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Reply To: A varchar(MAX) STRING_SPLIT function for SQL 2012 and above
Now that's a matter of opinion. I, for one, want it to return empty or null strings for any element that exists but isn't filled. One of the things I...
--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.
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
Jeffrey Williams wrote:Jeff Moden wrote:Shifting gears a bit but on a similar subject... the PIVOT operator in MS Access is totally awesome. I do NOT understand why MS made such a crippled...
--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
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
Shifting gears a bit but on a similar subject... the PIVOT operator in MS Access is totally awesome. I do NOT understand why MS made such a crippled version in...
--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
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Reply To: poor query performance by joining large table and new CE
As almost a sidebar, try a couple of things on your original query (posted below just so you don't have to look back.... they've worked for me in the past.
insert...
--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
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Reply To: Name of the remote server in a query
Ram wrote:My thanks to Jeff, Voldemar and Scott.
@jeff, I was thinking of getting the remote server name through some variable or a function in remote server while I missed 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
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
Kristen-173977 wrote:Sorry, I have explained that badly. It definitely isn't a bug in SQL, but it can cause a bug in my software (if I change from ISNULL to COALESCE...
--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
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
Kristen-173977 wrote:ScottPletcher wrote:From what I've read, at least, the STRING_AGG performs well.
First result I found in Google :
Exactly... and it's easy to use and it doesn't have any...
--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
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
ScottPletcher wrote:I admit, I don't expect IIF to go away (ever), as bad an idea as it was to corrupt T-SQL with it. I'm just hoping they don't bring over...
--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
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Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
Kristen-173977 wrote:Jeff Moden wrote:COALESCE has a nasty quirk, as well. You know what it is... it uses whatever the highest precedence datatype there is in the operands. ISNULL doesn't have 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) -
Reply To: Name of the remote server in a query
VoldemarG wrote:by the way, since we already have touched the subject,
is it a good idea at all to execute anything like this on a remote server as EXEC (...) AT...
--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) -
Reply To: pivot on 2 fields
It would have been much more neighborly of you if you had read the article at the link I directed you to and provided the data in a "readily consumable"...
--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) -
Reply To: Name of the remote server in a query
Ram wrote:Haa. How did I miss it? Such a simple solution!
Curious... which 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) -
Reply To: DelimitedSplit8K License Question
Bartoletti wrote:I agree entirely, but this blog was intended to focus purely on the relative performance of XML Lists, because the comments about their poor performance when used as parameters...
--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) -
Reply To: Newb - SQL Server IIF() Function
jcelko212 32090 wrote:As a guy who constantly advocates for ANSI/ISO standards, I would like to point out that the CONCAT is not SQL but local dialect. The correct syntax is in...
--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) -
Reply To: Name of the remote server in a query
I'm thinking that you've changed the purpose of the code. The first query in the code uses the 3 part naming convention and seems to be meant to look at...
--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)
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