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  • Reply To: The same value across 5 or more columns in a table , How can I write a query

    Phil Parkin wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    CONCAT is not a safe way to do this because different values could appear to be the same.

    Do all the columns have to match?  Or just some?

    For now,...

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  • Reply To: default values on table

    You shouldn't use 'n/a' as a "value" in place of NULL. Effectively you're corrupting the data. You should just use NULL itself instead.

    If all readers of the table...

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  • Reply To: Start Sql server agent job after a trigger

    Johan Bijnens wrote:

    That is not advisable as this will always start the job, even when it is disabled !

    My point is:  When a sysadmin or "sqlagent job manager" disables a job...

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  • Reply To: days between and start date

    I'm almost certain there's a more efficient way to do this, but I can't think of it now.

    ;WITH cte_valid_first_dose AS (
    SELECT *
    ...

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  • Reply To: Need help with SQL Query - Percentages

     

    SELECT 
    US.UID,
    CASE WHEN COUNT(UD.UID) > 0 THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS [UID Loaded],
    CASE...

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  • Reply To: Start Sql server agent job after a trigger

    You can start the job easily from the trigger using:

    EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @job_name = '<your_job_name_here>'

    That will just start the job and immediately return to the trigger (that is, I'm confirming that...

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  • Reply To: clustered index usage

    Snargables wrote:

    So just to clarify. if i have a clustered index on say contactid and invoiceid however none of the updates are on those columns then there wouldn't be a...

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  • Reply To: SQL Server Assertion Error

    Are you on the latest CU?  If you are behind any maintenance patch, I'd put that on first before doing other work.

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  • Reply To: Trying to return strings starting with 'dbo.'

     

    SELECT SUBSTRING(TableName, CHARINDEX('dbo.', TableName), 8000) AS TableName

    FROM dbo.whatever

    WHERE TableName LIKE '%dbo.%'

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  • Reply To: Missing Indexes

    WARNING: make sure that no more than, say, 3500 tables or so are processed by this script.  The script is fairly complex and having way too many tables present  (particularly...

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  • Reply To: Trying to return strings starting with 'dbo.'

    If you just want table names that start with 'dbo.', then you can do this:

    SELECT STUFF(Tablename, 1, 4, '') AS Tablename
    FROM dbo.ListOfTables
    WHERE Tablename LIKE 'dbo.%' /*allows an...

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  • Reply To: Missing Indexes

    You can't ever look at missing index stats in isolation.  You also need to look at existing indexes and their usage stats (and often I/O counts as well).

    First, before doing...

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  • Reply To: Changing the structure of a NUMERIC column in a partitioned ColumnStore table

    Vince Poirier wrote:

    Thanks for the answer,

    We already have views on top of our tables, so it would be easy to do. But that would serve no purpose. The main goal would...

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  • Reply To: Changing the structure of a NUMERIC column in a partitioned ColumnStore table

    Going from 28 to 19 would reduce the storage required, so, as you've discovered, I think SQL would create a new column and copy the data over to it.

    If you...

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  • Reply To: Complicated insert

    SELECT ca1.*
    FROM dbo.Table1 t1
    CROSS APPLY (
    SELECT EmpNo, EmpName, DeptName, Location
    UNION ALL
    SELECT EmpNo, EmpName, DeptName, Location
    ...

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