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  • RE: Tuning

    Andy Warren (11/5/2007)

    I agree that taking on debt around performance isn't a good idea, and Im not advocating bad design from the start either!

    As a consultant its rare 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 5, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    #748459

  • RE: how to remove numbers from strings?

    The reason I asked is that I produced two identical actual execution plans, one of which was less code, and which also proved Sergiy wrong, and you stated that 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)

    November 5, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    #748457

  • RE: Tuning

    That's a great article, Andy... I've never seen justification of doing it wrong put so eloquently. 😛 The problem with even the Type II Technical Debt is 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 5, 2007 at 7:39 am

    #748245

  • RE: distinct keyword

    I'm thinking "interview", "test", or "homework" question 😉

    --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 5, 2007 at 7:20 am

    #748227

  • RE: Tuning

    James Stover (11/4/2007)

    Arrogant DBA's, eh?

    "What's that you say Mr. Web Developer? Just "put it in"? Sure, I'll stay up to 3am troubleshooting & optimizing your masterpiece while you are...

    --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 5, 2007 at 6:40 am

    #748209

  • RE: Degree

    what is good to "beef up" a resume

    Ummmm... How about a couple thousand posts on a high quality forum like SQLSeverCentral.com ???

    Or, how about a list of major...

    --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 4, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    #748098

  • RE: Tuning

    Wow... thanks for the kudo, Steve. Thanks.

    I read that blog article... Michael J. Hillenbrand is pretty much spot on except maybe for the order of the first two things......

    --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 4, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    #748080

  • RE: Bulk Insert into SQL Server table of file created by TransferText method inserting only one row

    Sorry, I didn't check my post and I submitted it... I had included backslash n and apparently, it didn't take on this forum....

    Have you tried backslash n ??

    (and, now you...

    --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 4, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    #748077

  • RE: Formatted export in Ecel

    Jason Coleman (11/3/2007)

    LOL - toooooo many late nights reading forums... 😉

    Still, I read in BOL that you have little control over the page format when rendering to Excel. Bummer.

    You...

    --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 4, 2007 at 7:55 am

    #748048

  • RE: Join Help

    *= is severely deprecated and may produce unexpected results. Don't use 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)

    November 3, 2007 at 10:03 pm

    #748034

  • RE: Cast to VarChar Without Knowing the Length

    Have you tried using SELECT/INTO using QUOTENAME for each 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)

    November 2, 2007 at 11:28 pm

    #747978

  • RE: Query/UDF help

    Heh... now THAT's entertainment 😀 Would have loved to see their faces...:w00t:

    --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 2, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    #747973

  • RE: T-SQL

    So post what you've tried so we can coach you...

    --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 2, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    #747971

  • RE: Query/UDF help

    Ugh! A "Sequence" table... I hate 'em... If you don't already hate 'em, you will.;)

    Ok, David... let's pretend that the following is what your 3rd party sequence table looks...

    --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 2, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    #747970

  • RE: Transpose Rows to Columns

    You don't appear to have anything to relate the given values to logical rows... have you posted all the columns that appear in these tables?

    --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 2, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    #747967

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