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  • RE: Copy data from one table to another table in the next available cell

    Ah, I never finished one of my thoughts in my previous post. Instead of having 10 sets of columns, your table should only have one Status, Time, and Comment...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Copy data from one table to another table in the next available cell

    OK, I think I've got where you are going with this and Barry is absolutely correct. What you are trying to do can, and should, be done in one...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Restoring a 2000 SQL database to a SQL 2005 64 bit

    Are you getting an error? What do you mean by ' can not seem to restore the DB to the new server'?

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Checkpoints and Performance

    SQL Server creates a checkpoint in order to keep the recovery time to a minimum (as you've already read if you're getting into changing the recover interval). When a...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Nested JOINS confusion

    I'm going to have to agree with Grant here. I think that the ANSI joins are not only a better place to start, but they are easier to read....

    John Rowan

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  • RE: HELP! IF table data in both tables....

    Well, if you know for sure that table B only holds the first 8 (plus the period, so 9) of the ID, just change the JOIN predicate to reflect that....

    SELECT...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Indexes & FillFactor

    Another comment here. If you are seeing the physical size of your data file decrease without running a shrink file, check your DB settings and make sure auto shrink...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Indexes & FillFactor

    As your indexes are being rebuilt, it may appear that your database is 'shrinking' in logical size but what is really happening behind the scenes is that SQL Server is...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Store Procedure

    David is right here. Your explanation of what is happening doesn't help us give you a place to start.

    Can anybody let me know that a store procedure...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: HELP! IF table data in both tables....

    SELECT a.*

    FROM TableA a

    LEFT JOIN TableB b

    ON a.keyid = b.keyid

    WHERE b.keyid IS NULL

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Flat File Import

    So you are loading this data into a table and you want to create a column on the table that holds this incremental value and you want to be able...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Troubleshooting virtual memory issues

    Is there a specific memory problem that you are having?

    John Rowan

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  • RE: PL/SQL

    I suppose more background on why the OP wanted this would have been helpful. I agree that scanning the table to get the row count on very large tables...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Stored Proc Does Not Finish When Deleting Rows But T-SQLInside It Does

    The query optimizer is 'smart' enough to create the execution plan for a query based off of the actual data within a parameter. It can use the value of...

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  • RE: transaction logs

    Yes, I'll agree 100%. Not performing periodic restores of your backups is not being diligent. If you don't test the restores, you can't rely on the quality of...

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