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Yes, Except seems like the hardest of the join operators for the query engine. Wouldn't the two-way compare
SELECT * FROM
(
SELECT * FROM Staging.dbo.WIDGET
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM Production.dbo.WIDGET
...
November 4, 2011 at 11:51 am
BIDS does not run in VS 2010. You need to use VS 2008.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173767.aspx
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 does not support Business Intelligence Development Studio Integration Services, Report Services and Analysis Services...
November 1, 2010 at 8:22 am
The short answer is 'with a recursive CTE.' It's an interesting question, though, and I may work up an answer for you this weekend.
Do you can about weekends and holidays,...
October 1, 2010 at 10:29 am
(edited because I failed to constrain by company code the first time)
Here, try this. Just saying, this would have been easier for me if you'd done the bit about creating...
October 1, 2010 at 10:07 am
You may end up with one non-NULL item code. Your query expression with TOP gets (logically) evaluated before the join. You can fix it with a CROSS APPLY -- or...
October 1, 2010 at 8:46 am
Hey, remember when COM+/Component Services had a code name, it was Viper. And Microsoft's reusing Denali, which is why it seems so familiar (I was a support engineer for Visual...
September 8, 2010 at 3:27 pm
"I have my eyes on Denali."
Clever. We'll have to start parsing what Microsoftees say more closely.
September 8, 2010 at 3:17 pm
itsmeman (1/5/2010)
what advice would you all have to not using cursors if youhave sensitive data that needs to be checked to maintain its integrity?
I believe that SQL...
June 1, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Start here
You can use nested sets to simplify any hierarchy. Kamfonas' site should get you going -- the first thing to do is to change your parent/child model to a...
June 1, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Blank NULL? Or blank zero characters? You can certainly use ISNULL, but if you care about performance more than simplicity, go for the union.
SELECT *
FROM TableA TA, TableB TB...
June 1, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Really well constructed. My growing panic was nearly tangible.
March 31, 2010 at 11:40 pm
GilaMonster (8/10/2009)
Ion Freeman (8/10/2009)
Thanks, Gail. You saved me a lot of time 😉Pleasure. What exactly did I save you time in regards to?
I had been going to respond to this...
August 10, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Thanks, Gail. You saved me a lot of time 😉
August 10, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Well, exactly. I wouldn't compare this to subqueries, I'd compare it to using top and a sort. Is it faster than that? I'd expect them to be about the same...
May 13, 2009 at 9:30 am
Steve Jones - Editor (5/20/2008)
If you think this should be changed, file this on Connect (connect.microsoft.com) and get people to vote for it.
And tell us, so we can vote against...
May 21, 2008 at 8:45 am
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