Jeff Moden

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Reply To: Modern Datatime Addition

BWAAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAA!!! "Modern"? It may be more recent but it sure as hell isn't more "Modern". "Crippled" is a much better word!
Technically, the given answer is incorrect because you can, indeed,...
--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)

August 9, 2019 at 2:04 pm

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Reply To: How to identify if data is skewed in a table

jdc wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Below is the index that key lookup is using. Can you please let me know how I can use COUNT with a GROUP BY that matches the keys...
--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)

August 8, 2019 at 6:18 pm

#3669995
Reply To: Some T-SQL INSERTs DO Follow the Fill Factor! (SQL Oolie)

Thank you for the feedback, folks. It'll be interesting to find out if anyone uses it for the things that I've started to use it for or maybe 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)

August 8, 2019 at 6:07 pm

#3669994
Reply To: Computed Columns Formulas

whoopcg wrote:
The code I showed was missing and "end" and a ")".
But was suggested to me that I would use this instead, and it works great!
Link
In case someone else...
--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)

August 8, 2019 at 2:34 pm

#3669913
Reply To: better DB Design tools?

Steven.Grzybowski wrote:
I am using Visual studio to design databases for applications / data warehousing rather than just using the SSMS designer like I did in the past, but now 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)

August 8, 2019 at 2:31 pm

#3669908
Reply To: How to identify if data is skewed in a table

jdc wrote:
Hi,
I'm seeing key lookup which is taking 95% of time for a query. I have verified and made sure that there is no index fragmentation and stats are up...
--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)

August 8, 2019 at 2:20 pm

#3669903
Reply To: Group by on 120 pivotted columns

There's actually a very easy, almost trivial method to solve this problem. Here's the article on how you could pull this off. And, please, tell us why they want 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)

August 8, 2019 at 1:51 pm

#3669898
Reply To: Some T-SQL INSERTs DO Follow the Fill Factor! (SQL Oolie)

roger.plowman wrote:
Sounds more like a bug than a feature. Is this actually useful for anything beyond bar bets? Why would a single insert that breaks the rules be advantageous? Especially...
--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)

August 8, 2019 at 1:14 pm

#3669889
Reply To: Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Totally agreed on that, Jason! It'll be interesting to see if anyone posts theirs. And, thank you for posting yours!
--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)

August 7, 2019 at 9:59 pm

#3669676
Reply To: Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Thanks for the very kind feedback, Jason.
Interesting code, Jason. While I've seen such a thing before, I've not seen many folks that provide a starting value and number of 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)

August 7, 2019 at 5:41 pm

#3669600
Reply To: Windows patching DBA list

sizal0234 wrote:
When the infrastructure team patches windows server and reboots, I would like to have a solid checklist of things which should be done to say 'sql server and databases...
--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)

August 7, 2019 at 4:45 pm

#3669572
Reply To: Using Begin & Commit inside a Stored Procedure

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:
And use try..catch
I hear a whole lot of people making that recommendation. Try/Catch is usually not necessary, especially in the presence of SET XACT_ABORT ON, which will auto-magically produce...
--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)

August 7, 2019 at 4:21 pm

#3669570
Reply To: Need help with query where i need to aggregate an aggregate
jcelko212 32090 wrote:
No, Jeff, an identifier is by its very nature measured on a nominal scale. It is not an interval scale. It is not a ratio scale. It is not...
- This reply was modified 7 years, 2 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)
August 7, 2019 at 2:54 pm

#3669517
Reply To: How does SQL determine which column a table level check constraint is applied to

michael.leach2015 wrote:
Jeff,
I spent the last 2 days or so on the first article. I got about half way through. I think I understand the concept. One part I couldn't figure...
--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)

August 7, 2019 at 2:09 pm

#3669493
Reply To: Sessions with no query running, but an open transaction?

jasona.work wrote:
In doing further (and better) research on this today when it happened, the head blockers are executing a stored procedure that updates a table.
If it's a joined update, please...
--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)

August 6, 2019 at 8:03 pm

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