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  • RE: NOT IN vs NOT EXISTS

    Brandie Tarvin - Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:46 AM

    Okay, so I do have an additional question. Why use the specific WHERE clauses...

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  • RE: Need some help/ direction

    I see you check if the USERID exists, but I don't see where you're limiting the results to that USERID in your query string, it just says WHERE 1=1, which,...

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  • RE: NOT IN vs NOT EXISTS

    "SQL Expert" can compare their credentials with Gail, I can already guess how that's going to pan out.
    https://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/08/17/exists-vs-in/

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  • RE: Using Tools That Fit

    Ralph Hightower - Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:47 AM

    Andy Warren mentions hardware in his editorial. At work and home, I have a dual...

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  • RE: SQL Server 2017, 2012 Express Edition Insert Select Performance Issue with very less data.

    Sharat Gupta-482974 - Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:06 AM

    Its a bug, not something that happens every time with any view definition....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Scroogled is not just a good read...

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  • RE: Are there such things as SQL heresies?

    call.copse - Monday, September 24, 2018 4:54 AM

    Nice post Phil (and follow on Jeff).

    The corollary could be - are there any actual...

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  • RE: I have an idea how to reduce the number of meetings.

    You'd be better off setting a requirement that every meeting have an agenda, minutes and required vs optional attendees, where if not all required attendees are present (or their proxy,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    "I sometimes think I could do truly amazing stuff if I tried to do less stuff." ~ Grant Fritchey

    New favorite quote. For Hugo/Grant, thank you for the 3rd...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Friday, September 21, 2018 9:39 AM

    Sean Lange - Tuesday, September 18,...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Eirikur Eiriksson - Friday, September 21, 2018 8:26 AM

    Worked like a charm, person 1,2,3,4 all have equal bags of Lego, all...

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  • RE: Design database

    There is a whole section in the Forums for that, https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Database-Design, which would be a good place to start, or go to the library and look up a...

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  • RE: Test Driven Development

    True, but those are on my list of default tests I didn't include here, checking for existence, graceful failure on invalid data parameters, resultset within bounds of expected baseline, etc....

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  • RE: Test Driven Development

    Right, but if I'm trying to code minimally in order to pass tests, even with test data, do you for instance just start with a shell for your SP that...

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  • RE: Rollbacks Are Normal

    I did this recently when I needed to fix a naming convention, maybe something like this would work for v+1(very simplistic):

    1. copy records in oldTable into newTable (with correct naming convention),...

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