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Patti Johnson (9/4/2013)
IF DATABASEPROPERTYEX('archer', 'Status') = 'ONLINE'
AND EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.database_mirroring WHERE...
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".
September 4, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Patti Johnson (9/4/2013)
IF DATABASEPROPERTYEX('archer', 'Status') = 'ONLINE'
BEGIN
use archer
SET NOCOUNT ON
END
It looks good until you execute and I...
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".
September 4, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Try this:
IF DATABASEPROPERTYEX('archer', 'Status') = 'ONLINE'
BEGIN
...
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".
September 4, 2013 at 12:26 pm
You don't want to use a function against the END_DATETIME column if you can avoid it, since any function will prevent SQL from using the full seek capabilities against that...
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".
September 3, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Don't forget restore damaged instance. That is the most complex recovery. Particularly test for master, model and msdb.
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".
September 3, 2013 at 2:03 pm
Whatever rules you decide on, you should enforce them programmatically. Otherwise, the rules will be broken and be meaningless.
Also, follow the first rule of naming -- don't build meaning...
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".
September 3, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Something like below. It's possible you only need one left join, depending on the specific data in your tables:
SELECT
CASE WHEN b_out.Continent_cd IS NOT NULL THEN...
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".
September 3, 2013 at 1:49 pm
MyDoggieJessie (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
MyDoggieJessie (8/30/2013)
It may "bypass" the locking of the records it's ready but it does not improve performance or reduce any overhead one bit.
LOL. That's self-contradictory...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
NOLOCK hints. They are NOT a performance boost.
To me, that's not a logical claim. While NOLOCK is clearly...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
NOLOCK can be useful, for example, for code lookup tables, such as state code lookups. A state hasn't been added since 1959, I think I'll risk...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 2:17 pm
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
NOLOCK hints. They are NOT a performance boost.
To me, that's not a logical claim. While NOLOCK is clearly dangerous, it DOES...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 2:02 pm
MyDoggieJessie (8/30/2013)
It may "bypass" the locking of the records it's ready but it does not improve performance or reduce any overhead one bit.
LOL. That's self-contradictory -- if NOLOCK avoids...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
ScottPletcher (8/30/2013)
Sean Lange (8/30/2013)
NOLOCK hints. They are NOT a performance boost.
To me, that's not a logical claim. While NOLOCK is clearly dangerous, it DOES in fact reduce...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 1:52 pm
You should be able to use a correlated subquery, like so:
SELECT
@mystring,
REPLACE(@mystring, name, value) AS newstring
FROM (
SELECT TOP...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Here's a quick-and-dirty first try -- might or might not work. Also, you need to get rid of the DISTINCT if at all possible -- it's a big drag...
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".
August 30, 2013 at 1:34 pm
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