Jeff Moden

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RE: Unstring text field?

What datatype is the column, really? Is it TEXT, VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, or ???
--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 12, 2007 at 9:22 pm

#741769
RE: create an insert statement

Thought I'd post something folks can play with... could easily be turned into a proc... can be easily modified for an Insert/Values instead of an Insert/Select. With a little forethought,...
--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 12, 2007 at 9:14 pm

#741768
RE: create an insert statement

Nigel Rutter (10/4/2007)
Doesn't need to use a cursor, it can be replaced by:
SELECT @InsertQuery = @InsertQuery + column_name + ',' from ##Temp_Generate
Hope Jeff M doesn't see...
--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 12, 2007 at 8:32 pm

#741767
RE: Use sp_MSforeachtable to gen COUNT(*) for each table in MyDBname

dobrzak (4/6/2006)
I don't think that it is possible with sp_MSforeachtable, but why don't use systems table, eg.:
SELECT object_name(id), rows
FROM sysindexes
WHERE indid...
--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 12, 2007 at 8:11 pm

#741766
RE: How can I tell if I have the latest SQL Server updates?

SELECT @@VERSION
Then, check the Microsoft site for the build number...
--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 12, 2007 at 7:54 pm

#741765
RE: Generating Dates

That nice little cross-join you included as a derived table sure did the 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)

October 12, 2007 at 6:51 pm

#741763
RE: Converting a FoxPro Procedure to SQL

Now, that's what I'm talking about! Nice job, Kirk!! And, thanks for posting your solution! 😀
--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 12, 2007 at 6:03 pm

#741760
RE: Filling in numbers

You bet... thanks for the feedback, Greg.
--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 12, 2007 at 6:00 pm

#741759
RE: is this a good trigger?

No, no... Unless I'm totally misreading this, a good ol' fashioned partitioned view will do all of that without the overhead of triggers and the extra table. It'll be...
--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 12, 2007 at 5:51 pm

#741758
RE: BCP Utility for Data Copy

You don't? :blink: There's an example of what the input file looks like, what the table looks like, what the BCP format file looks like, and what 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 12, 2007 at 5:48 pm

#741757
RE: I just want to do my job !

See attachment... 😉
--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 12, 2007 at 8:17 am

#741575
RE: I just want to do my job !

Yeah... that's 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)

October 12, 2007 at 8:00 am

#741566
RE: I just want to do my job !

Yeck!
--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 12, 2007 at 7:47 am

#741559
RE: Converting a FoxPro Procedure to SQL

No, no.... the overhead of a cursor is not required here. Take my previous suggestion and find out how to build a recursive CTE to resolve these types of...
--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 12, 2007 at 7:34 am

#741548
RE: complex select problem w history tables, date ranges

Jeff Moden (10/11/2007)
Looks like any decent HTML editor or a Word macro to change spaces to the literal "&nbsp" (without the quotes) will do the trick.
Sorry folks... I didn't check...
--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 12, 2007 at 7:29 am

#741545

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