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  • RE: My 3 year old desktop SQL Server outperforms my spanking new SQL Server !

    Along those lines, make sure the statistics are up to date on the tables on the server as well.

    Also, a quick checklist of a few things to look at on...

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  • RE: Database change policy and procedure

    Actually, Brendan, what you're described is what I've seen over and over.

    While well intentioned, such processes usually end up being roadblocks rather than welcome centers (to stay with the road...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    So I guess there's no issue with rows being UPDATEd / DELETEd while the new table is being created?

    Or with the potential lock outs/delays to current modifications during the export...

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  • RE: TSQL Case Statement help

    ChrisM@Work (10/3/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    SQL Server is optimized to do table lookups, whereas CASE statements are comparatively very slow.

    Therefore, I suggest using a lookup table, as suggested by others. You absolutely...

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  • RE: Get multiple rows of data based on one condition and grouping

    Eugene Elutin (10/2/2012)


    ...

    Given that a customer's name can change, perhaps it is an attribute of the purchase.

    ...

    Given that nothing in the Universe is constant and everything can change,...

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  • RE: UNIQUEIDENTIFIER vs BIGINT

    Typically customer codes are sequential. Since they're not here, that would definitely make the clustering key choice much more difficult.

    If customer code is (almost) always used for lookups/processing, you...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    Eugene Elutin (10/2/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    sql-lover (10/2/2012)


    bteraberry (10/2/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    Maybe I'm missing something.

    Why not just ALTER the column to be a bigint instead of an int?

    He said these are very big tables. ...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    sql-lover (10/2/2012)


    bteraberry (10/2/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    Maybe I'm missing something.

    Why not just ALTER the column to be a bigint instead of an int?

    He said these are very big tables. Altering the column...

    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: Running out of Identity values

    sql-lover (10/2/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    Maybe I'm missing something.

    Why not just ALTER the column to be a bigint instead of an int?

    NO way! Because downtime! Why do you think that I am taking...

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  • RE: Get multiple rows of data based on one condition and grouping

    CELKO (10/1/2012)


    Most of the work in RDBMS (80 to 95%) is done in the DDL; you have never learned how to design data, so your code looks like a loose...

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  • RE: Get multiple rows of data based on one condition and grouping

    SELECT *

    FROM dbo.CustomerPurchase cp

    WHERE

    cp.PurchaseDate = '20120601 00:00:00.000' AND

    EXISTS(

    SELECT 1

    ...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    Some other thoughts/possibilities:

    Rather than export and then import, it should be faster to just directly INSERT INTO the new table, naturally doing a table lock on the new table.

    Pre-allocate enough...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    bteraberry (10/2/2012)


    ScottPletcher (10/2/2012)


    Maybe I'm missing something.

    Why not just ALTER the column to be a bigint instead of an int?

    He said these are very big tables. Altering the column means...

    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: varchar to time or datetime or ARGGHH Please help me.

    dwain.c (9/26/2012)


    Nice set up data Sean!

    Using it, I'd like to offer a slightly less verbose solution:

    SELECT *, WaitTime=DATEDIFF(minute

    ,CAST(check_in AS TIME)

    ,CAST(STUFF(appt_time, 3, 0,...

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  • RE: Running out of Identity values

    Maybe I'm missing something.

    Why not just ALTER the column to be a bigint instead of an int?

    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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