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  • RE: How to create a temp table in a procedure rather than usinh INTO #temptable

    Easiest way with accuracy to me is to run the code for each table create without producing any data, then script out the CREATE TABLE statement to copy into the...

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  • RE: Why would you create a foreign key and then disable it?

    Another possibility:

    It also provides documentation of the FK relationships.

    I suspect they wanted their application to be able to run on many different dbs. Some don't (or didn't) directly support...

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  • RE: Index Breakdown

    Excellent! The other thing you need to include in your analysis is the "missing index" info from SQL (DMVs sys.dm_db_missing_index*).

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  • RE: database owner option for sql srever 2005

    Is there anywhere Database owner log is logged in sql server 2005.

    sys.databases contains the owner of the db. That view is stored in the master db. ...

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  • RE: Data Loading from Staging to Development -

    patla4u (4/9/2014)


    Thanks for your Reply.

    I understood that, I don't need to disable clustered index. Can I ask you Why?

    Thanks

    Bhavesh

    If you disable the clustered index, you've disabled the table, since the...

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  • RE: Percent Difference

    4 / 1172.0 is less than 1%, ~0.34%.

    To show less than 1%, change your code to this:

    CONVERT(DECIMAL(5, 2), (CAST(ProductionCnt.Count AS FLOAT)

    - CAST(avgcnt.Count AS FLOAT))

    / CAST(avgcnt.Count AS FLOAT) * 100) AS...

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  • RE: Data Loading from Staging to Development -

    >> Do I need to disable Index while loading data from Dev to staging ? <<

    Can't say for sure without more details, but if it is a large % of...

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  • RE: Find the Numbers from a string

    Underlying code/logic:

    SELECT

    string,

    --len(string), last_numeric_char, length_of_numeric,

    SUBSTRING(string, last_numeric_char - length_of_numeric + 1, length_of_numeric)

    FROM (

    SELECT '123756zxfggr123456' AS string...

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  • RE: The character string that starts with ... is too long. Maximum length is 4000

    I believe the "EXECUTABLE FILE = " is supposed to be a file path to the executable, not the executable binary code itself.

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  • RE: Ideas on how to flag existing user tables for future deprecation

    You could create table(s) to hold info about changes that need done in the future.

    Since these will be temporary/transition tables, you wouldn't need to spend a huge amount of time...

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  • RE: Number of columns in table

    Lynn Pettis (4/8/2014)


    ScottPletcher (4/8/2014)


    Jeff Moden (4/7/2014)


    ScottPletcher (4/7/2014)


    If you really want to use a single table, you could use a single smallint or int column with a bit assigned to each...

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  • RE: Number of columns in table

    Jeff Moden (4/7/2014)


    ScottPletcher (4/7/2014)


    If you really want to use a single table, you could use a single smallint or int column with a bit assigned to each newsletter. That...

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  • RE: Number of columns in table

    If you really want to use a single table, you could use a single smallint or int column with a bit assigned to each newsletter. That isn't necessarily 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: Delete a column in all tables

    D'OH, sorry, quite right, here's a

    CORRECTED script:

    EXEC sp_MSforeachtable '

    IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.columns

    WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(''?'') AND name = ''SSMA_TimeStamp'' )

    BEGIN

    PRINT ''Altering table...

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  • RE: Table Partitioning

    todd 87764 (4/4/2014)


    The table will continue to grow as there are no plans for archiving, which is why I am thinking about partitioning. There COULD be as many as...

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