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  • RE: created a index rebuild job want to understand what happens when it runs

    Jeff Moden (5/7/2014)

    On the SORT IN TEMPDB thing... It'll only affect TEMPDB by 10 or 20% of what the largest index is.

    I don't understand the rationale for that statement....

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  • RE: Computed Column Equal to Letter

    Sean Lange (5/9/2014)


    scotsditch (5/8/2014)


    I'm trying to do something so simple, it's driving me nuts. Especially since I remember doing it before.

    I want to create a computed Column in 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: Cursor from variable

    You can use a GLOBAL cursor and use dynamic SQL just to declare the cursor. You can process it in static code, including deallocating the cursor at the 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: T-SQL vs SQL differences

    T-SQL and SQL certainly are different. I, therefore, would never assume someone knew TSQL just because they wrote SQL on a resume.

    TSQL to me would mean the person understood...

    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: The storage of VARCHAR(MAX) when null

    By default, yes, they will be stored in the same page.

    Someone can, however, override SQL's default behavior, table by table, via "EXEC sp_tableoption" and force SQL to store all LOBs...

    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 there any database setting that affects CHECKIDENT(RESEED)

    rwitt 95744 (5/7/2014)


    I think placing this in my test data script will resolve the issue (or rather, cover it, for both situations):

    DECLARE @DELETEDFROM_<tablename> bit = 1

    IF (SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('<tablename>') = 1...

    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: complicated sql syntax - looking for explanation for working query

    Jeff Moden (5/6/2014)


    KoldCoffee (5/6/2014)


    OK. I'm interested.

    In that case, here we go… let’s test the “Original” code, Scott’s code, and my humble submittal. With any luck at all, someone will...

    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: Disable only one trigger action

    I use CONTEXT_INFO() to control triggers in those cases. If you disable the trigger, of course other deletes also won't process the trigger, when you might have wanted them...

    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 there any database setting that affects CHECKIDENT(RESEED)

    No, don't think any other settings affect that.

    Is there maybe something in the process where that table is truncating rather than deleting? Perhaps a missing foreign key constraint causing...

    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: Current year begin and end dates

    No reason for the overhead of reading a table just for that. Or to calculate, say, the first Tuesday or last Friday, etc., of a month. Calendar tables...

    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: Delete Table records with Bakup

    I would never use a table variable for this -- if something goes wrong after the DELETEs, but before the output has been processed, the data is gone, with 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: complicated sql syntax - looking for explanation for working query

    I suggest making your code as self-documenting as possible; then you need fewer additional comments. Naturally that means avoiding variable "names" like "E", "N" and so on. Example...

    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: Large database migration best practices

    The description is vague. Is "new environment" a different server? Is it a different edition of SQL? Are the db files on SAN?

    If, for example, the dbs...

    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: Missing Index suggested by missing index script

    As others have noted, never create indexes just because dta recommends them.

    More importantly, though, the single most important performance factor is first getting the best clustered index. (Barring some...

    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: Time Difference Help

    SELECT TOP (1000) --remove after testing!

    t.OPENDATE, t.ASSNDATE,

    CAST(minutes_diff / 60 AS varchar(3)) + ':' +

    ...

    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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