Jeff Moden

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RE: Performance of Scripts in SQL Server 2000

Ok... you certainly shouldn't post that data... it contains private information and understood about the source code.
Here's the real key... you're using an application to insert 2.2 million rows, one...
--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 12, 2008 at 3:51 pm

#767440
RE: Add incremental count to group of rows

On second thought, it's not a triangular join... for a count of 3, a triangular join would generate...
1
1 2
1 2 3
... to get the count... 6 rows total. 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 12, 2008 at 12:57 pm

#767437
RE: Add incremental count to group of rows

Heh... yeah... it is... 😛
Difference is that all rows it touches are generated in the output... nothing wasted. Like I said in the article, they're not all bad...
... 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 12, 2008 at 12:49 pm

#767434
RE: counting value in a field and outputing a table

Heh... what happened to 150 questions?
The real problem with the way you wanted to do it is that if most of your questionaires only have 50 questions and you have...
--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 12, 2008 at 12:33 pm

#767431
RE: Performance of Scripts in SQL Server 2000

It sounds like you're getting data from a file, cleaning it up, and then inserting it into a database... For 2.2 million rows, this shouldn't take more than a minute...
--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 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm

#767428
RE: counting value in a field and outputing a table

Heck yeah there would be performance issues... performance would increase because you could properly index 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)

January 12, 2008 at 11:08 am

#767426
RE: Add incremental count to group of rows

simon.letts (1/9/2008)
Thanks for that effort, it looks very complicated for what I want though.
To make it easier ...lets say that I just have a table with just one column, trans_code...
--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 12, 2008 at 10:30 am

#767422
RE: plz help me outttttttttt

You would get a lot of help if you'd at least identify what it is what you want to do... 😉
But I understand... sometimes you're in a bit of 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)

January 12, 2008 at 9:44 am

#767419
RE: counting value in a field and outputing a table

k.furness (1/12/2008)
Hi Jeff
This is single table that contains the following Fields:
ID [int] Identity
QuestionnaireID [int]
Q0 [smallint]
.
.
.
Q150 [smallint]
Don't think I can get it any normalized than it is, but if 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 12, 2008 at 9:29 am

#767417
RE: New Words

Actually... wasn't talking to him... 😉
--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 11, 2008 at 10:11 pm

#767390
RE: New Words

Heh... go around talking like those words, and you'll be labeled as pompous a$$ for sure...
--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 11, 2008 at 9:55 pm

#767388
RE: Execute As , trigger problem

If you have an answer to this, Ananth, just tell us... 😉
--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 11, 2008 at 9:40 pm

#767387
RE: Space Delimited File Import with DTS

If there's nothing that violates privacy laws or company policy, post the first ten lines of data so we can resolve this correctly, please.
--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 11, 2008 at 9:38 pm

#767386
RE: Cursors

This would be a good simple example for you to practice set based programming on... convert the cursor to set based.
--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 11, 2008 at 9:35 pm

#767385
RE: Stored Proc Block Using BEGIN/END

The real fact is, you don't need BEGIN/END in a stored procedure. Try it... it's just allowed to make die hard Oracle programmers happy 😛
--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 11, 2008 at 9:22 pm

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