Jeff Moden

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RE: Help on splitting the name field in a query

Mh (2/27/2008)
No it's not consistent, but most of the times it's either:
1. lastname, firstname MI
2. Lastname, Firstname, MI
There are some data issues, just for now let's consider the above...
--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 27, 2008 at 1:36 pm

#782849
RE: Help on splitting the name field in a query

Heh... it's real tough when the OP doesn't have a clue what they want... here's what he posted just before his edit for names...
NYSTROM, GRAHAM, A
CLOSSON, SEAN T
MOORE, AMANDA
In any...
--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 27, 2008 at 1:35 pm

#782848
RE: Help on splitting the name field in a query

Have you tried anything on your own??? Have you looked into CHARINDEX or PATINDEX?
--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 27, 2008 at 1:22 pm

#782836
RE: Help with Cursor

Ummm... the example I posted is pretty clear... I'm thinking that you should be able to cut and paste a couple of table and column names on your own...
--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 27, 2008 at 1:05 pm

#782825
RE: Importing into Sql Server from CSV file

Sure... create a file called "CR.txt" and store a single blank line in it. Almost any editor including NotePad can do this just by opening a new file, pressing...
--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 27, 2008 at 11:32 am

#782751
RE: How to grant such a permission?

Ummm... neither is Model...
--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 27, 2008 at 10:57 am

#782732
RE: logic needed for date

kurraraghu (2/27/2008)
declare @dt datetime
set @dt = '1900-01-1 00:00:00.000'
select cast(@dt as float)
----------------------
0.105555555555556
(1 row(s) affected)
here how is the time calculate is it seconds of the day or milliseconds smthng like...
--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 27, 2008 at 10:29 am

#782709
RE: logic needed for date

Actually, it's stored as a "fixed place float"...
--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 27, 2008 at 10:02 am

#782663
RE: Importing into Sql Server from CSV file

Then, most likely, the last row does not have a final row termination character... a very common mistake. I don't know enough about DTS to force it to load,...
--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 27, 2008 at 9:55 am

#782653
RE: Importing into Sql Server from CSV file

Could be the code or could be missing the final line terminator in the data. Dunno because you've posted neither...
--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 27, 2008 at 9:18 am

#782609
RE: Deadlock question

Kenneth Wilhelmsson (2/27/2008)
Yep, what Jeff shows is basically what's left when you take out the isolation level and transaction handling code. You can also remove the (rowlock) hint, 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)

February 27, 2008 at 8:57 am

#782587
RE: Need a View to calculate Occupancy

77...
--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 27, 2008 at 8:54 am

#782582
RE: Totals to date

Heh,... yeah, coffee helps me too 😀 Thanks for the feedback, 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 27, 2008 at 8:52 am

#782579
RE: Extracting a specific number of words from a string in sql

Ya beat me to it with the numbers table... well done...
--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 27, 2008 at 8:50 am

#782577
RE: Deadlock question

By the way... and really think about this... do you ever want to allow a rollback on the sequence? The answer is no, not ever...
--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 27, 2008 at 7:41 am

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