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  • RE: List Problem...

    Thanks for the feedback, Therion... it means a lot to us that someone is actually looking at the answers.  Appreciate it much!

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    #694557

  • RE: One more SQL puzzle

    Looks more like homework to me...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    #694555

  • RE: T-log too big...need batch inserts

    Putting the Recovery Mode to Simple sets the 'trunc. log on chkpt.' to true automatically.  Your problem is the log... your Insert/Select is still logged despite the SIMPLE setting 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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    #694554

  • RE: Primary key / DTS load question

    p.p.s.  Why the hell are you using DTS for such a simple BULK INSERT task, anyway... you like "slow" or something

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    #694553

  • RE: Primary key / DTS load question

    Yeah... me too... sorry you had to wait 4 years for the 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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    #694552

  • RE: Primary key / DTS load question

    I agree... NOT EXISTS implies a correlated sub-query which is another form of RBAR (pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "Row By Agonizing Row").

    Now, the interesting part 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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    #694551

  • RE: Divide by question

    Another way... with right justification to boot...

     SELECT STR(COUNT(DateCol)/110.0*100.0,8,1)+'%'

       FROM @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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    #694549

  • RE: Table with increment charter ID field

    P.S.  It won't blow up after 6,759,999... but it will start the sequence over, so you may want to put a constraint on the IDENTITY column to be >=0 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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    #694548

  • RE: Table with increment charter ID field

    Ummm beat me to it... well, almost... please send beer, I already have enough pretzels...

    --===== If the demo table exists, drop it

         IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#yourtable') IS NOT NULL

            DROP...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    #694547

  • RE: Unlimited columns

    TNT,

    Just for grins, can you post the "header file" and a row or 2 of data (making sure, of course, there are no SSN's, account numbers, etc in the file)? ...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    #694543

  • RE: Reading from a text file

    Sure, Bakr... but I need a wee bit more information...

    1. Did you end up with any continuation lines?
    2. Can you use xp_CmdShell?
    3. Can you post the DDL for the table (be sure to indicate...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 6:01 pm

    #694541

  • RE: Sorting a field

    Perfectly clear, thank you...

     DECLARE @TestData TABLE (StringValue VARCHAR(20))

     INSERT INTO @TestData

     SELECT '0000022211' UNION ALL

     SELECT '0000022243' UNION ALL

     SELECT '0000072211' UNION ALL

     SELECT '0000102221' UNION ALL

     SELECT 'AB00011'    UNION ALL

     SELECT 'CD000111'

     SELECT...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    #694527

  • RE: sudden slow down

    What did you find out about memory?  Do you have an app that someone recently made a change to that has memory leaks?

    Also, since it occurs so regularly, have 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)

    March 12, 2007 at 6:58 am

    #694337

  • RE: Sorting a field

    Heh...

    Dinesh... take a look at the following for a complete explanation as to why ISNUMERIC should never be treated as ISALLDIGITS... and, it's not a fault... it's a feature...

    --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)

    March 12, 2007 at 6:41 am

    #694332

  • RE: where did the truncate log on checkpoint option go?

    Please folks... make sure you really, really know what you're doing... if you set 'trunc. log on chkpt.' to true, you have a little surprise coming...  try this...

    Set the recovery...

    --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)

    March 11, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    #694293

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