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  • Reply To: Help filtering my WHERE clause

     

    SELECT
    Doc,
    SUM(CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('d', Op1+Op2+Op3+Op4) > 0
    THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)...

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  • Reply To: Stopping the SQL Server Agent before a datacenter shutdown

    stevec883 wrote:

    Thanks Michael -- the checkpoint command will come in handy for sure.

    I pointed out CHECKPOINT.

    I have servers with hundreds of dbs.  If you just slam them down, the recovery...

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  • Reply To: Logon Trigger security context

    You can add an EXEC AS.  Create a login that has only the specific authority it needs in the mgmt db to INSERT to the table; i.e., it doesn't need...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Upgrade to larger drive

    Agree completely, it should work, as long as the drive has the same letter and paths, just verify that the needed permissions are all back in place.

     

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Stopping the SQL Server Agent before a datacenter shutdown

    Jeffrey Williams wrote:

    stevec883 wrote:

    Scott - Thanks for the reply. So when you stop the Agent, what happens to the jobs that were supposed to run during the stoppage? That's mainly what...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Stopping the SQL Server Agent before a datacenter shutdown

    If you stop the Agent, it will not go back into the past to run jobs when it is restarted.

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Data Warnings / Ignore Checked Results

    Phil Parkin wrote:

    Scott and as1981, thank you for taking the time to respond.

    Scott's approach works well enough, though I do not wish to universally add an IsValid flag to our tables,...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Stopping the SQL Server Agent before a datacenter shutdown

    If SQL service itself is going to be stopped, then you should definitely stop the Agent service first.

    I'm not sure if the Agent would try to run missed jobs later...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Calling a Function to Update Temp Table

    You're using a proc not a function.  You should use a function.  If you'll post the proc code, we can help you rewrite it as a func.

    For the proc, to...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Redesign of old Table

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    And, using triggers, you can make the COMPRESSion and DECOMPRESSion transparent to the developers

    Interesting... How do you make DECOMPRESSion transparent to SELECTs (for example) using triggers?

    The...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Data Warnings / Ignore Checked Results

    You could add a tinyint (or bit) indicator to the table row itself indicating whether that row has been reviewed already.  (Maybe tinyint so that there are bits for other...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Help with procedure creation and execution

    Add this statement immediately before the statement:

    if (@turnoid <> 0 or @turnoid is not null)

    That will help you see what results you are getting in the code and whether or...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: pivot multiple columns and transpose to same row sql server

    I was coding a solution for this on the other Sql Srv forum where you posted -- and then deleted --  this q.

    Here is my answer: the ISNULL(...) stuff is...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: Distinguish Between Identical Rows

    I think you need to add the file "key" -- to identity the unique file being loaded -- to the data file to distinguish between rows.  That doesn't violate data...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

  • Reply To: combine two interval tables into single result set

    Yes, this is the exact usage case for a FULL OUTER JOIN:

    SELECT 
    COALESCE(t1.PhoneNbr, t2.PhoneNbr) AS PhoneNbr,
    COALESCE(t1.Interval, t2.Interval) AS Interval,
    ...

    SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also from "Cheers", from "Carla": "You need to know 3 things about Tortelli men: Tortelli men draw women like flies; Tortelli men treat women like flies; Tortelli men's brains are in their flies".

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