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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 1

Happy New Year to you and yours, Steve!

Same to everyone else! Have a very happy New Year! Lot's of good stuff coming up in 2015!

--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 2

Happy New Year everybody!

And there's a very special thank you message for every single one of you on my blog here! 🙂

Thank you for involving me in the most addictive technology community in the world!

-- Gianluca Sartori

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 3

Hey, congrats on this!

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

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 4

Oh my! Congratulations, Gianluca! That's absolutely awesome!

--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)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

... Mark one off, 57 days on the calendar to go. 57 days on the calendar to go, 57 days to go, ...

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

Congratulations!! Awesome job, and keep up the good work!

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 7

Congratulations Gianluca, well done!

😎

Divine Flame SSCoach Points: 15943 More actions · Answer 8

Divine Flame

SSCoach

Points: 15943

January 2, 2015 at 3:08 am

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Happy New Year Everyone !!!

Sujeet Singh

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 9

Congrats!

Well done.

Happy New Year to you, and all of you.

"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

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 10

Happy New Year everyone!

Who, like me, is at work today?

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 11

Me. Covering for the younger folks that have families.

--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)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736232 More actions · Answer 12

I'm here. Around a doctor's appt for my daughter, I'll be around today and all of Jan.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

Yep, working with the biggest and nastiest financial spreadsheet spaghetti nightmare you could possibly imagine. Only the lingering taste of roast goose and the thought of a Thornbridge ale when I get home are keeping me going.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 14

Top work Gianluca, very well deserved!

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 15

I'm working today. Just finished a new article for Tony, wrote a blog post, getting started on a new slide deck.

HA! Who am I kidding, that's not work. But the vacation is over.

"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