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  • Reply To: Need help to form query to get missing month data

    homebrew01 wrote:

    I see no need to use a 4 digit year here.  Almost no businesses go back and analyze 100-year-old data, so there's no ambiguity.  Even more so if you...

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  • Reply To: wildcard query of optimization

    > how to optimize the query from the table design to create index and statisctis ? <<

    As Jeff said, you can't, not with the data in its current form.

    You should...

    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: SQL Pivot?

    Since PIVOT requires that you put specific values in the PIVOT, you'd at least have to use dynamic SQL to make a PIVOT work.

    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: Comparing consecutive datetime rows for schedules

    Jeffrey Williams wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I do the same thing with transaction log backups... if the "log_reuse_wait_desc" in the sys.databases view contains "NOTHING" for a database, then nothing in the database has...

    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: The Best Query

    You could have told us "20 rows" instead of making us count them :-).

    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: Database backup/checkDB problems

    Look in the SQL Server error log, there may be additional info there.

    Just in case, add another file(s) to tempdb if you can, to give it additional space.  You never...

    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: How to improve the performance of insert?delete?update sql statement

    One thing to look out for is UPDATEs that significantly expand the size of varchar columns because that can cause page splits which can be a real performance issue, both...

    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: Comparing consecutive datetime rows for schedules

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I do the same thing with transaction log backups... if the "log_reuse_wait_desc" in the sys.databases view contains "NOTHING" for a database, then nothing in the database has changed and...

    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: Queries

    In addition to Jonathan's excellent advice, be sure to also pre-allocate enough log space to handle the full INSERT, especially if the log growth is a small amount.  Log space...

    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: Code to auto-update tables on set date

    It's terribly scary to me that this is a "class".  They're teaching people exactly the wrong things to do.

    In my head, I envisioned having the database set up in such...

    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: Need help to form query to get missing month data

    david.edwards 76768 wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    david.edwards 76768 wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

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    An is_active flag (someone can be inactive and still not "terminated", e.g. "suspended"), specifically, makes perfect sense to me because the specific inactive date / conditions...

    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: Need help to form query to get missing month data

    david.edwards 76768 wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    8<

    >8

    An is_active flag (someone can be inactive and still not "terminated", e.g. "suspended"), specifically, makes perfect sense to me because the specific inactive date / conditions may be...

    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: Need help to form query to get missing month data

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    jcelko212 32090 wrote:

    >>But you display only vague dates not associated with any year. I'm going to make a suggestion that you use the MySQL convention four months. It is based...

    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: Code to auto-update tables on set date

    thetubageek wrote:

    No and no, to answer your two questions.  I saw how the OP was basically ignoring design suggestions and came to the same conclusion as Scott's last statement and...

    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: Moving DB file

    You wouldn't want to detach the db just to move a file.  Just ALTER the file location in SQL Server, take the db offline, copy the file, then bring 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".

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