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  • RE: Making data in a column unique (that's not a PK)

    RedBirdOBX (5/20/2013)


    Would you be so kind as to provide an example?

    SalesmanID (PK)

    SalesmanSSN (ype, it's the social)

    FirstName

    LastName

    ...etc...

    ALTER TABLE dbo.tablename

    ADD CONSTRAINT tablename__UQ_SalesmanSSN UNIQUE ( SalesmanSSN )

    --of course you can name the constraint...

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  • RE: space issue

    If you have an (extremely) large table(s), compress them [if on Enterprise Edition], particularly if they are (almost) never used, such as log/audit tables, etc..

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  • RE: update statement optimization?

    First, you need an index on ceb.New_IndividualId: I'll assume you have that already.

    Second, I'd cluster the #tmpIndividualCreateDates table by i.IndividualID: I'll assume you've done that already.

    I guess the OUTPUT clause...

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  • RE: Quering Code

    dwilliscp (5/14/2013)


    Thanks for the warning Jeff.

    On the Jobs front.. We almost never put SQL into the Job, but thanks for reminding me to check there too. Thanks to everyone...

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  • RE: Quering Code

    I also search table sys.sql_modules, which contains the code for all sys.objects members of type P, RF, V, TR, FN, IF, TF, and R.

    If you want to check for use...

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  • RE: Help with SQL Server backups slow ( backup performance slower than before after data purge)

    When you delete a large or very large numberr of rows at one time, SQL Server defers the actual deletes. The next time a page with deleted r0w(s) is...

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  • RE: Index Text

    If the numeric portion is random anyway, definitely use all numeric characters if possible -- you're quite right: prefixing the random numbers with a fixed string will NOT help the...

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  • RE: best practices - development help

    jenny 12957 (5/6/2013)


    hi,

    im not sure this is the right forum to put this in, but i am working on redesigning our company database, and i was looking for best practices...

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  • RE: Sorting Records Going Into New Table.

    Just to clarify: with ROW_NUMBER(), you don't have to ORDER BY all the columns you want to SELECT; just one ORDER BY column is fine if that's all you need....

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  • RE: Making Query SQL 2000 compatable

    I think this will do it; performance will depend on the indexes available on the table:

    select sales.*

    from (

    select distinct TerritoryID

    from [Sales].[SalesOrderHeader]

    )...

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  • RE: Rebuild or DBREINDEX

    GilaMonster (4/30/2013)


    ScottPletcher (4/30/2013)


    When rebuilding a nonclustered index offline, SQL has to fully scan the clustered index.

    No it doesn't. That would be an inefficient way of running a rebuild. Both online...

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  • RE: Rebuild or DBREINDEX

    GilaMonster (4/28/2013)


    1) DBCC DBREINDEX is deprecated, is included only for backward compatibility with SQL Server 2000 and should not be used any longer

    2) Up to you. Depends on your requirements...

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  • RE: Checking for index in another database

    That could find the wrong entry and/or miss the entry if it was an index on a view instead of a table. Therefore, the code below is more robust:

    IF...

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  • RE: datetime comparison behaving oddly

    I'd use a CASE expression so you can guarantee the order of execution; you don't need a CTE for that.

    SELECT OBSVALUE

    FROM OBS

    WHERE 1 = CASE

    WHEN...

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  • RE: Need help with a Summary Query

    Sorry:

    SELECT

    [values].value,

    SUM(CASE WHEN Q1 = [values].value THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Q1,

    SUM(CASE WHEN Q2 = [values].value THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Q2,

    SUM(CASE WHEN Q3 = [values].value THEN 1 ELSE...

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