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  • RE: Convert Non Clustered PKs to Clustered

    akshay.pawar123 (2/11/2013)


    GilaMonster (1/9/2013)


    ScottPletcher (1/9/2013)


    If SQL needs only key column(s), why does it read all the leaf pages of the table as well?? That's an incredible waste of I/O.

    The...

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  • RE: Last Sunday of a month in sql

    Michael Valentine Jones (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)


    Michael Valentine Jones (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)

    ...

    I haven't been in any business that worked with dates before 1900, but if yours did, then that would be a...

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  • RE: Last Sunday of a month in sql

    Michael Valentine Jones (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)

    ...

    I haven't been in any business that worked with dates before 1900, but if yours did, then that would be a relevant concern for you....

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  • RE: Stored procedure explanation

    Sean Lange (2/11/2013)


    DON'T use things you don't need, like the BEGIN and END for the proc itself - completely unneeded and doing nothing but cluttering up the screen.

    Actually begin...

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  • RE: Comparing figures based on relative date

    For best performance,

    Cluster the table by

    LAST_DAY_OF_MONTH

    and not the dopey identity column. If you still need the identity (??), you can leave it as the nonclustered pk.

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  • RE: Go to next record when there is a constraint issue.

    You would need to code the time constraints in your WHERE clause. That is, bypass those rows yourself rather than trying to have SQL do it itself.

    You might not...

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  • RE: IF or CASE on 2 different columns, THEN values x, y or z

    am wondering if the CASE requires all arguments to run against the exact same column?

    No. CASE is very flexible: you can compare any columns you need to, in any...

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  • RE: Last Sunday of a month in sql

    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)


    Michael Valentine Jones (2/11/2013)


    ScottPletcher (2/11/2013)


    Method below works for any and all date and language settings:

    DECLARE @startDate datetime

    DECLARE @number_of_months int

    SET @startDate = GETDATE()

    SET @number_of_months = 7

    SELECT

    DATEADD(DAY,...

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  • RE: Last Sunday of a month in sql

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  • RE: missing index already exists

    Marius.D (2/11/2013)


    Scott:

    or maybe you specified DESC on one of the existing index keys?!

    I did not, but would that make a difference? I didn't think the missing indexes...

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  • RE: Last Sunday of a month in sql

    Method below works for any and all date and language settings:

    DECLARE @startDate datetime

    DECLARE @number_of_months int

    SET @startDate = GETDATE()

    SET @number_of_months = 7

    SELECT

    DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, '19000107', last_day_of_month) / 7...

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  • RE: missing index already exists

    Hmm, that still doesn't make sense.

    Compare them very closely: there must be some difference somewhere ... or maybe you specified DESC on one of the existing index keys?!

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  • RE: Decimal vs Numeric

    In SQL Server, there is no difference.

    I guess the backward compatability would be that you can still use "numeric" rather than the offical "decimal".

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  • RE: Database Design Help

    Yeah, reasonably close.

    Probably the major difference is that the OP and myself don't want to "flatten" the Chain and Store into a single "location".

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  • RE: Performance Issue - understanding query plans

    nick.mcdermaid (2/7/2013)


    Thanks for your advice Scott.

    I did change the PK to

    RowNum_Start,SRC_System, SRC_Application

    and also

    SRC_System, SRC_Application,RowNum_Start

    (Yes I know you can create a clustered index that isn't based on the primary key)

    In both...

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