Jeff Moden

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Reply To: How to check if the file exists in S3 bucket.

I'm not a PowerShell user but a Google for "check if file already exists using powershell" turns up things that may easily help do what you want. Try it.
Even better...
--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)

September 7, 2020 at 7:43 pm

#3786824
Reply To: Issues with SQL Trigger

n.subbuu wrote:
Yes for my testing, I have database called tesdb and testing it by manual insert. So if this is not the right way of doing, can you please advise...
--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)

September 7, 2020 at 7:33 pm

#3786823
Reply To: Issues with SQL Trigger

Do you actually have a table called "TestDB"? If so, which database is it in and what in your BCP command identifies that database?
I also agree with Sergiy. Having this...
--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)

September 6, 2020 at 1:06 am

#3786634
Reply To: Complex Join

DonlSimpson wrote:
It's not what is expected, and the data condition won't occur. Each column is null-able, but both cannot be null.
You should post some readily consumable test data and 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)

September 6, 2020 at 12:47 am

#3786633
Reply To: Silly SQL Question
Jeffrey Williams wrote:
If the only values available in the result column are Y or N - you could do this:
```
 Select r.id
   From Response r
 ...
```
--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)
September 5, 2020 at 11:10 pm

#3786628
Reply To: Silly SQL Question
Sergiy wrote:
Actually, a single scan would be just fine:
SELECT ID
FROM Response r
GROUP BY ID
HAVING MAX(result) <> MIN(result);
You've just gotta love the old ways. 😀
--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)
September 5, 2020 at 4:14 pm

#3786601
Reply To: Retrieving the total number of records in a SQL instance

Ok... I have a question, especially seems to be coming up a lot lately.
To what end does someone need this type of information? What will the information ultimately be used...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 4:41 pm

#3786454
Reply To: Changing nvarchar to varchar

Sergiy wrote:
The words might be strong, but apparently not strong enough, considering how the masses of developers mindlessly follow the pattern (by default from MS) and clustering everything by ID
True...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 4:29 pm

#3786451
Reply To: Changing nvarchar to varchar
terry999 wrote:
So if I were going to change the table's fields from Nvarchar to varchar as long as they are not executing
```
example: SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE...
```
--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)
September 4, 2020 at 2:44 pm

#3786316
Reply To: Migrate database to azure

wrote:
Before you publish your project to Azure App Service, you must first upload your project's database to Azure SQL Database.
Heh... do tell... Just how would you accomplish such a...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 2:31 pm

#3786313
Reply To: Trying to Make combinations within a bracket in SSMS column

HardissonHard wrote:
I want to read some competent answer too, just will wait here
Then go to the other post people have cited. 😉
Since your nondescript post strongly resembles a "test prelude"...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 2:24 pm

#3786312
Reply To: How to check if the file exists in S3 bucket.

Just to add some clarification to this problem and "bump" it because it is an interesting issue...
Where are you copying the backups FROM? For example, are you copying from on-prem...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 2:14 pm

#3786310
Reply To: Sql Timeout error

John Mitchell-245523 wrote:
Jo
A query (or certainly one that doesn't involve a remote server) will never time out - it will be the application that kills it, not SQL Server.
John
I'm not sure...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 2:04 pm

#3786306
Reply To: Changing nvarchar to varchar

Sergiy wrote:
Autoincremental bigint ID is never a good candidate for a clustered index.
"Never" is a pretty big word here. There are some exceptions. For example, you're using the Autoincremental ID...
--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)

September 4, 2020 at 1:43 pm

#3786303
Reply To: Query to return the number of logical reads

You bet. Thank you for the feedback.
I use the code to find the worst performing queries even each execution is measured in milliseconds. Repetition means a lot. In other words,...
--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)

September 3, 2020 at 9:06 pm

#3786135

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