Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Custom Pivot Table

Mine is similar but I took advantage of IIF. It still renders out as CASE expressions behind the scenes so no performance gain or anything like that. I also think...
--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 3, 2020 at 12:46 am

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Reply To: Integer convert to percent

nymets86 wrote:
Your suggestion worked. Thanks. I am just getting the hang of this but will post the working formula even though there is probably a better way to do this.
CONVERT(DECIMAL...
--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 2, 2020 at 10:07 pm

#3759615
Reply To: Custom Pivot Table

SQL Espo wrote:
Thank you both so much! I was trying to be cute and figure out how to use the PIVOT operation, but going back to the basics and using 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)

June 2, 2020 at 10:04 pm

#3759614
Reply To: SQL account for restoring database

These probably shouldn't be "scripts". They should be stored procedures (possibly in a permanent "utility" database) and then you can do what Scott has suggested to keep things safe.

--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 2, 2020 at 5:49 pm

#3759539
Reply To: Integer convert to percent

nymets86 wrote:
Having trouble with the below formula. Technically I want to display it by a percentage with two decimal points but when I run the below I get it 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 2, 2020 at 5:40 pm

#3759537
Reply To: Index fill factor

ScottPletcher wrote:
MS has actually provided complex formulas for years. But it's so difficult to come up with accurate numbers to go into the formulas, and the result is only as...
--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 2, 2020 at 4:48 pm

#3759432
Reply To: Inserting an incremental range of decimal numbers into a table

My example was one of many. My point is instead of using exact points to try to hit an inclusive BETWEEN, use ranges that have an exact start and 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 2, 2020 at 12:48 pm

#3759346
Reply To: Index fill factor

ScottPletcher wrote:
As to reorganization, I believe it's still best practice to use reorg for columnstore tables (I'm on SQL 2016). Full rowgroups won't be affected at all by this process,...
--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 2, 2020 at 1:51 am

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Reply To: Index fill factor

ScottPletcher wrote:
There's no magic formula to tell you the best fillfactor for 3,000 indexes. Or for 10 indexes, for that matter.
Actually, for non partitioned rowstore indexes, there is (it takes...
--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 2, 2020 at 1:21 am

#3759258
Reply To: Estimate a count

Ok... now that I agree with. Thanks for your time, Rune.
--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 1, 2020 at 6:57 pm

#3759202
Reply To: Inserting an incremental range of decimal numbers into a table

So why not make it truly easy on yourself and use a "Open/Closed" bit of code and setup. For example, instead of say something like 2.01 to 3.oo as 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 1, 2020 at 6:55 pm

#3759201
Reply To: Estimate a count

Rune Bivrin wrote:
Good question to showcase a new feature!
From a BI/DS perspective, this is potentially very useful for data profiling.
Do you have a short example or suggestion of when data profiling...
--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 1, 2020 at 3:24 pm

#3759114
Reply To: Inserting an incremental range of decimal numbers into a table

So, Paul... what are you going to do if a value comes in at, say, 2.005? That won't be caught by any range you've defined. Are you absolutely sure 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)

June 1, 2020 at 3:16 pm

#3759113
Reply To: Index fill factor

Heh... there actually is a way. 😉 I've presented the method to just a couple of PASS chapters and I'm working on some proposed articles for a "Stairway".

--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 1, 2020 at 2:55 pm

#3759107
Reply To: Index fill factor

You say that you're "REBUILDing" indexes. Do you really mean that or are you including REORGANIZE, which I refer to as "Death by defragmentation"?
Obviously, I recommend NOT using REORGANIZE. It's...
--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 1, 2020 at 2:31 pm

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