Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:
Having a constant lack of faith that things can improve, doesn't seem to be helpful for me.
I would normally agree but the industry has a huge track record 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)

February 5, 2021 at 6:18 pm

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Reply To: How to delete in small chunks

vsamantha35 wrote:
Requirement : We want to retain latest 1 year data(i.e. 2021) and delete other year's data by deleting 30 days worth data in each iteration. In other words, want...
--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)

February 5, 2021 at 6:08 pm

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Reply To: Flat File Connection Manager issue

Does the path you listed ( "C:\Users\AS\source\repos\Airport\DataImport\Location.csv") live on your SSIS box or on a different machine?
--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)

February 4, 2021 at 11:40 pm

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Reply To: How to find lock scope from DMVs?

Although it's been deprecated, it's still available. Try sp_Lock.
--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)

February 4, 2021 at 11:27 pm

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Reply To: How to Restore an Agent Job that was Dropped

Mikey Bronowski wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
Good article and thank you for taking the time to write and publish it.
As a bit of a sidebar, though, I just go to "Source Control" and grab...
--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)

February 4, 2021 at 4:18 pm

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Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

Sergiy wrote:
Do it. Try it. Get used to it.
Now that's a keeper. You've just described the outcome of most software I've ever seen but it's missing a very important point......
--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)

February 4, 2021 at 1:48 pm

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Reply To: Counting the number of unique days between ranges of dates

nicod wrote:
Thanks all for your help with this one. Reading through all your suggestions it looks like using a tally is what'll work for us. The dataset is only about...
--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)

February 4, 2021 at 12:10 am

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Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

Hopefully, some of the others on this site that are more into the arts and sciences of Data Analysis and Data Science and Business Intelligence will see this post 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)

February 3, 2021 at 9:09 pm

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Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

datascientist7 wrote:
HaHa, thanks Jeff for the great discussion. Now if I can figure out which groups to join... Dont know of any SQL Saturdays coming up... Where do I go...
--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)

February 3, 2021 at 9:06 pm

#3840688
Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

datascientist7 wrote:
Jeff: Right on! You describe my situation well!
Ratbak brought up SSIS. Another beef. Wasnt the ultimate for SSIS that the business user could add their business rules in 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)

February 3, 2021 at 8:52 pm

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Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

datascientist7 wrote:
I do use MDX. I have to. They wont switch the SQL Server to listen to SQL!!
I have the books. It is _very_ difficult to write an MDX query...
--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)

February 3, 2021 at 8:33 pm

#3840670
Reply To: Artist or Scientist?

Yeah... totally agreed with that, as well, Patrick. Heh... I was trying to avoid a far bit of outrage on my part about applying such labels and so replied 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)

February 3, 2021 at 6:54 pm

#3840654
Reply To: Counting the number of unique days between ranges of dates
SwePeso wrote:
Assuming "dates" could only be a number between 1 and 31...
```
DECLARE @UnitMembership 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)
February 3, 2021 at 5:44 pm

#3840623
Reply To: Counting the number of unique days between ranges of dates

Gosh... I think I've gone brain dead a bit. I've tried a couple of things and can't just now remember how to do this with either an inline Tally cte...
--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)

February 3, 2021 at 5:18 pm

#3840620
Reply To: Counting the number of unique days between ranges of dates

ScottPletcher wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
ScottPletcher wrote:
I would think this would be the most straightforward way, although it may not be the most efficient way. But it might work just fine for 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)

February 3, 2021 at 4:10 pm

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