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  • Reply To: Adding a surrogate key to a view

    Don't know, since we can't see the code.  Just adding ROW_NUMBER() to a query should not increase the number of rows.

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  • Reply To: Assign permissions to view all logins

    Best would be to create the proc so that it runs as "OWNER", if SQL allows you to do that.  Then the auditors wouldn't need separate permissions of their own.

    Otherwise,...

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  • Reply To: Clustered vs Nonclustered Columnstore Update Performance

    Columnstores perform better because they compress data extremely well.

    If you a rowstore that's totally uncompressed, the difference will be massive.  If the rowstore is page compressed, at least it has...

    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: Clustered vs Nonclustered Columnstore Update Performance

    MadOwl wrote:

    Hi ScottPletcher, I have not seriously considered page compression instead of (N)CCI's as not using any columnstores would require us creating B-Tree indexes to keep query performance sane. In...

    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: Select into object from an SQL server to another through linked server

    kakovatos7 wrote:

    Thank you for your answers.

    The EXEC command returns the same error, I had already tried this.

    I don't want to create the object on the second database, cause my query...

    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: Select into object from an SQL server to another through linked server

    EXEC('SELECT * INTO [SecondDatabase].[dbo].[object_name] FROM [FirstServer].FirstDatabase.dbo.object_name') AT [SecondServer]

    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: logging data with variable column count

    Don't forget about views: if you prefer that some people see a combined result as a table, you can use a view so they can see it as table, without...

    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: Clustered vs Nonclustered Columnstore Update Performance

    Have you tried PAGE compression rather than going all the way to a columnstore format?

    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: logging data with variable column count

    Agreed, you don't need nor want a separate table.

    If you're having performance issues with the existing table generating your result using the PIVOT, then let's fix that issue, not create...

    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: Failed to open the explicitly specified database

    I'm with Phil.  Whenever I've seen this error it relates to the DEFAULT db specific for the user (or group).

    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: Excessive run time

    The indexes could be critical.  Would you be able to post the DDL for the tables and the SQL queries?

    SQL 2016 could be a big help in another way, 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".

  • Reply To: How to show the MIN Date Value in a query

    Exactly.  Just this:

    SELECT MIN(StartDate) AS MinDate

    FROM Schedule

    WHERE WorkCenterID = 'LAY-W' AND ScheduleID = '5'

    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: Comparing two sets of value sets

    If there are potential index(es) on col_a and/or col_b, then I'd stick with the first style.  If not, the second is ok too.

    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 committed value in sql

    Erland Sommarskog wrote:

    OK. By default you'll always read the last committed value, using standard READ COMMITTED (hence the name, I guess :-)).

    ...or you will be blocked if RCSI is not enabled.

    Your...

    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 committed value in sql

    Erland Sommarskog wrote:

    Yes, if userB uses WITH (NOLOCK) on the table(s), or READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level

    But Scott, "IT Researcher" asked "is it possible for userB to read last committed values" and...

    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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