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  • RE: Practical Hekaton

    Phil Parkin (6/11/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (6/11/2015)


    Microsoft has always, always released what they had and then improved it later. Every product they have has gone through this. The initial products were frequently...

  • RE: Practical Hekaton

    Microsoft has always, always released what they had and then improved it later. Every product they have has gone through this. The initial products were frequently derided, but after a...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    Brian J. Parker (6/5/2015)


    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    That's a different but interesting topic. For that I have a separate Holiday table.

    I agree that that's a better way. It's been on my list...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    Still no reason to go to a cursor.

    I only use(d) a cursor to initially populate the dates. The susquent updates, including the holidays (each holiday date individually typed...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    Why would the day being a holiday be a problem?

    It's not a problem, it's just that there's no date function for that and unlike almost all the others has...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    Why do you need the hour? Is that necessary to populate the date when it's just the date? I'm intrigued by this method, but not sure it...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    Sean Lange (6/5/2015)


    Not sure why the previous links were funky...something weird is going on....

    --EDIT--

    The links had a couple invalid characters.

    Sioban's Article[/url]

    Jeff's fantastic article[/url]

    This is one Sioban wrote on using a...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    Populating a date dimension can be done using a tally table. No loop necessary.

    The code executes faster but it is also a LOT simpler to write than a loop.

    The...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    Sean Lange (6/5/2015)


    Brian J. Parker (6/5/2015)


    Alan.B (6/5/2015)


    RonKyle (6/5/2015)


    cursors are there to be used for admin scripts to be executed manually

    I like this caveat, especially as it now excuses my one...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    g.britton (6/1/2015)


    pietlinden (6/1/2015)


    Not a very helpful article. A really helpful article would have gone something like...

    Here are some places where you might consider a cursor...

    Here are places where...

  • RE: A Case FOR Cursors...

    There are absolutely times to use cursors. Creating a procedure to automatically rebuild or reorder indexes throughout your entire database is one.

    The "Don't use cursors" is primarily a warning to...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (4/8/2015)


    Probably get in a little trouble for this, but since I know that many of you are both SF fans and, let's just say, not on the same...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SqlSanctum (4/3/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (4/3/2015)


    djj (4/3/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    It's Friday and I'm grumpy...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1674050-3412-1.aspx

    Are you grumpy because you are working on the Good...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (4/3/2015)


    djj (4/3/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    It's Friday and I'm grumpy...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1674050-3412-1.aspx

    Are you grumpy because you are working on the Good Friday...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Sioban Krzywicki (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    It's Friday and I'm grumpy...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1674050-3412-1.aspx

    Are you grumpy because you are working on the Good Friday or was it the last...

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