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  • RE: Index - Whether or not my table should have one

    Non-clustered index(es) are almost always a waste of resources on a staging table.  

    A clustered index is much more likely to be useful, although it's obviously not guaranteed to...

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  • RE: How to execute sql agent job using wildcard?

    Lynn Pettis - Friday, July 27, 2018 10:50 AM

    ScottPletcher - Friday, July 27, 2018 10:24 AM

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  • RE: How to execute sql agent job using wildcard?

    You don't really need a cursor for what you're described.


    DECLARE @job_name_pattern nvarchar(128)
    DECLARE @sql nvarchar(max)

    SET @job_name_pattern = 'MyJobEvery%'

    SELECT @sql = CAST((

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  • RE: Table Redesign Question

    sgmunson - Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:55 AM

    Have to agree with Scott on the use of an identifier (int value) for the...

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?


    set statistics io,time off

    DROP TABLE latestrecords ;
    GO
    CREATE TABLE latestrecords
    (
    Id int,
    Email varchar(200),
    Customer_FirstName varchar(200),
    Status varchar(200),
    RecordTimestamp DATETIME
    )
    GO

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    drew.allen - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:48 PM

    I don't have time to work on this right now, but I think that the...

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    Jonathan AC Roberts - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:24 PM

    ScottPletcher - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:15 PM

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:56 AM

    ScottPletcher - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:44 AM

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:38 AM

    ScottPletcher - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:32 AM

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:26 AM

    Jonathan AC Roberts - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:02...

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    Jonathan AC Roberts - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:02 AM

    I don't think creating and index with that column desc would help performance, at...

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  • RE: Can I pull DISTINCT customers with SQL based on most recent row record only?

    The imperfect index definition is a drag on the first query, requiring a sort of all rows.  Correcting the index definition:

    DROP INDEX IX_latestrecords_1 ON latestrecords;
    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX...

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  • RE: Table Redesign Question

    Not enough details to get specific, but in very general terms, I would likely go with a new option.

    Keep the existing tables to do the current logging, but...

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  • RE: How to Get Peformance Counters Programmatically for One Dynamic SQL Statement

    Consider using system views such as sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats. Presumably you know at least the db(s) in which the code operates, although hopefully object names as well (or at least most...

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  • RE: Keep only the true changes in a massive table

    Wouldn't you want to do that the other way?  That is, find rows where the previous row matches the next row -- i.e. no column changed -- so you could...

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