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  • RE: Need Help with Stored Procedure Data type converting

    Newbi (1/9/2017)


    Thank you. How about date time datatype? What are we supposed to give the as datatype when adding empty rows?

    See if the following example helps

    create table #t2(mydate datetime)

    insert into...

  • RE: Using Checkpoint

    Thom A (1/8/2017)


    If your aim is to continue from a "checkpoint" after a failure, I would suggest 1 of two ideas.

    1. Log what you have processed thus far, then, when...

  • RE: Getting rid of NULL

    Yes, not difficult that I re-read a couple times to make sure I was not missing anything. Though the wording could be better "I want to return the nickname if...

  • RE: Dynamic Data Masking Feature in SQL Server 2016

    pankaj.chakole (1/9/2017)


    DDM fuctions are not masking or modifying the orginal data so i dont think so it will allow you to retrive data by putting blah in where clause

    Not sure...

  • RE: Incremental refresh and error recovery question

    SSIS has a "checkpoint" feature that allows you to begin at a particular task if that task failed. That does not help with a actual failure rows within a data...

  • RE: Dynamic Data Masking Feature in SQL Server 2016

    A step forward indeed to simplify operations in a business that protects personal data.

    Another great feature to have would be the ability to generate fake records by substituting column...

  • RE: Best way to publish 2012 SSRS reports on the web

    Right click the solution name at the top of your solution explorer tab. Select properties and under the general configurations node there is on the right window pane a section...

  • RE: Where to place WITH (NOLOCK) ?

    BOR15K (12/30/2016)


    Chris Harshman (12/30/2016)


    BOR15K (12/30/2016)


    ...I am aware of the dirty data and in this case there will be no update of the data within the selected range, hence I want...

  • RE: Multiple Joins on Fact Table

    Wouldn't you just join on brokerKey (fact table)= brokerAccountKey (mapping table)? Try keeping the columns names consistent on multiple tables when representing the same column.

  • RE: Multiple Joins on Fact Table

    kevin.obrien 66193 (12/19/2016)


    MMartin1 (12/14/2016)


    Quick answers,

    a) Creating a surrogate key should be a normal routine

    b) If there is no business ID (primary key usually) in your source data , try...

  • RE: Reporting Services From a Data warehouse - Bottleneck On Every Month

    One other idea I can suggest is to have the SSRS reports call a stored procedure instead of pasting all of the sql query in the query window. That can...

  • RE: Reporting Services From a Data warehouse - Bottleneck On Every Month

    subramaniam.chandrasekar (12/16/2016)


    hi ,

    Any Ideas please ?

    Can anyone help ?

    You have been presented with ideas. What have you you tried so far ?

  • RE: Confusion Over OR and And Operators

    MMartin1 (12/16/2016)


    Given a large table;

    a more potentially SARGable approach, and readable from my perspective is

    Declare @customers table (country varchar(2))

    Insert into @customers(country)

    values('UK'),('US'),('FR'),(NULL)

    Select*

    from@customers

    Except

    Select*

    from@customers

    wherecountry in ('US','UK')

    ;

    I should...

  • RE: Confusion Over OR and And Operators

    Given a large table;

    a more potentially SARGable approach, and readable from my perspective is

    Declare @customers table (country varchar(2))

    Insert into @customers(country)

    values('UK'),('US'),('FR'),(NULL)

    Select*

    from@customers

    Except

    Select*

    from@customers

    wherecountry in ('US','UK')

    ;

  • RE: Converting time - from "seconds after midnight"

    Lynn Pettis (12/12/2016)


    To repeat (emphasis mine):

    Jeff Moden (12/11/2016)


    ...

    From the movie, "War Games"...

    "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

    Have to emphasise the quote myself :-P...

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