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  • Reply To: Nested Join Alternative

    Jackie Lowery wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Thanks for that, now I'm clear.

    Yeah, I think the first query you posted should do that.

    As to performance, make sure the s and p tables have an index...

    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".

  • Reply To: Nested Join Alternative

    Thanks for that, now I'm clear.

    Yeah, I think the first query you posted should do that.

    As to performance, make sure the s and p tables have an index on Shipment_No...

    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".

  • Reply To: Nested Join Alternative

    Jackie Lowery wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    If I understand your requirements correctly, the code below will do what you want.

    As to performance, make sure the s and p tables have an index on Shipment_No...

    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".

  • Reply To: Nested Join Alternative

    If I understand your requirements correctly, the code below will do what you want.

    As to performance, make sure the s and p tables have an index on Shipment_No and 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".

  • Reply To: Last Time Stored Procedure Ran ?

    Michael L John wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    A single column with all of the parameters?  Could be bad idea, potentially lots of overhead, depending on how it's done.

    .

    The parms and values where concatenated into...

    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".

  • Reply To: Last Time Stored Procedure Ran ?

    Michael L John wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Michael L John wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Add code to the start of the proc to log to table.  While you're at it, you might as well log all the parameter values 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".

  • Reply To: Last Time Stored Procedure Ran ?

    Michael L John wrote:

    ScottPletcher wrote:

    Add code to the start of the proc to log to table.  While you're at it, you might as well log all the parameter values as well, if...

    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".

  • Reply To: Last Time Stored Procedure Ran ?

    You could automate the change easily enough (including grabbing the parameters), but I understand the reluctance to change all the procs.  You would likely want to capture the previous modify_dates...

    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".

  • Reply To: Last Time Stored Procedure Ran ?

    Add code to the start of the proc to log to table.  While you're at it, you might as well log all the parameter values as well, if you have...

    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".

  • Reply To: Create a delta from downloaded info

    Yeah, EXCEPT should to that just fine:

    SELECT * /*...list_of_cols...*/

    FROM dbo.today

    EXCEPT

    SELECT * /*...list_of_cols...*/

    FROM dbo.yesterday

     

    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".

  • Reply To: Not with delete Statement help

    Yep, exactly.

    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".

  • Reply To: NOT IN vs. NOT EXISTS

    Use NOT EXISTS when possible, as it allows for better execution plans.

    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".

  • Reply To: Storage Space of a Column having XML datatype with NULL value

    Are you on Standard or Enterprise Edition?

    If on Enterprise Edition, you can use data compression to reduce the size of the data stored.  Row compression is very little overhead but...

    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".

  • Reply To: Not with delete Statement help

    Yes, you should be able to apply NOT to the conditions to get the opposite of the current conditions.

     

    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".

  • Reply To: Slow performance after database shrink

    You likely shrunk the log file, but the db needs that log space so it is reallocating it.  Unfortunately, newly allocated log space requires pre-formatting.  That pre-formatting pauses all activity...

    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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