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  • Reply To: Creating indexes on a very large table takes over 5 hours

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    @pamkagel ,Do your insert in the following form...

     INSERT INTO dbo.yourtablename WITH (TABLOCK)
    (full column list here)
    SELECT full...

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  • Reply To: Extract data with variable column names and order

    Btw, how then do you exec the code the function created?  Wouldn't you some type of loop / cursor to do that anyway?

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  • Reply To: Extract data with variable column names and order

    I admit that I prefer using a cursor here to make it easier to adjust and customize the code.  As the OP stated, there will be special requirements for some...

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  • Reply To: comma issues in sql statement

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    The standard pattern uses 0 as the base, not 1 or -1 or some other "cute" trick.

    No sir... There are a couple of "standards".  The "standard"...

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  • Reply To: Help Transforming TSQL to MSSQL

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    Jonathan AC Roberts wrote:

    Are you terminating the preceding statement with a semicolon?

    You can start statements that begin with "WITH" with a semicolon:

    ;WITH ret AS(

    Now, there's an interview question...

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  • Reply To: Creating indexes on a very large table takes over 5 hours

    The ORDER referred to is when using BULK INSERT, for example loading a physical file into a table.

    In those cases, adding "WITH ( ORDER(clus_key1, clus_key2) )" can allow SQL to...

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  • Reply To: Creating indexes on a very large table takes over 5 hours

    (I originally used the wrong quote with my comments here, so I've repeated them below but with the correct quote first.)

    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: Perf hit for Increasing tran log frequency

    A lot of places do tran log backups every 15 minutes.

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  • Reply To: comma issues in sql statement

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Convoluted method, don't do it.

    Only to those that think so.

    No.  The human brain is designed to recognize patterns.  Sticking with a familiar patterns drastically speeds up...

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  • Reply To: Perf hit for Increasing tran log frequency

    1 min is just way too often.  Especially for only 1000 rows per day.  That's a miniscule load for SQL Server.

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  • Reply To: comma issues in sql statement

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Convoluted method, don't do it.

    Only to those that think so.

    No.  The human brain is designed to recognize patterns.  Sticking with a familiar patterns drastically speeds up recognition of...

    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: Extract data with variable column names and order

    aaron.reese wrote:

    Thanks Scott, you have waaay too much time on your hands.

    That was effectivley what I was going to do but rather than create 300 views, just dump the data...

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  • Reply To: Creating indexes on a very large table takes over 5 hours

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    @pamkagel ,

    Ok... you said that the entire table is generated nightly.  That makes me want to assume that you're not actually doing any updates or additional inserts to 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: Extract data with variable column names and order

    That is, something like this.  I had to set up directly usable data myself to verify the code, which, btw, took me longer than writing the code itself!  In 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: Extract data with variable column names and order

    I would create a view matching each AttributeType.  I think that would be the easiest to use.  Is there some reason that wouldn't work for what you need here?

    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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