Jeff Moden

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RE: What is the difference between Programmer and Good Programmer ?

Matt Miller (11/26/2007)
...to which the right answer should NEVER start with...
"Yeah - I was playing with this new cool TRUNCATE feature in production, right before the end of my last...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 3:53 pm

#754323
RE: Can this be done without cursors?

Heh... yeah, I know... "Bus-man's holiday" 😛 The really wide code is pretty tough on the display...
Yeah... I'm a "geek"... love this stuff. Some folks do counted cross-stich...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 3:45 pm

#754314
RE: How to prevent a rollback?

Pieter Huiberts (11/26/2007)
Thanks for the suggestion, but at 150mln rows by a couple hundred columns it is less practical.
Would A CLR + .NET allow some type of batching, or setting...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 3:39 pm

#754312
RE: Degree

You bet... as soon as you can get everyone that could ever have access to this forum to sign a "non-disclosure notice" and a "Covenant not to compete". 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)

November 26, 2007 at 3:29 pm

#754305
RE: Can this be done without cursors?

Heh... real problem is that Adam and a whole bunch of other folks think that what they've posted as a solution (including the one I "documentd"), are "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)

November 26, 2007 at 10:44 am

#754149
RE: Cummalitive addition

Ananth,
How many rows are you talking about? It will make a difference...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 10:36 am

#754143
RE: Cummalitive addition

OP simply wants a running count, Karthick.
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 10:21 am

#754141
RE: How to prevent a rollback?

Heh... BCP the data out to a file... use Bulk Insert to load it... amazing how fast it can be...
Should never have any "data errors"... data should already be gleaned...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:59 am

#754135
RE: How to make our download fast ?

Heh... then there's 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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:40 am

#754129
RE: sql2005 benefit

Thanks, Rudy! That's exactly what I was looking for.
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:38 am

#754128
RE: problem with float data type

The values are NOT the same! Look at what you have for "m"... not the same... none of them are the same...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:30 am

#754124
RE: Update only changed rows, Insert only new rows

Sure thing and thanks for the feedback, Randy... if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:18 am

#754119
RE: What is the difference between Programmer and Good Programmer ?

...but it could also result in code that nobody else knows how to maintain.
Heh... you should NEVER have that problem... "good" programmers also document their code especially when it comes...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 9:16 am

#754116
RE: Database design

3 rd normal form
(or)
What's the database for?
What's going to be stored in it, for how long and why?
Who's going to be using this and how?
(or)
both
Both... you cannot design 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)

November 26, 2007 at 8:57 am

#754106
RE: Database design

Ahbijit,
Karthick doesn't need a "trigger"... what he said was...
I want to know about Database design. If we think about 'DataBase Design', which would trigger first in our mind ?
... and...
--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)

November 26, 2007 at 8:52 am

#754103

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