yes that column is in milliseconds.

this update is gonna table a while... you have 500 000 keywords about 88 000 indexes. the udf will be called once for each index. This is gonna...

Totally agree here... It would be nice to see how many questions we have left to get points.

Any here's a link on dynamic sql and why it should not be used :

The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL

Make sure you understand the consequences on dynamic...

I never said you couldn't change the parameter type to varchar

.

But I never said it would speed it up either.

I was just requoting PW's solution... I never name any derived table dt (in prod environement anyways). I must say I don't apply all best practices when I just...

(

Select serverid, Max(updated) As MaxUpdated, Min(updated) As MinUpdated)

From diskspace

Where description = 'Local Fixed Disk'

Group By serverid

) dt

dt is short for derived table.

I...

Doh! I can't believe I didn't think to check that. Would this be worth making a FAQ (I know it's not frequent, but the compatibility level often causes...

Select dtQties.Part, dtQties.Qty, P.Location FROM Part_tbl P inner

join

(Select Part, Max(QTY) as QTY From Part_tbl group by Part) dtQties on P.Part = dtQties.Part and P.Qty = dtQties.QTY

ORDER BY dtQties.Part, P.Location...

I think you'll have to use an activeX script to do this in the dts... You'll be able to use a sring and won't have any length limit.

I've never used the reporting services. But in access what you have to do is put dbo.MyStoredProc as the source of the report, then fill the inputparameters box with...

Actually I must thank everyone who posted on this site. I had great teachers last year when I was learning prog, but I learned so much more from this...

Select key1, key2, count(*) - 1 as Dups from dbo.MyTable group by key1, key2 having count(*) > 1 order by key1, key2

create proc dbo.SearchMyCustomers @Cust_id as int = null

as

set nocount on

select * from dbo.Customers C /*may need to inner join to your list of preselected customers here*/ where C.Cust_id = @Cust_id...

There is a thread on this forum that has been started a few days back about parameter sniffing and how sql server wasn't always utilizing the most optimized plan because...