHAR column... it should probably be the MONEY data type if you want the 4 decimal places.
If you can't...
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 5:39 am

#783692
RE: how to Mutilply different data type values

This looks a lot like homework... what have you tried?
--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)

February 29, 2008 at 4:47 am

#783678

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