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  • RE: Common Mistakes in T-SQL

    As I said, it was my understanding that the SQL optimizer did not do that for simple (non-query) expressions connected by boolean operators, that it evaluated left-to-right.

    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: cursor not looping through records

    Hmm, don't see much wrong, except maybe:

    WHERE ID = @liMaxMaxID + 1

    You're checking for a specific ID value, not just the first value greater than the prev max. Is...

    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: Common Mistakes in T-SQL

    Forgetting that the order that AND clauses are evaluated in at run-time has nothing to do with the order that they are written.

    I thought SQL Server did always...

    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 Data and Log Files

    I prefer to say that the log should not be truncated at all.

    That's not practical in this type of situation.

    If the log is already bloated because it previously wasn't backed...

    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: Finding Values With Numerous Columns

    What about an approach that used a generic stored proc to dynamically create static code for a specific table?

    That is, the code could handle any table name passed to it,...

    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: null or not exists

    How many rows are in the temp table?

    How many average duplicates are there of each ID, roughly, in each table? That is, what is the value of:

    SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ID)...

    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: Query

    I agree. Qods have become so careless and subjective as to be worthless.

    As everyone else has noted, wth does "dob" have to do with "join" date?

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    why does it make more sense for the birthday to be after their birthday than it does to have it be before?

    Because then the exact same check that works...

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    I don't know the laws for Los Angeles, CA, regarding this ... California law says, "on non-Leap Years, your birthday is official Feb 28"

    Wouldn't L.A. fall under CA law?

    Where...

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    But even your own "timeanddate.com" link makes it clear that the official birthdate is Mar 1 in non-leap years:

    while others celebrate their birthday on March 1 because they do...

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    There is only one "best" solution and that is, you must count days.

    So when someone asks you how old you are, you count days before you answer? Nonsense.

    The best...

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Well, I guess it's nice to see that there are still places where low standards prevail and former govt employees can find actual work.

    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: Best Way to Calculate Age

    I admit I don't care for all the "uber-geeky" solutions; it's just too hard later for s/o later to verify that the code produces a correct result.

    But leap year birthdays...

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    That's for sure. I love "experts" who don't know how to tell what the current SQL activity on the box is.

    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: I got burned today at a SQL Server Interview!

    Interesting. I guess my concern is that if a (very) large table(s) need updated, you could see a significant hit to your performance from autoupdate of stats. Also,...

    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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