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  • RE: use clause

    It may depend on specifically what you're trying to do.

    For example, if you just want to execute a stored proc in the context of that db, you can...

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  • RE: Date Ranges - Simple, but seemingly impossible

    ChrisM@home - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 2:07 PM

    ScottPletcher - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 2:02 PM

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  • RE: Date Ranges - Simple, but seemingly impossible

    Based on what's been show so far, I believe the best clustering key for this table would be:
    ( ProductCode, ValidFrom, ValidTo )
    rather than just ValidFrom and ValidTo, assuming...

    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: Understanding of Unique Index

    Yeah, your "DBAs" are dead wrong, and don't seem to understand indexing at even a basic level, which is a tough situation for you (and all the dbs they control!).

    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: Join two tables with complex derived keys that don't match

    It seems as if you'd be scanning both tables anyway, since you're reading all the master and details (?).

    Maybe just?:

    FROM Details d
    INNER JOIN Master m...

    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: Rank a large table

    If you know that all rows in table1 come before rows in table2, you can go ahead and assign the ranking as part of the load of the table. ...

    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: Rank a large table

    The best way to do this is to cluster the table on ( id, iDate ); that is, the clustered index on the table should be on those columns.  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".

  • RE: Database design to handle Millions of records

    Ed Wagner - Monday, October 23, 2017 5:44 PM

    ScottPletcher - Monday, October 23, 2017 4:19 PM

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  • RE: Database design to handle Millions of records

    TheSQLGuru - Monday, October 23, 2017 12:32 PM

    I've consulted on SQL Server for over 2 decades for scores of clients ranging from...

    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: Database design to handle Millions of records

    sgmunson - Monday, October 23, 2017 8:14 AM

    ScottPletcher - Monday, October 23, 2017 8:02 AM

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  • RE: Database design to handle Millions of records

    sgmunson - Monday, October 23, 2017 7:56 AM

    ScottPletcher - Monday, October 23, 2017 7:43 AM

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  • RE: Database design to handle Millions of records

    Jeff Moden - Sunday, October 22, 2017 9:48 PM

    It always comes to that.  "and worry about performance later".  While I whole heartedly...

    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: Bad estimates producing good plan ?

    Weird.  When a Merge Join is appropriate, it should typically be the fastest type of join.  Make sure the query actually does have good row estimates.  Also, if you rebuilt...

    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: Can't zero pad a variable

    Luis Cazares - Friday, October 13, 2017 1:53 PM

    Avi1 - Friday, October 13, 2017 12:40 PM

    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: Can't zero pad a variable

    I'd be inclined to just do this:


    SELECT @RunDay = CONVERT(CHAR(2), SomeDate, 1)
    FROM #TestTable;

    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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