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  • RE: Multiple Join Behaviour

    I mean that it will usually be impossible to tell whether Table C is joining to the initial state of A or joining to the results of joining A...

  • RE: Multiple Join Behaviour

    That's not true at all. Here is an easy demonstration of that fact.

    You demonstration doesn't prove anything.  Changing one of the INNER JOINS to an outer...

  • RE: Multiple Join Behaviour

    Table C is joining to Table A's initial state.  But the final result will be affected by both, so I'm not sure that the question isn't semantics at one level. ...

  • RE: Separating SSIS Datetime

    If the dates are stored as dates rather than integers, a simple DATEDIFF(dd,StartDate,EndDate) works just fine and saves on many other issues above and beyond what an abstracted integer...

  • RE: Separating SSIS Datetime

    Jeff Moden - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:19 PM

    RonKyle - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:43 AM

    September 5, 2018 at 12:32 pm

    #2004574

  • RE: Separating SSIS Datetime

    Jeff Moden - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:36 AM

    RonKyle - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:17 AM

    September 5, 2018 at 11:43 am

    #2004558

  • RE: Separating SSIS Datetime

    Jeff Moden - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 10:46 AM

    RonKyle - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 7:45 AM

    September 5, 2018 at 11:17 am

    #2004552

  • RE: Separating SSIS Datetime

    Jeff Moden - Monday, September 3, 2018 7:29 PM

    Don't do it.  Don't split date from time and put them in separate columns. ...

  • RE: When is too many columns too many columns?

    Well, may be transactional support and data integrity control might be named advantages, but I bet you can find (NOLOCK) in every query, which eliminates those advantages.       

  • RE: Load DataMart parallel

    I understood this the way Phil did.  You didn't really spell it out clearly in your opening post.

    What issues do your users have when the data mart is...

  • RE: Displaying Hierarchical Data

    Mike Is Here - Friday, August 31, 2018 7:26 AM

    If this is the data you have to work with then it is...

  • RE: Displaying Hierarchical Data

    Jeff Moden - Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:04 AM

    RonKyle - Thursday, August 30, 2018 7:29 AM

    August 30, 2018 at 8:16 am

    #2004008

  • RE: Displaying Hierarchical Data

    CONVERT(VARBINARY(4000),CONVERT(BINARY(4),StaffID))

    The code you provided looks very useful and thorough.  But...

  • RE: Why not take a risk and try something new?

    I'm with you that I generally try to play it safe.  Sometimes I've taken risks.  Some of those paid off.  Some not so much.

  • RE: Prevent duplicates in a table

    jcelko212 32090 - Sunday, August 26, 2018 11:43 AM

    andycadley - Friday, August 24, 2018 11:03 PM

    August 26, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    #2003362

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