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  • RE: DDL in Stored Procedure with variables

    Here's some good reading for you folks who may be new to dynamic sql:

    http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Update single row according to multiple criteria with a single update

    In this situation many developers tend to use a cursor

    Developers resort to using cursors for 2 reasons:

    1. The problem domain's complexity makes it difficult for them to envision the set...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Anyway to get Instead Of Trigger like functionality on a SELECT stamenet

    I know you've already said that a view may not work for you, but can you clarify what your concerns are with this? What do you mean by 'a...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Combined Query

    As rroque has stated, queries in a UNION/UNION ALL must have the same number and types of columns in the SELECT. So the UNION ALL in your first query...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Difficult Table Query

    Richter,

    Stay away from the cursors/loops solutions and stick with the set based methods that Grant and Matt have posted. If you can, post back some feedback so we...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: How do I imprt the data in a flat file (.txt) to sql tables?

    Yea, that's what I was getting at when I said 'how the data in the rows are used to identify where it belongs'. Most files like this that I've...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: How do I imprt the data in a flat file (.txt) to sql tables?

    That's kind of what I thought based on the data you posted. This probably means also that you'd want to import the data into more than one table in...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: How do I imprt the data in a flat file (.txt) to sql tables?

    So are these flat files fixed length files with one line entry representing one row in one table? If so, this is a pretty straight forward bcp (with a...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Complex update required

    Mark,

    I went back to the beginning and read your original post. Based on the number of unknowns from your original post, I am not about to begin to...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: tuning query

    Also, create the table first if you can. When you run a SELECT INTO statement to create a table, system resources are locked for the duration of the create...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Table Scan vs Index

    Did I read correctly, it is taking 50 minutes to query a table with only 5000 rows?

    John Rowan

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  • RE: How to query one to many

    I just based it on the OP's post.

    What a novel concept.....:)

    John Rowan

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  • RE: Is my SQl query right?

    Hi John,

    The GUID in table A comes from the form directly but it has data which needs to go to Table B, Table c etc and when the data...

    John Rowan

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  • RE: DTS Package for retrieving contents from FTP

    How many SSC logins do you have?

    John Rowan

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  • RE: query

    Mike,

    Read the link. It is an article on how to post a good forum thread so that we are able to help you more effectively. If you...

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