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  • RE: Database Redesign

    GSquared (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)

    So what does Erwin do that Visio doesn't?

    I didn't think Visio even offered a logical data model (i.e. Entity modeling vs table modeling),...

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  • RE: Database Redesign

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (8/1/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)

    So what does Erwin do that Visio doesn't?

    I didn't think Visio even offered a logical data model (i.e. Entity modeling vs table modeling), I thought...

    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: Database Redesign

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/1/2012)

    So what does Erwin do that Visio doesn't?

    I didn't think Visio even offered a logical data model (i.e. Entity modeling vs table modeling), I thought it was all...

    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: Database Redesign

    GSquared (8/1/2012)


    ScottPletcher (7/31/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (7/31/2012)

    When I had the choice between Erwin & Visio, I chose Visio.

    Wow. You must not be a DBA or a data modeler 🙂 .

    I agree...

    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: Database Redesign

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/31/2012)

    When I had the choice between Erwin & Visio, I chose Visio.

    Wow. You must not be a DBA or a data modeler 🙂 .

    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: Database Redesign

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/31/2012)


    ScottPletcher (7/31/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (7/31/2012)


    Scott, What does Erwin have that Visio doesn't that causes you to consider it a modeling tool while not considering Visio one?

    I admit I haven'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: Database Redesign

    Stefan Krzywicki (7/31/2012)


    Scott, What does Erwin have that Visio doesn't that causes you to consider it a modeling tool while not considering Visio one?

    I admit I haven't used Visio that...

    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: Database Redesign

    Lucky9 (7/26/2012)


    redesign database based on the new business requirements ... steps need[ed] ... when redesigning a database.

    Spend some more time gathering, detailing and verifying your data requirements. Don't worry...

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  • RE: Difficulty with a SELECT statement

    DataAnalyst110 (7/27/2012)


    Thanks very much to you both.

    Scott, I'm going to go with yours because I can better understand what it is doing. (By the way, I didn't need the SUM,...

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  • RE: Feedback On Proposed Drive/RAID Configuration For New SQL 2008R2 System

    Tempdb drives are much too small. SQL uses tempdb a lot, and you can't afford to run out of tempdb space.

    I would not dismiss RAID5 for the db data...

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  • RE: Feedback On Proposed Drive/RAID Configuration For New SQL 2008R2 System

    [Comment below; attempted to edit, instead it was re-posted with edits, so I removed the original comment.]

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  • RE: Difficulty with a SELECT statement

    DataAnalyst110 (7/27/2012)

    ...

    UNLESS they have another Enroll.Credits that is greater than 15.

    Did you mean SUM(Credits) > 15 or a single course with Credits > 15?

    I suspected SUM but coded it each...

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  • RE: trigger

    Sean Lange (7/25/2012)


    ScottPletcher (7/25/2012)


    I think the code below should at least be close to what you need (hopefully very close :-)):

    ALTER TRIGGER UPDate_PONumber

    ON dbo.PurchaseOrderDetail

    AFTER INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

    AS

    UPDATE PON

    SET SubTotal =...

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  • RE: trigger

    I think the code below should at least be close to what you need (hopefully very close :-)):

    ALTER TRIGGER UPDate_PONumber

    ON dbo.PurchaseOrderDetail

    AFTER INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

    AS

    UPDATE PON

    SET SubTotal = PO_Total.SubTotal

    FROM dbo.PONumber 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: SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise on Windows Server 2008R2 Standard, max OS memory question

    sqlnyc (7/23/2012)

    What happens if the server has 48GB of memory? Does the OS just ignore it, or is there some way that SQL Server can access it?

    Excellent q ......

    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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