It looks like some columns are missing from the SELECT above, so I can't try to do the full query, but here's a general approach for using a lookup table...

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#DBDATATYPES') IS NOT NULL

DROP TABLE #DBDATATYPES

CREATE TABLE #DBDATATYPES

(

DbName nvarchar(128)

,TableName nvarchar (128)

,ColumnName nvarchar (128)

,Datatype nvarchar (128)

)

INSERT INTO #DBDATATYPES

EXEC sys.sp_MSforeachdb '

IF ''?'' IN (''master'', ''msdb'')

...

SELECT DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, START_DATETIME), 0) AS START_MONTH,

SUM(SALES) AS TOTAL_SALES

FROM MY_TABLE

WHERE START_DATETIME >= '20150101' AND START_DATETIME < '20150511'

GROUP BY DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, 0, START_DATETIME), 0)

ORDER BY...

Matthew Saggers-700210 (5/12/2016)

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Lowell, yes this is the way to go. I found when the compute is quite complex like

A int

B int

c int

D as A+B

E as ((A+B) / c) /...

orjan.franzen (5/6/2016)

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Having to drop an unique index to increase performance can be done easily with a generated script wether it's a primary key with clustered index or a unique clustered...

orjan.franzen (5/6/2016)

The usage of unique indexes instead of declarative primary key constraints is just an old way of implementing entity integrity and should be avoided/forbidden if it's not for backwards...

No, it's not....

Select mcr.*

FROM dbo.G_MASTER_CODING_RESULTS AS mcr WITH (NOLOCK)

left join (

SELECT

MCRNUS.MASTER_CODING_RESULTS_ID

FROM G_MASTER_CODING_RESULTS AS MCRNUS With (NOLOCK)

WHERE...

pietlinden (5/4/2016)

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You could... but I'd read this first:

http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/08/17/exists-vs-in/

I would have sworn that EXISTS stops as soon as a True/False changes, while an IN reads the whole table. So I would...

I coded the backups to go to c:, which is local drive for that node only,...

Lynn Pettis (5/3/2016)

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ScottPletcher (5/3/2016)

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You can backup the dbs using the commands below from within SSMS or other appropriate SQL utility. Since someone has gone to the trouble to cluster...

cookiemonstagt (5/3/2016)

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Oh my

.. thanks and one last question if the db is shared each node has these 3 files to be able only to run the...

You need to create an index on ID in T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6.

You should check the tables in the order of most likely to EXIST first, so that...

You can backup the dbs using the commands below from within SSMS or other appropriate SQL utility. Since someone has gone to the trouble to cluster the SQL instance,...

Using HAVING eliminates a pass of the table and makes it easier to specify different conditions.

SELECT mt.*

FROM@myTable mt

INNER JOIN (

SELECT ColumnA

FROM @myTable

...