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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 1

Congratulations, Gianluca 😀

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 2

WayneS (12/20/2010)
Greg Edwards-268690 (12/20/2010)
WayneS (12/19/2010)
WayneS (12/16/2010)
What are your preferences for VM machines - VMWare or VirtualPC?
I've been using VMWare for years (and am happy with it), but to install a 64-bit Windows 7 and Denali, I'll need to upgrade (again) at $100.
So, what say you?
So, with (from the people that responded) 1 person using VMWare, 2 using Virtual PC, and 3 using VirtualBox, I've decided to try VirtualBox. So far, it's looking pretty good. I easily installed Windows 7 64-bit, and I'm doing all the upgrades right now (58!). Still have to install AV and Firewall, then finally Denali, but so far everything is looking good! Let me know if you want to know more...
So I guess my Hyper V fell into the Itanium category?
But I guess not everyone just has a server OS available.
W2008 does make a great client OS - some of the eye candy is missing, but I can do without that.
Also note that with W7 (and W2008 R2) you can boot directly to a .vhd.
Which could have some advantages and speed up the environment.
And since Denali is Beta, with a timebomb, running it on a trial version of W2008 R2 might make sense.
Just something to think about.
Greg E
Greg - Sorry, but somehow I missed your post. And with what you just mentioned, I see that I omitted a key piece of information - this is running on my laptop, not a work server. (I kinda implied it with installing win7, but I wasn't specific about it.)
I have to say... I was impressed with the Win7 install on VirtualBox. It went VERY SMOOTHLY! And as soon as I have everything installed that I want on that, I'll make a copy and start installing Denali.

I kind of thought that, and even with laptops, I know a number of those running a server OS on them.

The boot from .vhd - you could use W2008 R2 as a dual boot, create a Hyper V of W2008 R2 on it, and then copy that out to put into the boot menu. That gets rid of some of the overhead.

The drawback is if you need something on the base OS that is not in the secondary environments, since you would only be running 1 OS at a time.

Greg E

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 3

Celko warning alert

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

The Dixie Flatline (12/20/2010)
Congratulations, Gianluca 😀

I echo that - Congrats Gianluca.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Ray K (12/20/2010)
Celko warning alert

nah - that isn't bad. I think there are many people that would have or have posted similar statements in their replies.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 6

Ray K (12/20/2010)
Celko warning alert

But the OP blasted him right back

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (12/20/2010)
Ray K (12/20/2010)
Celko warning alert
But the OP blasted him right back

Yeah, I really liked how the OP pointed out that all Celko's assumptions were wrong. He seems to think everyone that posts here started programming back in the 80s with his obsession with COBOL and the like.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 8

Stefan Krzywicki (12/20/2010)
WayneS (12/20/2010)
Ray K (12/20/2010)
Celko warning alert
But the OP blasted him right back
Yeah, I really liked how the OP pointed out that all Celko's assumptions were wrong. He seems to think everyone that posts here started programming back in the 80s with his obsession with COBOL and the like.

BWWWWAAAAA-HAAAAA-HAAA!!! It seems the OP's code actually has the ultimate answer to that particular problem built into it...

AND SOBS.Active = 1

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (12/20/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (12/20/2010)
Congratulations, Gianluca 😀
I echo that - Congrats Gianluca.

Sorry for the delay...

Thanks Jason, Bob and Paul!

-- Gianluca Sartori

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 10

Our resident Kiwi, Paul being recongnized in the 12 days of Christmas series[/url].

Well done Paul.

-Roy

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 11

spaghettidba

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December 21, 2010 at 8:21 am

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Well done, Paul!

-- Gianluca Sartori

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Roy Ernest (12/21/2010)
Our resident Kiwi, Paul being recongnized in the 12 days of Christmas series[/url].
Well done Paul.

Yes - well done.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 13

New fun toy - Google NGrams Viewer

looking for info on which technology to study next? Find out what's trending:

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=SQL+Server%2COracle%2CDB2%2CMySQL&year_start=2000&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3

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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

jcrawf02 (12/21/2010)
New fun toy - Google NGrams Viewer
looking for info on which technology to study next? Find out what's trending:
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=SSIS%2CSSAS%2CSSRS&year_start=2000&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3%5B/url%5D
also:
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=SQL+Server%2COracle%2CDB2%2CMySQL&year_start=2000&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3

Fixed urls

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 15

Roy Ernest (12/21/2010)
Our resident Kiwi, Paul being recongnized in the 12 days of Christmas series[/url].
Well done Paul.

Congrats Paul! And I have to agree with Kendra - whenever you have a new blog post, I'm about to learn something (maybe unlearning along the way!)

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2