Jeff Moden

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RE: how to remove numbers from strings?

mrpolecat (10/17/2007)
Tally is a table that you need to create with the column N. The fill it with the numbers 1 to whatever you think you need. This...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 11:46 pm

#742987
RE: how to remove numbers from strings?

Max Yasnytskyy (10/17/2007)
I have found an interesintg function in msdb, seems like it is working much better ...
Ummm... this is an SQL Server 7/2000 forum... wanna tell us how well...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 11:42 pm

#742985
RE: How to rewrite a LEFT OUTER JOIN query?

Depends... index scans can be worse than a table scan because even after the index scan, it still has to get the data.
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 11:22 pm

#742983
RE: Thousands of "sp:starting" events for one SELECT in a proc

The EXISTS with the sub-query, probably a correlated one at that, needs to be replaced with a join.
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 11:19 pm

#742981
RE: Actual Reason to Use CLR

So... you've never seen recursive CTE's? You just don't need to use a CLR for such a thing... the tools are in T-SQL... you just need to learn to...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 5:07 pm

#742924
RE: Actual Reason to Use CLR

mdiaz (10/17/2007)
A real quick and easy way to make a split funciton, that returns records as a table.
Imagine writing that in TSQL???
Split "functions" are nothing more than RBAR... and 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)

October 17, 2007 at 4:20 pm

#742914
RE: Actual Reason to Use CLR

Derek Karpinski (10/17/2007)
Point is that those precious DBA's are going to have to shift to the real world sometime soon..
I'm a DBA and a Developer... Accent on Developer.. 34...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 4:05 pm

#742911
RE: Nested Update Statement (NEW)

Thanks, Noel... that's why I like this place... I learn something new everyday 🙂 I'll check out BOL on that. Thanks again.
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 8:46 am

#742755
RE: Actual Reason to Use CLR

Heh... like I said, Derek... CLR's are for people who don't really know T-SQL... 😉
If you have a GUI involved, that type of formatting should be done in the GUI......
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 8:36 am

#742751
RE: Nested Update Statement (NEW)

Sandy (10/16/2007)
Hey Grant & Jeff,
I think you both are concentrating multiple table updates
rather than Nested Update Statement,
I clearly mentioned that I have used Nested Update statement
rather than Multiple Table...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 7:45 am

#742717
RE: Nested Update Statement (NEW)

Matjaz Justin (10/17/2007)
create a view and instead of update trigger on that view.
lp, Matjaž
Creating the view is fine.... but it won't help you update multiple base tables with a single...
--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)

October 17, 2007 at 7:41 am

#742716
RE: Convert rows into columns

This type of formatting should generally be done in a GUI...
However, it can be done in SQL Server... lookup "Cross-Tab Reports" in Books Online for a complete explanation of how...
--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)

October 16, 2007 at 10:52 pm

#742587
RE: Nested Update Statement (NEW)

Grant is correct... you can update only 1 table at a time... you will need two totally separate updates.
--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)

October 16, 2007 at 10:39 pm

#742585
RE: delete and determine dups by datetime field

Thanks for the feedback, Jay... if you get a chance, let me know what your timings are. Would really appreciate 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)

October 16, 2007 at 10:23 pm

#742583
RE: Tracking changes made thru EM

Matt Miller (10/16/2007)
Ahh - that explains it. That's one of my rules of thumb - "when dealing with a dangerous manager, make up a highly obscure technical reason, 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)

October 16, 2007 at 10:21 pm

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