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but if you are creating a table of product groups (<'BK','Books'>,<'SH','Shoes'>,<'BG','Bags'>) etc.. I would put an ID field on that and use that instead, otherwise if someone decides they need...
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".
September 13, 2012 at 2:42 pm
A company I worked for produces clothing catalogues. Each catalogue has a 2 character reference. They produce about 130 catalogues/adverts a year, but not all letters get used...
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".
September 13, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Eugene Elutin (9/12/2012)
Greg Snidow (9/12/2012)
Jeff Moden (9/12/2012)
Greg Snidow (9/11/2012)
The 'id' column in every table was a bit annoying to work with.
It's even more annoying when you need it and it's...
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".
September 13, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Sean Lange (9/13/2012)
ChrisM@Work (9/13/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/12/2012)
It would have to be THE ONLY WAY POSSIBLE...
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".
September 13, 2012 at 10:38 am
I think maybe you can save a little overhead by checking for the known difference expected in the result, naturally including the next-higher value as well to allow for "borrowing"....
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".
September 12, 2012 at 5:09 pm
1. What does the GroupID column in profiler mean ?
GroupID as classified by the Resource Governor for the current session.
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".
September 12, 2012 at 4:42 pm
There is NO case where I would ever want to use a GUID as a clustered key column.
It would have to be THE ONLY WAY POSSIBLE for me to consider...
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".
September 12, 2012 at 4:31 pm
GilaMonster (9/12/2012)
Well, both of those statements are incorrect, so probably better to just ignore them...
Quite true.
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".
September 12, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Lynn Pettis (9/11/2012)
Lynn's method:
Elapsed Time (ms) 8276
ScottPletcher's first method:
Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.
Elapsed Time...
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".
September 11, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Lynn Pettis (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
Greg Snidow (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
The UNPIVOT (one table scan) looks much better to me than fully scanning the table once for every grade column.
Yep, 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".
September 10, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Lynn Pettis (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
Greg Snidow (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
The UNPIVOT (one table scan) looks much better to me than fully scanning the table once for every grade column.
Yep, as I said, 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".
September 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Greg Snidow (9/10/2012)
ScottPletcher (9/10/2012)
The UNPIVOT (one table scan) looks much better to me than fully scanning the table once for every grade column.
Yep, as I said, I put that out...
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".
September 10, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Lynn Pettis (9/7/2012)
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".
September 10, 2012 at 1:25 pm
The UNPIVOT (one table scan) looks much better to me than fully scanning the table once for every grade 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".
September 10, 2012 at 9:38 am
If you want precise control over shortening the results returned from a float column, there is always the ROUND() function.
If you want precise values, just use decimal to begin with....
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".
September 7, 2012 at 4:17 pm
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