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  • RE: things to know when designing a new database

    I think what's arrogant is for a developer to assume that they have the professional skills of another a DA/DBA job when they've never done. Not sure why everyone...

    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: things to know when designing a new database

    Sean Lange (1/22/2013)


    ScottPletcher (1/22/2013)


    Sean Lange (1/22/2013)


    GilaMonster (1/22/2013)


    Sean Lange (1/22/2013)


    ScottPletcher (1/22/2013)


    DiverKas (1/22/2013)


    1) Do NOT let your C#/VB/ASP/Pascal guys design the database.

    2) Do NOT let your DBA's design the database.

    3) Hire a...

    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: things to know when designing a new database

    Sean Lange (1/22/2013)


    GilaMonster (1/22/2013)


    Sean Lange (1/22/2013)


    ScottPletcher (1/22/2013)


    DiverKas (1/22/2013)


    1) Do NOT let your C#/VB/ASP/Pascal guys design the database.

    2) Do NOT let your DBA's design the database.

    3) Hire a Data Architect.

    Just saying....

    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: things to know when designing a new database

    DiverKas (1/22/2013)


    1) Do NOT let your C#/VB/ASP/Pascal guys design the database.

    2) Do NOT let your DBA's design the database.

    3) Hire a Data Architect.

    Just saying. The first 2 groups have...

    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: Trying to understand ISDATE & CAST behavior

    You need to do something like that in the WHERE clause:

    select

    col1

    ,CAST(col2 AS datetime) as col2test

    from #DateTest

    where isdate(col2) = 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: Trying to understand ISDATE & CAST behavior

    drew.allen (1/21/2013)


    ScottPletcher (1/21/2013)


    Huh? I don't see anywhere a "datetime" data type is specified, only varchar. I don't see why the code couldn't run fine as is.

    I guess...

    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: things to know when designing a new database

    What you really need is someone that has experience doing it, period. This is not something that you can just "wing it".

    If you have to do it with no...

    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: Trying to understand ISDATE & CAST behavior

    Huh? I don't see anywhere a "datetime" data type is specified, only varchar. I don't see why the code couldn't run fine as is.

    I guess your actual...

    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: set identity insert on

    No, you should not have to; the db engine takes care of that itself.

    From Books Online:

    "

    If the value inserted is larger than the current identity value for the table, SQL...

    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: Import data from one table to another excluding any duplicates help

    INSERT INTO dbo.T1 ( ... )

    SELECT t2.col1, t2.col2, ...

    FROM dbo.T2 t2

    LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.T1 t1 ON

    t1.Name = t2.Name

    WHERE

    t1.Name IS NULL --only include...

    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: Not a Valid DateTime Data Type

    The first is a datetime2 format, the second is a datetime format.

    Try CASTing to datetime2 first, then CASTing that to datetime.

    CAST(CAST(column_name AS datetime2) AS datetime)

    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 out data file is splits to multiple files?

    SELECT *

    FROM <db_name>.sys.database_files

    WHERE

    type_desc <> 'LOG'

    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: Index Question

    DBA24 (1/17/2013)


    Hello All,

    I have a primary key on a column that is a unique identifier (width 32 char) and it is nonclustered. There are a lot of inserts, updates and...

    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: Nested replaces ?

    For that, I would use a function with PATINDEX to retain only the desired chars.

    If performance is not an issue, you can use a scalar function.

    I can give you a...

    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: Need help on indexing

    Better yet, forget the dopey "cluster first by identity" and cluster the table the best way: that is THE most important thing for performance.

    Based on what you've posted, it seems...

    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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