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  • RE: Interview Questions

    Jeff Moden (6/15/2016)


    Sergiy (6/15/2016)


    Actually, your "simple question" does not have a correct answer.

    The only correct answer would be a question in response.

    Probably, more that one question in response.

    Until your requirements...

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  • RE: Mass Delete question

    I agree, definitely save, truncate and (re)load.

    Btw, you should very likely change the clustered index on the table to insert datetime if it's currently based on an identity column. ...

    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 question

    I'd use separate dbs rather than separate schemas. We are client-based as well, and some of our clients demand that their data is isolated from the data of all...

    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: Interview Questions

    Eric M Russell (6/15/2016)


    Jeff Moden (6/14/2016)


    Eric M Russell (6/14/2016)


    You'll rarely ever be asked pop quiz style questions like "What is a clustered index?" or "How do you get 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".

  • RE: Interview Questions

    It's my understanding -- although I can't construct code right now that confirms it -- that:

    SET LOCK_TIMEOUT

    can cause that type of behavior. I had faith in that claim because...

    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: Interview Questions

    Sean Lange (6/14/2016)


    ScottPletcher (6/14/2016)


    My advanced knowledge, "tricky" q is:

    In autocommit mode, when can an UPDATE statement partially complete, some UPDATEs made, some not, where SQL does not roll it back?...

    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: Interview Questions

    My advanced knowledge, "tricky" q is:

    In autocommit mode, when can an UPDATE statement partially complete, some UPDATEs made, some not, where SQL does not roll it back?

    Edit: 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: Is it possible to incrementally increase a number value at the end of a varchar string?

    Maybe this:

    insert into #mailing

    (segment

    ,contact_number)

    select @mailing + RIGHT('0' + CAST(base_value + row_num AS varchar(2)), 2)

    ,AccountNumber

    from (

    select distinct AccountNumber, ROW_NUMBER() over(order by AccountNumber) as row_num

    ...

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  • RE: Merge Multiple Columns in to One

    I'd make a slight adjustment, since I prefer to check conditions as near to the source as possible, and it might even be slightly more efficient:

    SELECT X1,

    ...

    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: Interview Questions

    Eric M Russell (6/9/2016)


    Sean Lange (6/9/2016)


    Eric M Russell (6/9/2016)


    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (6/9/2016)


    Eric M Russell (6/7/2016)


    Luis Cazares (6/7/2016)


    Was I too late for April fools' day?

    This is what happens when you trust a...

    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: Interview Questions

    GSquared (6/9/2016)


    Sean Lange (6/7/2016)


    Jeff Moden (6/7/2016)


    Eric M Russell (6/7/2016)


    They're asking the wrong type of questions for a job interview.

    I think it's a great question. It shows whether or not...

    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: Querying single table suddenly running slowly

    SQL Server has built-in performance reports that could help you here.

    Using SSMS, for the instance that contains the db having the problem:

    1) right-click on the instance name

    2) select "Reports"

    3) select...

    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 question

    With just a quick look, I'd do something like below. I tried to follow your naming style, naturally change as needed.

    Since we can't guarantee unique ProductNumbers across companies, we'll...

    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 Follies: NULL vs. NOT NULL

    Dennis Q Miller (6/1/2016)


    Stacey Decker (10/30/2014)


    I agree, why allow two values to mean the same thing? I handle this by allowing optional fields such as AddressLine2 to be NULL 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: Recreating tables from a list of tables

    The best clustered index is almost always the single most critical performance factor for a table. You could gain some mild efficiencies looking at other things, but a far,...

    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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