Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Sum days for fiscalyear

Jeff Moden wrote:
cbrammer1219 wrote:
I've attached a screen shot of the table definitions.
Ya know... If you were to post an actual CREATE TABLE bit of code for the pertinent columns for 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)

June 15, 2020 at 10:21 pm

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Reply To: Sum days for fiscalyear

Understood and agreed but, like was said in an article this morning, "There's nothing more permanent than a temporary fix". It's truly unfortunate that that made the same mistake 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)

June 15, 2020 at 10:19 pm

#3763307
Reply To: ISNULL clause with a condition

"It Depends". If this is being used in the SELECT list of a query, you can do pretty much as you please and you'll have no problems. If it's 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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:59 pm

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Reply To: I Read Quite a Bit

From the Article...
Yet, all the responses were either blatantly wrong, or answering different questions.
Heh... this happens during meetings, as well. Someone goes off on a tangent or with some really...
--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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:30 pm

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Reply To: adding a Select statement to an existing table

Phil Parkin wrote:
Jeff, to which article are you referring?
Sorry... post removed. Apparently I replied on the wrong thread.

--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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:25 pm

#3763184
Reply To: SQL fuzzy logic in join

PSB wrote:
Worked . Thanks
Thank you for the feedback. Since you're the one that will need to support it, at least in the short term, do you understand how and why...
--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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:21 pm

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Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Eirikur Eiriksson wrote:
drew.allen wrote:
jasona.work wrote:
And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...
Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with 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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:05 pm

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Reply To: Project EVERYTHING is assigned to me. Can I measure Everything via T-SQL? How?

VoldemarG wrote:
Thank you, Jeff !
Studying your sp_ShowWorst today. Pretty amazing so far.
I will definitely share a couple of SPs in same 'LOB' as your that I have written recently.
Starting to...
--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)

June 15, 2020 at 3:00 pm

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Reply To: adding a Select statement to an existing table
Sorry... post removed. Apparently, I posted to the wrong thread.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Jeff Moden.
--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)
June 15, 2020 at 1:53 pm

#3763131
Reply To: Banker’s Rounding. What is it good for?

skeleton567 wrote:
One is the fiasco caused by their Y2K 'work-around' for for 2-digit years in the QIF inport/export file format...
Good lord... I had to work through all of that with...
--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)

June 15, 2020 at 1:28 pm

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Reply To: Sum days for fiscalyear

Jeffrey Williams wrote:

Sorry - since I don't have those tables or any sample data I wasn't able to validate the code. I missed the closing parenthesis on the sum...

--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)

June 15, 2020 at 1:24 pm

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