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  • RE: Using Dynamic SQL to build temp table...doesn't work?

    Be aware that a global temp table means the code must be single-threaded, as simultaneous executions of the code would stomp on each other.

    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: Compare delimited data - same data but in a different order

    Here's my version to do only a single pass of the table.

    But I'm not sure why you want to list only "D" in the result, since both "B" and "D"...

    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: Empty disk - what to do? (performance)

    Seems to me like it must be two different RAID5 sets ... wouldn't different drives on the same RAID set already be using both drives?!

    Either way, I'd delay your #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: Find a character in string

    Neither CAST nor CASE is actually necessary here:

    SIGN(CHARINDEX('@', <string_value>))

    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: Newbie needs help with a query!!

    Btw, if weekdayid is unique (and it seems like it has to be for this table to make sense), get rid of the dopey IDENTITY column in this table! ...

    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: Question about select count(*)

    ... will select count(*) get the keep changed record numbers even if (nolock) hint is on?

    Actually, it will count uncommitted records if and only if (nolock) or the equivalent 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".

  • RE: Using Alias in Where

    I prefer CROSS APPLY(s) to CTE(s) for aliasing. For example:

    Select TOP 5 ID ,MID, RName,Pic1,FoodType.Descr AS FoodType,Average_P_PP,lat,lng,

    ca1.Distance

    From Member WITH(NOLOCK)

    INNER JOIN FoodType WITH(NOLOCK) ON...

    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: Shift week to Wed - Tues

    Why mess with the DATEFIRST setting when it's not necessary? There are methods which can do the calculation simply without needing a specific datefirst setting, so why hassle with...

    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: Nesting Error for CASE Statement that Isn't Nested

    As another kludge, you could probably do this:

    COALESCE(

    CASE WHEN @MonthUnits = 1 THEN GBAN01 ELSE NULL END,

    CASE WHEN @MonthUnits = 2 THEN GBAN02 ELSE...

    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: Any *easy* way to compare database schemas, without a 3rd party tool?

    You can use a FULL OUTER JOIN to find columns that are in only one object and not the other.

    I can post sample code for that if you'd like.

    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: Any *easy* way to compare database schemas, without a 3rd party tool?

    You're on the right track; definitely use the sys. views rather than the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views, which are not reliable in SQL Server (from 2005 on).

    These are the basic tables you'll...

    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: DBA Roles and Responsibilties

    I've been a manager. I'm not sure immediately running to a higher-level authority reflects well on you.

    Avoid the drama if at all possible. Speak privately and directly with...

    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: finding value in a string

    Or this:

    SELECT SUBSTRING(@MyValue, CHARINDEX('<EntryID>', @MyValue) + 9, CHARINDEX('</EntryID>', @MyValue) - CHARINDEX('<EntryID>', @MyValue) - 9)

    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: trim column values

    UPDATE dbo.tablename

    SET col = LEFT(col, CHARINDEX('.', col) + 2)

    WHERE col LIKE '%.___%'

    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: Query with One Column Changing by Month

    INSERT INTO #tmpJDEnbrunits

    SELECT

    '000' + ltrim(MCMCU),

    CASE @MonthUnits WHEN 1 THEN GBAN01 WHEN 2 THEN GBAN02 WHEN 3 THEN GBAN03 --...

    ...

    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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