Jeff Moden

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RE: Formatting Numerical Data Columns: (##,###)

Replace the 1234567890 with your INT column or formula. Could turn this into a function. Note that it's generally a bad idea to do this type of formatting...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 10:23 pm

#760076
RE: SQL 2005 reading file attributes

Oh, crud... you're right... I just loaded 2k5 over the weekend and verified what you say to be true... it's not in 2k5... reportedly it was and I took someone's...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 5:35 pm

#760058
RE: Client people expectation

It will be a valuable experience... perhaps not the way most think, but valuable nevertheless.
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 4:18 pm

#760047
RE: UK JOB & US JOB

And then, anyone who is touting the label of "Senior Software Engineer" needs to be able to do some pretty complex stuff right off the top of your head (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)

December 13, 2007 at 4:13 pm

#760044
RE: FASTFIRSTROW hint

Now in case of FASTFIRSTROW..I am trying to achieve a fast response time
It's far better to write good fast SQL with the proper indexes instead of trying to trick...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 2:39 pm

#760026
RE: LIghter fare - Doh! Querys

Heh... they even made the same mistake that caused the y2k crisis...
Best T-Shirt I ever saw on the subject of "SQL Darwin Awards" was...
[font="Courier New"] SELECT *
...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 2:30 pm

#760025
RE: BCP Stored Procedure

[font="Courier New"]SET @Cmd = 'DEL \\dt-sc2\shares\Data.txt'
EXEC Master.dbo.xp_CmdShell @Cmd[/font]
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 2:19 pm

#760020
RE: Space available for database

Yes... it does NOT affect performance of what SQL Server does for page allocation...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 2:02 pm

#760017
RE: xp_cmdshell

Run the following: EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_cmdshell 'SET'
and then run SET from the command prompt. (make sure you are logged in as the account that the agent is running as). For me...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 1:47 pm

#760011
RE: Identity for a given table and throughout all connections?

Ummm... actually, Scope_IDENTITY() is exactly what you want.
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 1:41 pm

#760008
RE: passing csv list into stored procedure

Crud... missed your reference where you explained it before. Sorry, John.
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 7:49 am

#759829
RE: LIghter fare - Doh! Querys

A whole lot more subtle than the obvious candidates for the "SQL Darwin Award" that you guys have shown, is my favorite clock-cyle waster/index defeater...
[font="Courier New"]AND ISNULL(somecolumn,' ') <> '...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 7:17 am

#759815
RE: Columns to store different data types

Any alternate suggestions or anything else that i need to consider ?
Yes... don't forget that SQL_Variant can take up to 8016 bytes... if you have more than one SQL_Variant column...
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 7:03 am

#759810
RE: Facng Problem In CASE

Great minds think alike... and, frequently, at the same time. 😉
--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)

December 13, 2007 at 6:57 am

#759806
RE: I'm sick of poor third-party software performance

Linda Johanning (12/13/2007)
I have to reply to this post. Yes, I am tired of poorly built 3rd party applications too. For years our IT department didn't have 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)

December 13, 2007 at 6:45 am

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