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  • RE: Views based on Multiple tables causing Locks?

    Btw, you might want to seriously consider using "UNION ALL" there rather than UNION.  I think you are going to force a massive sort of all the rows by using...

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  • RE: Need counts of orders per week grouped by week

    You're welcome!  I'm very glad it helped.

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  • RE: Need counts of orders per week grouped by week


    SELECT DATEADD(DAY, -DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, [Order Date]) % 7, [Order Date]) AS [Week of],
      COUNT(*) AS Count
    FROM dbo.your_table_name
    GROUP BY DATEADD(DAY, -DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, [Order Date]) %...

    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".

  • RE: Log file management after one off Query

    You should pre-allocate enough log space to handle the request.  The alter should be much faster if the log does not have to dynamically expand.  You should do the expansion in...

    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".

  • RE: Index rebuild - fail scenario

    You should only rebuild a 60GB index if and when you have a really, really compelling reason.

    I'd suggest specifying "SORT_IN_TEMPDB = ON" for large rebuilds, unless you have...

    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".

  • RE: Slow running query

    Great, thanks!  See if something like this is a good start to what you need.
    Btw, if the call table is clustered first on StartTime (as it almost certainly 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".

  • RE: Slow running query

    If you'd provide some usable sample data -- CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements -- for QueueCallItems, I (and others) can code something up.  Sorry, but I just don't have additional...

    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".

  • RE: Find out all the tables with VARBINARY column


    SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(t.schema_id) AS schema_name,
        t.name AS table_name,
        c.name AS column_name,
        c.max_length,
        c.is_nullable,
        c.is_computed
    FROM sys.columns c
    INNER...

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  • RE: Question Regarding Date logic

    Sergiy - Saturday, January 27, 2018 5:21 AM

    Scott, it seems you forgot what is the controversy we're discussing.I'm saying that EOM (end...

    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".

  • RE: Question Regarding Date logic

    Sergiy - Friday, January 26, 2018 8:41 AM

    No.  You need to put some thought into the actual...

    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".

  • RE: Question Regarding Date logic

    But if only the start date is in the row, how do you handle "changes in interval"?  And especially a variable interval, say, where some rows apply for 2 weeks...

    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".

  • RE: With Schemabinding

    RonKyle - Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:15 AM

    You seem fixed to the idea that "every view must be schema bound." That's...

    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".

  • RE: With Schemabinding

    You seem fixed to the idea that "every view must be schema bound." That's just not true, and probably not even optimal.

    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".

  • RE: Question Regarding Date logic

    Sergiy - Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:28 AM

    Below86The only thing I can say is that low scale of the project is no...

    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".

  • RE: With Schemabinding

    I simply offered an alternative: rather than searching for errors yourself, let SQL find them for using sp_refreshview. Probably on your qa/test system,  as the views are likely identical 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".

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