Jeff Moden

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RE: Database design

"3rd Normal Form"
Heh... Look it up 😉
--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 24, 2007 at 10:44 am

#753776
RE: problem with float data type

It's doing the Binary math as 2k does... can you try one more time? Do this in the text mode, please... thanks, Dave.
[font="Courier New"]DECLARE @MATij FLOAT(53)
DECLARE @MATpj FLOAT(53)
DECLARE @m...
--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 24, 2007 at 10:41 am

#753774
RE: Can this be done without cursors?

The code RockMoose wrote for solving the Rank/Percentile problem in SQL Server 2000 is a great example of "How to Avoid the Cursor/Loop". Cursor/Loop solution could not be used...
--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 24, 2007 at 10:34 am

#753773
RE: Can this be done without cursors?

ajethaa (11/24/2007)
hi,
am new to programming and am doing a project now with asp.net technology..am in need of percentile function to be created...
and saw your post...
but could not understand completely.
wats...
--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 24, 2007 at 10:12 am

#753771
RE: Can this be done without cursors?

-- No cursors please
/rockmoose
You must unlearn what You have learnt
Rockmoose! You ol' dog! Where in the heck have you been? How funny... I quoted your...
--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 24, 2007 at 10:10 am

#753770
RE: UK Cultures

Heh... speaking of "tea"... I once had a friend from the UK who thought folks in the US where a bit odd... here's his quote...
"I guess I don't understand Americans......
--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 24, 2007 at 9:22 am

#753762
RE: problem with float data type

I wonder if MS made the mistake of doing the rounding on the new display? What does the code for the problem come up with for an answer on...
--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 24, 2007 at 9:16 am

#753760
RE: problem with float data type

In my book you should be getting 00.0000000000000000000000000000001 which is 1.0E-31. Anything else is a lie.
Yes... I agree... in DECIMAL math, you would be absolutely correct. But FLOAT does...
--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 24, 2007 at 8:51 am

#753755
RE: Insert row by row

No, no... (just making sure)... I said you "could" use a cursor... it wasn't a recommendation. 😀
Perhaps an example of the type of validation I'm talking about is required...
So...
--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 23, 2007 at 10:12 pm

#753730
RE: What is the difference between Programmer and Good Programmer ?

Moreover you are newbie to this site.
Ummmm... that's a bit arrogant on your part... you're a bit of a newbie yourself and, so far, I've not seen you answer...
--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 23, 2007 at 10:07 pm

#753729
RE: T-SQL

To add to that... sp_help.
--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 23, 2007 at 10:01 pm

#753728
RE: What is mean by Programming styles?

Yes... pretty much all of that and more... for example, you'll never see me use a While Loop to create a list of contiguous dates... I'll always use a Tally...
--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 23, 2007 at 9:53 pm

#753727
RE: How to write query result in an output file in T-SQL (MSDE)

But when I'v used this method, the result of the select * query was unexploitable like the result can appear in a cmd window.
Sure, I can help... but I don't...
--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 23, 2007 at 5:22 pm

#753718
RE: What is mean by Programming styles?

Now, those sound like some pretty strange places... Senior Sybase DBA with 0 days experience... they must have had a death wish. 😉
--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 23, 2007 at 5:19 pm

#753717
RE: Update only changed rows, Insert only new rows

Randy,
There's just a huge number of options because you don't have any triggers. For example, IF you're staging table contained ALL the customers (including ones that are no longer...
--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 23, 2007 at 5:14 pm

#753715

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