Jeff Moden

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RE: help-how to generate date backward from end to start

So, why do you have to count down from the middle of the month and count up from that same date to the end. And, why does the secretary...
--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)

January 26, 2008 at 5:41 pm

#772160
RE: Suppress column name output in BCP

Are you sure we're talking BCP 'cause BCP doesn't output column headers and can't be made to do so... it requires a UNION in a proc to output column headers...
--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)

January 26, 2008 at 9:11 am

#772126
RE: Speed up Bulk Insert

How many rows are you loading with BULK INSERT?
--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)

January 26, 2008 at 8:43 am

#772123
RE: Deleting

Philip Barry (1/25/2008)
Hi Jeff,
Is this principal of limiting the number of rows for the deletion operation also applicable to updating? I have to update several hundred thousand rows and 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)

January 26, 2008 at 8:06 am

#772122
RE: Slower and slower.. what will you do...?

Matt is spot on... rewrite the insert code to be set based instead of RBAR.
--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)

January 26, 2008 at 7:51 am

#772120
RE: Extended Stored procedures - SQL 2000

Would you mind posting it here so the rest of us might benefit? Thanks...
--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)

January 26, 2008 at 7:50 am

#772119
RE: COmpare inserted vs deleted triggers

What is it that you want to do if there a rows that have changed between Inserted and Deleted? Perhaps insert into an audit log?
Then, ya gotta think in...
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 8:37 pm

#771573
RE: FYI: Convert Hex string data to Int/BigInt

Looks like a nice tip... probably meant to post this under "scripts".
Thanks, Pete.
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 8:28 pm

#771571
RE: help-how to generate date backward from end to start

the BUG
on date '15/03/2008' the shift must start with 8
on date '12/03/2008' the shift must start with 8
on date '11/03/2008' the shift must start with 8
WHY? Why do you...
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 5:02 pm

#771549
RE: Performance of Scripts in SQL Server 2000

Yeah- huh? I spent most of my school years in Rhode Island... I know what you mean.
Good luck and thanks for the feedback!
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm

#771544
RE: Query problem

That was not rude...I acknowledged the efforts of each and every person who contributed to my post.....
No, it's downright rude when you post the same question on 10 different forums...
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 4:28 pm

#771543
RE: flattening data

Just an FYI... The original design wasn't bad... 2nd normal form table...
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 8:05 am

#771292
RE: Stripping out double quotes (") in bulk insert

Emmanouil Karaiskakis (1/24/2008)
Hey guys,
I don't know what to say? Thanks a lot for all the support!!! I'm overwhelmed!!!
Just to let you know, I won't be using DTS/SSIS packages for this...
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 6:09 am

#771233
RE: Stripping out double quotes (") in bulk insert

I obviously need more coffee... Adrian, who was that last post of yours directed to?
--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)

January 24, 2008 at 6:06 am

#771230
RE: Deleting

Dang... you wrote an article on it, they published it, and they still don't get the hint???
By the way, the "bad" character is actually a CHAR(11) or "Vertical Tab" in...
--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)

January 23, 2008 at 8:39 pm

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