Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Problem with a heap table

Step one is to remove all doubt. Do the SELECT COUNT(*) thing on the table.
You also say that you inserted millions of rows into the heap. There are a lot...
--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)

May 15, 2020 at 1:55 pm

#3752001
Reply To: Thoughts on storing repetitive data

Disagreement noted.
However, there's nothing in what I stated that uses 24:00:00, nothing that would violate the constraint on the EndDate, and thee method I suggested actually does use the proper...
--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)

May 15, 2020 at 1:41 pm

#3751997
Reply To: Normalization query challenge -- more an intellectual exercise than anything

Steve Collins wrote:
jonathan.crawford wrote:
Jeff, quit torturing the poor guy and just give him the linkhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic530630-8-2.aspx
Nice. Is there a unicode version?
No, but the conversion should be fairly simple.
Man... I can't believe...
--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)

May 15, 2020 at 1:10 am

#3751876
Reply To: What does the Future DBA Do?

Cool. Thanks Eric. I'll take a look.

--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)

May 14, 2020 at 9:53 pm

#3751845
Reply To: Normalization query challenge -- more an intellectual exercise than anything

Interesting. Does it correctly handle names like MacDonald, McDonald, van Halen, O'Leary, and things like "This is a Book"?
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 7:29 pm

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Reply To: XEvent Targets

Grant Fritchey wrote:
Focus on what tools can do for you instead of 12 year old reports of a tool's shortcomings.
Heh... I know what you mean. I've been saying the same thing...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 7:16 pm

#3751691
Reply To: What does the Future DBA Do?

Eric M Russell wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
...
It's funny how people think that you don't need xp_CmdShell on managed systems like Azure.
Do they also not allow for OPENROWSET()?
You can OPENROWSET (or BULK INSERT) from CSV,...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 7:11 pm

#3751687
Reply To: Normalization query challenge -- more an intellectual exercise than anything

Does the other "Initial Caps" function that you're talking about only hit the first letter of the entire string or is it more like "Title Caps"?
And this is what I...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 7:08 pm

#3751684
Reply To: Thoughts on storing repetitive data

p.s. You might want to also look into "Temporal Tables", which are a combination of Type 2 + Type 4 SCDs that do most of the work for you. All...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 6:20 pm

#3751658
Reply To: Thoughts on storing repetitive data

You don't actually need to store all rows that don't change to be able to do PIT (Point-in-Time) reporting. IMHO, it's actually foolish to do so because not only 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
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

May 14, 2020 at 6:02 pm

#3751653
Reply To: Looking for the cmd to Recompile ALL procs across ALL DBs on a single SQL Server

Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated.
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 2:54 pm

#3751575
Reply To: Normalization query challenge -- more an intellectual exercise than anything

To answer the question, I like the first one better because the first CTE DRYs out some of the formulas. It doesn't make much difference here but, when you have...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 2:43 pm

#3751571
Reply To: Some XML Query Magic Required
Mark Cowne wrote:
Try this
SELECT v.n2.value('(@*:ObjectName)[1]','varchar(30)') AS Name,
p.n1.value('(@*:ObjectName)[1]','varchar(30)') AS Scope
FROM #SSISTest st
CROSS APPLY st.PackageXML.nodes('//*:Executable') AS p(n1)
CROSS APPLY p.n1.nodes('*:Variables/*:Variable') as v(n2);
Man... I remember you helping me 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)
May 14, 2020 at 2:12 pm

#3751534
Reply To: What does the Future DBA Do?

Eric M Russell wrote:
Azure SQL is still 99% the same familiar T-SQL we've been using for decades. Some features like Availability Groups and DBCC commands are gone, because they have been replaced...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 2:08 pm

#3751528
Reply To: Normalization query challenge -- more an intellectual exercise than anything

Just my dip of the toe into the problem. I have this thing for making my dynamic SQL look the same as static SQL. I also used a little trick...
--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)

May 14, 2020 at 5:38 am

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