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  • RE: BBSn Databases

    Do you use ArcServe backup?  [Or its equivalent, if it's now been bought out by another company.]  Somewhere in the mists of my mind I believe some backup package created...

    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: Agent Job Permissions for indexing task

    That is my understanding as well.  If the job owner has sysadmin-level authority, then the job runs under the Agent's account.

    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: How can I get the waits for each database?

    I use view:
    sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats
    for that type of analysis / review on a given table/index.
    Be aware, though, of the potential volatility of this data, based on the quote...

    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 Copy SPROC and Rename?

    The "best method" depends on how you want to do it.  Assuming you want to do it via T-SQL, then maybe something like below (I've omitted any error/missing object checking):

    DECLARE...

    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: Query Cost Relative to the Batch vs. statistics io vs. Extended Events

    In short, yes, ignore "query cost relative to batch".  There's no question that the new code is vastly more efficient.

    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: how to convert varchar value to datetime

    My best guess is that the value is a pseudo-"Julian" date (as IBM called it), i.e., that the last 3 digits are the relative day number of the year.

    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: redesigning table to accommodate new data types

    Don't model the code or the logic, model the data.  Do logical modeling first, then convert that to a physical model.  Don't just start out with a physical...

    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: How do I state my foreign key in my Create Table?

    Frankly, the attitude wouldn't bother me so much if what he was posting made sense in the real world.  But it just doesn't.  Making identifier values character(10) simply because you...

    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: Converting Numbers to Letters

    Why avoid 26 REPLACEs?  They perform pretty well; I guess unless maybe you have a huge number of rows?!

    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: Converting Numbers to Letters

    You might be able to do something simpler, depending on your specific data and requirements:


    SELECT
      [Keys],
      REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
      REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
      REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
      REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
     ...

    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: Optimizing a query

    Btw, I also added a clause to the TAC join:

    LEFT JOIN [dbo].[Contacts] TAC WITH (NOLOCK) ON SAC.Owner_Id IS NULL AND ...

    You might gain some slight efficiency...

    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: Practice T-SQL

    Look for articles or books by Itzik Ben-Gan.  The books are better overall for training, although they will cost you a few dollars.

    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: Optimizing a query


     SELECT S.Id,
       T.Id,
       COALESCE(SAC.Contacts_Id, TAC.Contacts_Id) AS AssignedContacts_Id,
       COALESCE(SAC.OwnerType, SAC.OwnerType) AS OwnerType,
       COALESCE(SAC.ContactsId, TAC.ContactsId) AS ContactsId,
       COALESCE(SAC.Description, TAC.Description) AS Description
      FROM [dbo].[ChildTable1] S WITH...

    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: how to select only non null columns out of 100 plus columns table

    You can use a CROSS APPLY to adjust the row to make it much easier to analyze values.  I can't give you more details than this right now because your...

    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 Performance

    You need to look at some actual stats, from the system views SQL provides, rather than just guessing.

    The sys.dm_db_index_* and sys.dm_db_missing_index_* views can give you valuable stats on...

    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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