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Reply To: Replaced deprecated types (text, ntext) with Varchar(max) and NVarchar(max) !
First, nothing has been attached that I can see.
Second, if you did this without the understanding that now all the stuff that might fit "in-row" is now "in-row", which greatly...
--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
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Reply To: NOT able to backup database
Ant-Green wrote:SQL can only backup to drives which are local to the SQL server not remote drives unless you use UNC paths etc to provide backups to network locations.
IIRC, 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
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Reply To: Using hierarchyID
Personally, I don't care for the use of HierarchyID nor it's particular form of positional notation. It's also a bugger to fix if something goes wrong with it.
Perhaps the following...
--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: How to reduce physical size of database
To be sure, you don't need to rebuild ALL indexes... just the ones that became seriously fragmented because of the index-inversion the shrink.
I also recommend temporarily moving your largest indexes...
--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: Table Alerts
ScottPletcher wrote:WHERE
D >= DATEADD(MINUTE, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, 0, GETDATE()) / 15 * 15, 0) AND
D < DATEADD(MINUTE, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, 0,...--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: Using If exists trying to assign the value to a variable when it exists.
Mond wrote:it worked thank you!
What was it that worked 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
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Reply To: Table Alerts
mtz676 wrote:...send reminder text messages...
You need to figure out a couple of things before you go off half-cocked doing something like that. People need to "opt-in" and be informed 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
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Reply To: How do you convert a timestamp into a date
sterling3721 wrote:no matter whether you like it or not, 1)application developers write managed code more; 2)application developers implemented the functions, including FORMAT, CONVERT, CAST, LTRIM, RTRIM, TRIM, LEFT, RIGHT; 3)FORMAT...
--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: IF IF IF versus IF Condition 1 and condition 2 and condition X
ScottPletcher wrote:Jeff Moden wrote:YSLGuru wrote:I really hope this isn't a dumb question. Is there a reason other then style or preference as to why you'd do this:
IF @Var1...
--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: Incrementing ID by one on change of value
Phil Parkin wrote:Phil, I don't understand why you think you need the self-join in your code.
It's simple, really: I never seem able to remember that you can update a CTE directly!
😀
--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: A Data Request Form
I think the default should be that you're automatically "opted out" unless you decide to "opt in". Of course, that won't be profitable for these vendors and so that will...
--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: How do you convert a timestamp into a date
sterling3721 wrote:true, format() is slower, and I started using it since it was not available until SQL server 2012 and my employer migrated from SQL 2008 to SQL 2016. Just...
--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: Incrementing ID by one on change of value
Phil, I don't understand why you think you need the self-join in your code. It can still be done in a single scan of the table.
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--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: Incrementing ID by one on change of value
I'm afraid that ROW_NUMBER() isn't going to hack it for this problem, Phil. Here's what the output of your code is...
EDIT: My...
--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: Incrementing ID by one on change of value
Polynominal wrote:Hi
I have a table as below, with example data in it
ID Name 2346 M Smith 2346 M Smith 2346 ...
--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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