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  • RE: T-SQL Help Needed

    Eugene Elutin (9/19/2012)


    ScottPletcher (9/19/2012)


    Eugene Elutin (9/19/2012)


    ...

    ISO currency and Country codes are a prime example of an when the natural key (ISO Code) can be used as an Identity column and...

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  • RE: T-SQL Help Needed

    Eugene Elutin (9/19/2012)


    ...

    ISO currency and Country codes are a prime example of an when the natural key (ISO Code) can be used as an Identity column and Primary Key.

    ...

    You wouldn't...

    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: Check SQL Version

    I would use @@VERSION for that, because you can get the SQL version year, and then it's more self-evident about what you're checking:

    DECLARE @isSqlServer2008 bit

    SET @isSqlServer2008 = CASE WHEN...

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  • RE: Cursor within triggers...

    Definitely don't use a cursor.

    But you could pass all the values at once as a table-valued parameter; you just need to modify the code of the sp to handle 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: T-SQL Help Needed

    Lowell (9/18/2012)


    i just tripped over this exact lack of planning by the database architect when switching from one insurance agency to another. From Geico to Progressive: I saved 30% or...

    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: T-SQL Help Needed

    Eugene Elutin (9/17/2012)


    GSquared (9/17/2012)


    Eugene Elutin (9/17/2012)


    And you didn't respond to the basic assertion about e-mail, which is its horrible weakness as a primary key for human beings. I...

    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: T-SQL Help Needed

    Do yahoo and other email provides allow expired and reclaimed email addresses to be re-cycled?

    If any of them did recycle one, and I got the same email address as 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: T-SQL Help Needed

    CELKO (9/17/2012)

    Think of a parking garage (disk) and parking slot numbers (identity, rowid, or other physical locator). The slot number does not appear on your insurance from, at the DMV,...

    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: select query

    Luis Cazares (9/17/2012)


    I came out with the same code as Jeff showed in the article, but I believe that Scott's code would be better as it is a single table...

    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: select query

    SELECT

    CustId

    FROM dbo.product_details

    GROUP BY

    CustId

    HAVING

    MAX(CASE WHEN ProdId = 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) = 0 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: Stored Procedure help

    GSquared (9/17/2012)

    FROM (

    SELECT CAST(CAST(@year * 10000 + 0101 AS char(8)) AS datetime) AS month_start UNION ALL

    SELECT CAST(@year * 10000 + 0201 AS...

    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: T-SQL Help Needed

    CELKO (9/17/2012)

    Wikipedia says that as of 2011, more than 2.2 billion people – nearly a third of Earth's population — have email. I seldom work with a target audience...

    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: T-SQL Help Needed

    Lynn Pettis (9/17/2012)


    I still doubt that ecommerce sites use your email address as a primary key. This is a volitale attribute subject to change, and isn't one I would...

    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: Stored Procedure help

    sorry last request... if Sunday were to be added on there? So both Saturday and Sunday.

    I'll assume you want to count them separately. If you want a total...

    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: Stored Procedure help

    DECLARE @year int

    SET @year = 2012 --<<-- chg as needed

    SELECT

    month_start,

    --'19000106' is a Saturday, so DATEDIFFs below count Saturdays:

    ...

    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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