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1:19 AM
@ErikE depends on your database. Postgres and Teradata both have 'sql' functions. You write a 'function' and it really just does a preprocessing 'find and replace'. Nearly 0 overhead (just the small amount for the query rewrite).
 
How much of this are we going to put up with. Seriously. He can't get SSMS 2005 to connect to SQL 2012? Guess what, there's a reason!
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Q: is it possible to have a 32 bit ssms talk to a 64 bit sql server?

Артём ЦарионовI am unable to use an ODBC 64 bit driver with ssms 2012 running on sql server 2012 64 bit computer. However, I believe that the 32 bit driver works. My question is can I use ssms 2005 32 bit to create a linked server using ODBC on a 64 bit instance of sql server 2012? I tried to do this, but w...

These questions are just such a f*ing time sink for everyone involved.
 
 
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8:21 AM
Shouldn't we close this one as too localized?
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Q: SQL server register other IP Address when Cisco VPN client is turned on

veljasijeI found something interesting to me today. By the way, I execute view (sys.dm_exec_connections) for listing active connections on SQL Server and got two rows. In client_net_address I got IP address of my own local machine. Then, I turned on Cisco VPN Client and connect to one VPN profile, and w...

 
 
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10:04 AM
@AaronBertrand He has set a bounty of 500 on SO to help with one of his problems
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Q: catastrophic failure trying to select from linked server

Артём ЦарионовI have created a linked oledb/odbc connection to Pervasive SQL from SQL SERVER 2012: USE [master] GO /****** Object: LinkedServer [KSLAP208] Script Date: 2/8/2013 10:38:55 AM ******/ EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'KSLAP208', @srvproduct=N'Pervasive ODBC Interface', @provider...

 
 
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11:46 AM
Am I the only one who cant connect to dba.se right now?
 
@JackDouglas nope
 
ahhh :)
title: "We are Offline"
nice
We have lost all connectivity with our New York data center, hang on while we try and get things back online..
 
12:02 PM
Well, could be worse, could have happened on Chinese New Year ;-)
 
 
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JNK
1:02 PM
@swasheck really? I've had no issues
they were failing over I thought
 
JNK
1:23 PM
jeez my whole office is empty today
people still haven't dug out yet I guess
 
1:34 PM
@JNK how much snow did you get?
My folks got over 2 feet
 
On the opposite, we have a very sunny February this year.
 
JNK
I got about 3
but drifts in my driveway were up to 4
 
gbn
@ypercube Chilly here for another 4-6 weeks then spring time
 
JNK
and at the end of the road with theplow was over 5 ft
I'm like 2 towns over from Trumbull CT which had the highest for the storm at like 40 some inches
 
2:07 PM
I think it is too early here. I am trying to generate a list of dates using recursive CTE and keeps blowing up
 
JNK
post it
 
here is a fiddle -- sqlfiddle.com/#!3/d41d8/8707
I cannot figure out what on earth I am doing wrong
I literally need 3 days
 
JNK
you were referring to the variable instead of the column in your CTE with your DATEADD
 
oh crap, I feel dumb
 
JNK
also need an <= for the enddate comparison
 
2:12 PM
ha, thanks
 
JNK
don't feel dumb
I am now a full time SQL developer and at least 4 times a day I google the syntax of something
like dateadd
 
I need a second pair of eyes
 
JNK
"does the date field I am changing come first or the datepart?"
 
@JNK I do that too
I was looking at that CTE saying, I have done this so many times, why will this not work?
 
2:14 PM
Or better, this one: sqlfiddle.com/#!3/d41d8/8715
You weren't using the column alias
 
@ypercube I see that know...I think I need for caffeine.
 
gbn
@bluefeet Our coffee machine broke. I am not a happy monkey.
 
@gbn: Did someone ... ?
164
Q: How can users be prevented from pouring water into the bean compartment of a coffee machine?

sharptoothTypical coffee machines have two user-accessible compartments: one for water and one for coffee beans. Pouring water into the bean compartment kills most machines, the repairs cost a fortune. Now here's an improvement (Schaerer Siena-2 if that matters) this machine is permanently connected to...

 
gbn
@ypercube he he. No idea. I see no dead bodies so either
1. They kept it quiet and we didn't find them
or
2. It broke itself
Either way, enforced coffee free day
 
@ypercube I wouldn't use the recursive CTE method - it doesn't scale. See these three posts: sqlperformance.com/tag/date-ranges
 
2:29 PM
@gbn What a frightening prospect!
 
JNK
@AaronBertrand Just make a tally table!
You can put whatever fields you want in it
 
Oh my gosh, I'm going to throw up
 
JNK
lol
@AaronBertrand Were you in RI for the storm? Heard a lot of power outages down that way
 
@AaronBertrand are you going to try to get Aptem's 500 bounty?
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Q: catastrophic failure trying to select from linked server

Артём ЦарионовI have created a linked oledb/odbc connection to Pervasive SQL from SQL SERVER 2012: USE [master] GO /****** Object: LinkedServer [KSLAP208] Script Date: 2/8/2013 10:38:55 AM ******/ EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'KSLAP208', @srvproduct=N'Pervasive ODBC Interface', @provider...

