Jeff Moden

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Reply To: insert random value from predefined list of possible values

marchello wrote:
Hi all,
My need is to insert random value from predefined list of possible values. It's data obfuscation project, thus no strict rules what value should be, rather it should...
--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)

April 6, 2020 at 6:36 pm

#3740862
Reply To: Execute permission on a function

You need to contact the people in charge of providing the necessary permissions.
--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)

April 6, 2020 at 3:11 pm

#3740780
Reply To: Advantages and Disadvantage using Temp Table or Fisical Table
Your indexes on the temp tables are still incorrect. You're joining them by ID, not col1 and col2. And, they should be Clustered Indexes. At least that's why I see...
- This reply was modified 6 years, 7 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)
April 6, 2020 at 2:59 pm

#3740773
Reply To: Advantages and Disadvantage using Temp Table or Fisical Table

Have you ever tried to shoot an arrow through the hole of a donut rolling down a hill from a quarter mile away? That's how I'm starting to feel 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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:34 pm

#3740765
Reply To: Automate your Morning Checklist

No but, if you're having difficulties, I've tested the following link and it works although I've not actually attempted a download from that page.
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/dbatools/1.0.104
--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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:24 pm

#3740751
Reply To: Unexcpted erorrs restoring large tables

Buvelot wrote:
The table contains error message numbers and the description, which is the text of the error message from the sys.messages catalog view. Where applicable, the error number is 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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:14 pm

#3740749
Reply To: Advantages and Disadvantage using Temp Table or Fisical Table

Ok. That's a bit different than what you originally posted and I somewhat agree with the premise (it's called "Divide'n'Conquer"), although I question why even with a 100 million rows,...
--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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:06 pm

#3740746
Reply To: Deadlocks when high concurrent connections are running in parallel.

I can only imagine that someone is starting an explicit transaction in the code and then using a mixed bag of SELECT, UPDATE, and possibly INSERT. The only thing 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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:06 am

#3740631
Reply To: Advantages and Disadvantage using Temp Table or Fisical Table

I can think of one possible reason but let me ask you... why has someone made the code so that it first populates and interim "process" table only to turn...
--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)

April 6, 2020 at 2:01 am

#3740630
Reply To: Automate your Morning Checklist

Just to make one clarification....
Nothing... I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING gets done by me until I have that first cup o' Joe. 😀 Even my servers understand 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)

April 6, 2020 at 1:32 am

#3740629
Reply To: pulling multiple numbers out of a string

Ok... that explains why Bill's good code worked. Thanks for coming back with 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)

April 5, 2020 at 7:10 pm

#3740593
Reply To: pulling multiple numbers out of a string

tpd1989 wrote:
Hi Jeff, The second code option works exactly as I need it. I Saw Bill's first which also works so I marked that as the answer but wanted 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)

April 5, 2020 at 6:10 pm

#3740588
Reply To: Need T-SQL to list all tables in database that 'qualify' for Compression

VoldemarG wrote:
THANKS!
Question: can there be any reason that an error will be thrown while attempting to compress the table? Like what should be 'wrong' with table to cause the compression...
--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)

April 5, 2020 at 3:58 pm

#3740574
Reply To: Do people process data from beginning of time when there is data change?

frederico_fonseca wrote:
fransiscuscandra wrote:
Thank you for your feedback, appreciate your valuable time, skills and know ledges. Do you agree if we have more than 5 millions rows in source table, we...
--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)

April 5, 2020 at 3:37 pm

#3740569
Reply To: pulling multiple numbers out of a string
Here's the test data using the "old fashioned" way that works in all versions of SQL Server since at least 6.5.
```
--===== Create the test table from what...
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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)
April 5, 2020 at 3:28 pm

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