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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • RE: Time Difference Help

    SELECT TOP (1000) --remove after testing!

    t.OPENDATE, t.ASSNDATE,

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

    ...

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  • RE: Time Difference Help

    Steve-0 (5/5/2014)


    Hi Everyone thanks for the replies.

    For the first 2, I'm not using static dates as per your queries.

    Scott, your query is just casting values for actual field...

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  • RE: Time Difference Help

    SELECT

    OPENDATE, ASSNDATE,

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

    RIGHT('0' + CAST(minutes_diff % 60...

    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: Second Last work day of month

    DECLARE @date_with_month datetime

    SET @date_with_month = GETDATE()

    ;WITH

    cteDays AS (

    SELECT 1 AS day# UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL

    SELECT...

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  • RE: Creating alias for a database

    I'd try to do this in the most straightforward way possible. Therefore, I'd go with db snapshots unless the modification activity on the dbs during the ETL process was...

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  • RE: Should I create a new index ? why or why not

    Look at existing index usage and missing index stats. The first thing is to verify that you have the best clustered index. Once that is done, you can...

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  • RE: 166 days to create index

    Edit: Based on the index missing and index usage stats you posted (thanks!) I would say: /Edit.

    JID, not DID, seems like the best clustering index key for SELECTs. We...

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  • RE: Covert all characters in field into their ASCII code

    Jeff Moden (4/29/2014)


    ScottPletcher (4/29/2014)


    For only 5 chars, I wouldn't bother will all the CTEs and related folderol.

    Why not just:

    SELECT

    ISNULL(CAST(ASCII(SUBSTRING(data, 1, 1)) 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".

  • RE: 166 days to create index

    Michael Valentine Jones (4/29/2014)


    Have you tried using the ONLINE = ON option in your index creation statement?

    I believe OP said that Enterprise Edition was not an option.

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  • RE: Covert all characters in field into their ASCII code

    Eirikur Eiriksson (4/29/2014)


    ScottPletcher (4/29/2014)


    Then expand the initial code to handle 10 bytes (or 20 if you're that worried about it). Yes, I'd be willing to revisit code if the...

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