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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 1

Luis Cazares (3/10/2014)
Good Monday everyone,
I've been away for a week and seems a lot to me. I moved to a different area in my company and I've been adapting and learning (and struggling with the lack of internet access).
Congratulations to Jack on his new job.
If you want to talk about traffic, It takes me about an hour to get to work when it should take me about 20min. That's the price of living in one of the most populated cities in the world.

Congrats to you and Jack both.

I used to drive 45 miles to work and it would take anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 hours depending on the weather and the traffic.

I've been in 7th heaven for the last 2+ years at my "new" job, though. I live close enough to work that I could ride my unicycle to get there without getting chafe marks. 😛

--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)

BrainDonor SSCoach Points: 19254 More actions · Answer 2

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 3

Looks like someone has a split personality.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1549262-2799-1.aspx

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Looks like someone has a split personality.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1549262-2799-1.aspx

Yeah, Koen - "suggest me". I didn't rename the server, but what should I do if I did? Then it's almost like he doesn't know if the server was renamed. :crazy:

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

I'm feeling like a parrot today.

"Let me repeat what has already been said in this thread"

"Let me repeat what I said earlier in this thread"

"Let me quote the answer to that question from earlier in this thread"

...

*headdesk*

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 6

Someone gives this guy the persistence medal.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1549110-391-1.aspx#bm1549735

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Someone gives this guy the persistence medal.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1549110-391-1.aspx#bm1549735

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 8

By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 9

Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.

I think we're talking about the same topic 😀

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 10

Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.
I think we're talking about the same topic 😀

Yup.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (3/11/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.
I think we're talking about the same topic 😀
Yup.

And a couple of others recently on other sites. The piercing focus on defragging indexes is another one that seems weird.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

Author of:
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SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (3/11/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.
I think we're talking about the same topic 😀
Yup.

I really wonder if he's been waiting for over a day now to create that new table.

His boss must be very pleased.

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 13

Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
GilaMonster (3/11/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (3/11/2014)
Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
By the gods, people get hung up on the weirdest darned things. They can focus like a laser on stuff that's just a waste of time. It's weird.
I think we're talking about the same topic 😀
Yup.
I really wonder if he's been waiting for over a day now to create that new table.
His boss must be very pleased.

I always approached from the aspect of using the field most appropriate for the data, then IF you have a performance issue, explore your options.

The field either needs decimal precision or not.

Maybe he needs a data dictionary like JDE. 😀

And their Julian Dates.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 14

Editing and rewriting the query tuning book for 2014 when I came across this:

Queries may be attempting to deal with data in a row-by-row fashion (or to quote Jeff Moden, Row By Agonizing Row, which is abbreviated to RBAR and pronounced “reebar”) instead of in logical sets.

I had completely forgot I put that in there. Gave me a chuckle.

Thanks for such an awesome term Jeff.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (3/11/2014)
Editing and rewriting the query tuning book for 2014 when I came across this:
Queries may be attempting to deal with data in a row-by-row fashion (or to quote Jeff Moden, Row By Agonizing Row, which is abbreviated to RBAR and pronounced “reebar”) instead of in logical sets.
I had completely forgot I put that in there. Gave me a chuckle.
Thanks for such an awesome term Jeff.

Heh... I had no idea that it would become the proverbial household word in so few years but it has because of good folks like you, Grant, and the good folks on this forum. Thank you very much for the mention in your fine writings. I'm deeply honored and truly humbled.

--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)