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  • RE: SYNTAX Help please...

    Better to avoid ISNULL, since you should never use it in a WHERE clause. I also think that exactly what's being tested is clearer.

    IF (@category IS NULL OR @category...

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  • RE: Alternatives To Left Join: Poor Performance of Procedure

    Rewriting the query and/or adding nonclustered indexes won't help, unless you basically rewrite the entire table by including a gazillion in the nonclus index(es) -- and constantly maintain it as...

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  • RE: Nested CASE WHEN in SELECT

    I think you need a GROUP BY rather than a DISTINCT.

    Is the code below closer/close to the final output you want?

    SELECT

    e.ID,e.FirstName,e.Area

    ,s.ID,s.Qty,s.ProductName, s.Sale

    FROM...

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  • RE: Table row count grouped by date

    Sean Lange (12/16/2013)


    A slight modification to the fine code Luis posted should work for you. I changed the global temp table to instead use a temp table inside the dynamic...

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  • RE: Performance Opinion

    kapil_kk (12/14/2013)


    ScottPletcher (12/13/2013)


    I suggest making index changes scripted below, following these steps:

    1) Capture and save the existing index missing/usage stats for that table immediately, before any hanges are made.

    2) Run...

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  • RE: Performance Opinion

    I suggest making index changes scripted below, following these steps:

    1) Capture and save the existing index missing/usage stats for that table immediately, before any hanges are made.

    2) Run the code...

    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: Performance Opinion

    1) Maybe you can combine the three separate UPDATEs into one, as shown below, avoiding repeated joins of the same tables.

    2) Depending on the row counts, you might consider creating...

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  • RE: VLDB complete index rebuilds - a little validation needed

    You could also consider something like below, particularly since presumably you are on Enterprise Edition and thus can recreate all the non-clustered indexes ONLINE:

    Before the shrink:

    1) verify you have current...

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  • RE: Return correct parameter via stored Proc

    Try changing:

    != ''

    to

    IS NOT NULL.

    The variables should contain NULL, not be empty, if no row is found.

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  • RE: Replace in string with results from another table

    For performance reasons, it would almost certainly be better to have a trigger on the Calculations table that automatically identified and saved all variables used in a normalized table whenever...

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  • RE: Replace in string with results from another table

    Maybe something like this?:

    declare @replace1 varchar(max)

    declare @replace2 varchar(max)

    select @replace1 = (

    select 'REPLACE('

    from #CalculationVariables

    for xml path('')

    ...

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  • RE: Select from table and alter result

    FYI: the wheel's been re-invented countless times, or we'd all be riding around on wooden wheels with no rims!

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  • RE: Sql issue

    SELECT RTRIM(LEFT(CustomerName,CHARINDEX('*',CustomerName + '*')-1))

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  • RE: Search String(s) within a String best practice?

    As long as you have fixed leading values, i.e. 'value1%' and not '%value1%',

    an index on myColumn should handle the query fine. If it's a large % of the...

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  • RE: Triggers

    If you're using Enterprise Edition, just use Change Data Capture and let SQL do all the hard work for you.

    If not, the overhead of what you want to do is...

    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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