Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 6,526 through 6,540 (of 7,600 total)

  • RE: Delete data and Transaction Logs

    Ouch -- partitioning would be ideal for that situation.

    Depending on exact circumstances, you might be able to change the current table to be a view that's defined as a concatenation...

  • RE: OS + ldf or mdf + ldf sharing on RAID?

    While performance could be adversely affected, possibly severely, the really big problem, at least for a DBA, with data and logs for the same db on the same drive is...

  • RE: How will work with(nolock) option in select queries

    You could implement some type of SNAPSHOT isolation level. That will prevent the types of errors you get with (NOLOCK) and prevent readers from being blocked by writers.

    See Books...

  • RE: Select full month number (with 0)

    Lynn Pettis (6/12/2013)


    mmartin1 (6/12/2013)


    gmac 41947 (3/1/2013)


    Hi,

    I use

    DATEPART(month, myDate)

    or

    MONTH(myDate)

    the resut is: 2 (if myDate is 2013.02.03). I would like return: 02

    Do you have any solution for this?

    Thans!

    try this

    declare @MyDate datetime

    set...

  • RE: Finding a word\acronym in a field

    WHERE

    ',' + column + ',' LIKE '%[^a-z0-9]LC[^a-z0-9]%'

    Add other char(s) if/as needed; for example, if you prefer that underscore, such as in "LC_AXIS", not be a "word"...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    What "expansion"??? This is an interview q only to test thinking ability, like "How many manhole covers are there in NYC?" and other MS classics.

    At...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Evil Kraig F (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the MIN/MAX functions) which I...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Dird (6/6/2013)


    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    MID?

    Yeah, the Q as a whole is a bit meh. I assume he means AVG (to go with the MIN/MAX functions) which I don't see as a...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Sean Lange (6/6/2013)


    ScottPletcher (6/6/2013)


    Ask them::

    Given table1 with columns "id" and "value", where each id has 1 to 3 values/rows in the table:

    Describe the essentials of a single query (no subquery,...

  • RE: Fizz Buzz interview questions for phone screens?

    Ask them::

    Given table1 with columns "id" and "value", where each id has 1 to 3 values/rows in the table:

    Describe the essentials of a single query (no subquery, CTE, etc.) to...

  • RE: Strange BETWEEN behavior....anyone have an explination for this?

    Keep in mind that float is an imprecise data type, and the value actually stored in the table may not be exactly the same as the value that was inserted.

  • RE: Shrink helping performance

    GilaMonster (5/22/2013)


    ScottPletcher (5/22/2013)


    It wasn't "out of context" -- you made an absolute statement, which thus applies to any context.

    An absolute statement that you chose to ignore parts of.

    I said shrink...

  • RE: Shrink helping performance

    GilaMonster (5/22/2013)


    ScottPletcher (5/22/2013)


    GilaMonster (5/21/2013)


    Shrink alone can't speed up a query.

    Isn't that an overly broad assertion?

    Only when you quote me out of context.

    If, for the sake of argument, some/all of the...

  • RE: SQL Query Help

    Purely fyi, I personally think a cross apply that names the value being used makes the code much easier to follow and easier to change later. For example:

    Select

    *

    from...

Viewing 15 posts - 6,526 through 6,540 (of 7,600 total)