Jeff Moden

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Reply To: is there any better way to export SQL server data into csv file?

Grant Fritchey wrote:
Yeah, I am ancient. I'd still pick SQLCMD or PowerShell over bcp though.
Heh... guess I'm more ancient. I've not found much that will actually beat BCP for performance for...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 5:55 pm

#3706603
Reply To: What's a page split?

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:
Thanks, I thought so, but wanted to be sure newer people to the platform are aware of this.
+1000 to 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)

December 10, 2019 at 5:53 pm

#3706602
Reply To: Fastest Way to Calculate Total Number of records inserted per day

David Burrows wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
Also, do you have some proof of the COUNT(*) vs the COUNT(1) thing? I'm not talking about someone's rhetorical "proof" either. I'm talking about a demonstrable and repeatable...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 5:46 pm

#3706601
Reply To: List of INDEX with create and DROP script should not include any constrains P/F

What on Earth would you actually use this for? If you ever do it to an actual database, you will cause a huge explosion in the MDF files as clustered...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 5:35 pm

#3706598
Reply To: Fastest Way to Calculate Total Number of records inserted per day

Brahmanand Shukla wrote:
frederico_fonseca wrote:
your "requirements" do not match what you trying to do on the sql so please do clarify it exactly.
To get the records added today - which is what...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 5:08 pm

#3706592
Reply To: is there any better way to export SQL server data into csv file?

Heh... no, Grant... you and I are ancient technology. 😀 BCP is still a nasty fast work horse. While it wasn't designed to handle true CSV exports nor even 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)

December 10, 2019 at 3:04 pm

#3706528
Reply To: SQL Server Name Convention and T-SQL Programming Style

frederico_fonseca wrote:
I'm with Jeff on this - lots of what is on that are personal preferences and should be decided by each team/organization
For example I do not allow any uppercase ...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 3:00 pm

#3706520
Reply To: SQL Server Name Convention and T-SQL Programming Style

On the subject of the article itself, thanks for taking the time to put something so extensive together.
As you said, though... "The recommendations in this article are not the ultimate...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 10:33 am

#3706408
Reply To: SQL Server Name Convention and T-SQL Programming Style

I hate the way this site does NOT handle tables. I have a screen wide enough to display the whole table but it's still formatted super narrow so someone can...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 10:25 am

#3706404
Reply To: Stored Procedure Documentation

Neil Burton wrote:
Jeff Moden wrote:
jonas.gunnarsson 52434 wrote:
As in most development the code should speak for it self, and you should use:
Source control (containing change documentation)
Formatting tool/formatting rules
Good and describing naming rules
Your procedure 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)

December 10, 2019 at 10:04 am

#3706300
Reply To: sqlcmd - Unable to pass in exact file path as an input variable to :out

Steve,
Will that actually work in a stored procedure? I'm thinking "not" and that it could only work from a "routine" (if you understand the difference) but I could be wrong.
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 9:38 am

#3706288
Reply To: Query tuning help

vsamantha35 wrote:
We are small shop and we don't get to hire any dedicated consultant for performance tuning. Everything has to be done by us!
Thanks everyone. Forgive me if 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)

December 10, 2019 at 9:28 am

#3706284
Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:
one of the things i'm constantly told,... keep it to 2 pages
I was always told to do the same... until they saw the format and the content. Lynn has...
--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)

December 10, 2019 at 12:44 am

#3706162
Reply To: Stored Procedure Documentation
jonas.gunnarsson 52434 wrote:
As in most development the code should speak for it self, and you should use:
- Source control (containing change documentation)
- Formatting tool/formatting rules
--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)
December 9, 2019 at 9:53 pm

#3706121
Reply To: Query runs for days when upgrading to 2017

askcoffman wrote:
Thanks Jeff and John for the help. I ended up rewriting the vw_pos_period_dim as a materialized view. Still not sure why that worked since the view itself performed well,...
--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)

December 7, 2019 at 9:36 pm

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