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  • RE: Version control of rows.

    "...is by using a creation_datetime column and a delete_indicator..."

    except that as indicated earlier, at point B, where they want to know what's changed and (roughly) when, they don't got no...

  • RE: An Urgent Ad Hoc Report

    I honestly didn't think he was being sarcastic.

  • RE: An Urgent Ad Hoc Report

    I do agree wtih Jeff Moden's sentiments. Don't arbitrarily change anything unless you're prepared to carry the can for it down the track, because you will. So many bosses are...

  • RE: I'm from the government and I'm here to help

    That reminds me of the time I was working with a doctor who had to enter some notes into the system and didn't want to. For diagnosis he typed ":"....

  • RE: Perfect is the Enemy of Good

    Be good to see an alternative article on how to maintain your standards when thrown into a (purely hypothetical of course) BI/Reporting team where:

  • Nothing is documented and the...

  • RE: Is there a performance gain using If Not exists versus If (select coun(*) from ... see example

    Ah. Thank you. I also failed to mention the value of using

    DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS

    before running the batch.

  • RE: Is there a performance gain using If Not exists versus If (select coun(*) from ... see example

    Also remember that the execution plan will tell you what the relative cost of the queries will be. If you execute both queries at the same time and look at...

  • RE: Table design/select statements - rows to columns (T-SQL)?

    "...I would like to be able to present the result..."

    You might want to leave presentation for a presenation tool rather than doing it with TSQL. For example you could use...

  • RE: More Tips for New (and old) DBAs

    Closely related to the concept of saying "no" effectively, is the concept of saying "yes" realistically. I have seen countless instances where DBAs and similar IT professionals will commit in...

  • RE: The Numbers Table

    I must be missing something here. The thing I don't get about the whole tally of numbers discussion is why so much time and effort seems to always be devoted...

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