Jeff Moden

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RE: which scripting language does sqlservercentral uses ?

Incomplete sentence... "Which scripting language does..."
What's the rest of that?
--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 4, 2008 at 9:29 pm

#765040
RE: Minimum (Approx) & Maximum (Approx) Salary in Google

Heh... "google 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 4, 2008 at 9:28 pm

#765039
RE: how to merge 2 databases

And then there's the subject of primary keys... especially if they're based on IDENTITY.
--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 4, 2008 at 9:27 pm

#765037
RE: BTW(By The Way)

OIDK... WFM! 😛
--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 4, 2008 at 9:25 pm

#765036
RE: When to use cascade deletes/updates

Heh... deletes make me nervous, anyway... constitutes some form of lost data. I don't use cascade deletes because I want people to have to work at doing deletes. ...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:19 pm

#765035
RE: Date string in WHERE causes table scan instead of index seek

If memory serves correctly, I believe that form of index hint is "deprecated". Try this, instead...
select ACCT_NUM, OPERATOR_NUM, BRANCH_NUM
from TRANS_J_DATA_FULL WITH (INDEX(IX_TRAN_FULL))
where TRANS_DATE >= @dStartDate and TRANS_DATE <= @dEndDate...
--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 4, 2008 at 9:16 pm

#765034
RE: Check if temporary table exists or not?

Don't use either... use the functions built for this...
1. Check if temp table exists...
IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#temptablename','U') IS NOT NULL
PRINT 'Table Exists'
...
--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 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm

#765029
RE: Julian dates

Heh... in other words, there's no such thing as a Julian date of "107999"... can only go up to 107365... next day would be 108001.
With that in mind, the following...
--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 4, 2008 at 8:13 pm

#765022
RE: Bulk insert from excel 2003 failed

How did it help? What was the problem?
--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 4, 2008 at 7:59 pm

#765019
RE: can anyone give me an example of using current_timestamp / current_user in bcp format file?

Never import directly to the final destination table... import into a staging table... should be able to use a default on a staging table but, if not, just update 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)

January 4, 2008 at 7:57 pm

#765018
RE: user stored proc parameter finder

Two way street here... please share your solution.
--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 4, 2008 at 7:48 pm

#765016
RE: Creating a Phone Book / Horse Blanket type thing...

Heh... do you intend to print that size sheet?
--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 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm

#765015
RE: Index Tuning

Test the code in the presence of the indexes and not... that's the only real way to tell.
--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 4, 2008 at 7:34 pm

#765014
RE: Finding Current Month's First Day& Last Day

That's one of the best compliments anyone could ask for, James. Thank you, Sir!
--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 4, 2008 at 7:16 pm

#765013
RE: stored proc

14k characters? What on earth are you doing?
Still, Exec will handle many more than 14K characters... so that's not the problem. Can't tell what's causing the problem 'cause...
--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 4, 2008 at 7:12 pm

#765012

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