 
@JNK no I was in New Mexico, got back last night.
We didn't lose power at the house while I was gone though, I wouldn't have even been allowed in the dog house when I got back if we had.
 
2:38 PM
@AaronBertrand @JNK I've not caught any of the news coverage since it dropped. How deep were/are the drifts around your homes?
 
JNK
@AaronBertrand Why is that? We amazingly did not lose power. Nobody in my town did which I think is a first. Newtown had like 99% outages after Sandy and Irene
@MarkStorey-Smith I had at least 3 ft everywhere with drifts 4-5 feet
 
@JNK well when I realized the storm was coming I should have considered not going. It was only a SQL Saturday after all. And Madeline was starting to get sick. I probably should have stayed home.
 
JNK
Let me put it this way. I am a pretty damn good snow shoveller after living in Syracuse several years (they average 10+ feet annually)
Normally I can shovel my whole driveway and sidewalk in 20-30 minutes
I shovelled about 10 hours total this weekend
 
We are the same. 2-3 feet consistently, 4-5 foot drifts, plow left 6 foot snowbanks in some places. I need to figure out how to dig out my mailbox today.
 
JNK
and ended up using a snow blower too
 
2:41 PM
I had a plow arranged (but I would have called a plow were I home, too - can't justify spending 10 hours out there doing something I can pay someone else $40 to do in 5 minutes)
 
JNK
I'm cheap and was home anyways
plus I heard it was closer to $100-150 for this storm
because they were extra busy and it was extra amount of snow
 
I have a guy on retainer essentially. $40/trip regardless of amount of snow.
 
JNK
nice
 
Hey anyone using Plan Explorer go hit the version checker RIGHT NOW
Change list here (I have a blog post coming shortly): downloads.sqlsentry.net/downloads/sqlsentryplanexplorer/…
Balls. Version checker service isn't updated yet. Just go to the download page. sqlsentry.net/plan-explorer/sql-server-query-view.asp
 
@AaronBertrand was about to say that it showed me no changes yet
going to the download page now
 
2:45 PM
Yeah I just double-checked that too
To me, it seems like you should have a single answer that meets the OP's criteria. If you don't know which scenario they're in, get clarification. Seems awkward to me to have two different answers to the same question. At the very least they could be combined into one answer with two sections. — Aaron Bertrand 18 secs ago
I wasn't the down-voter by the way. I just have this thing about same user -> two answer -> same question.
 
JNK
I'm not a fan either but it's officially OK
 
@JNK I understand it's allowed, but I didn't think it was encouraged. You even get a prompt when you try to do it.
 
JNK
yeah I know
for something like this I think it's OK though
especially with a kind of generic issue like a restore problem
two different scenarios two different solutions
Ostensibly we want to help the original poster but the real value is assumed to be for future visitors so covering all bases is alright
 
I find the second answer extremely hard to read, and the question has been marked as a duplicate anyway.
 
JNK
true
oo XML indexing in 2012 SP1?
 
2:56 PM
@AaronBertrand I think I flagged that chap for the mods last week
 
He provided two answers on this question too
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Q: Identify applications with locks

carlo.borreoIn my environment there is a database Sybase ASE 15, that I need to replace with a Microsoft SQL Server 2000-r2. Many users access this database via some applications, that sometimes "forget" to commit a transaction, then idle indefinitely keeping the table lock. This has a terrible effect: all o...

 
JNK
well that just seems like blatant rep farming
"let me get double the votes!"
 
JNK
3:08 PM
and we're back
 
I tried to mention that I was going to post a Q about deadlocking and all of a sudden bam the heap goes down. Coincidence I think not.
 
JNK
lol
you crashed it!
 
3:21 PM
friggin chat logins
 
That was perculiar
 
Morning gents
 
my issue was just getting logged out >.<
@DTest going "legit" on the name huh?
 
@jcolebrand more or less
 
@DerekDowney good move. DAE remember when my chat handle was drachenstern?
 
3:24 PM
indeed...did switching it legit help you out?
 
@AaronBertrand Only need to refresh PE proper, not the SSMS plugin, yeah?
 
morning
 
@billinkc that's right, I don't believe the plugin has changed in ages
Please don't tweet about this yet btw
 
@AaronBertrand What's twitter? :P
 
Oy, chat is rather broken huh? balpha is working on it.
 
JNK
3:39 PM
I think it's up now
they are apparently upgrading the search in chat
I'm assuming to make it elastisearch like on the site
 
@JNK that's our next job
 
JNK
oh hi Marc!
quickly cleans the room
 
we were just moving chat between sql nodes so we can burninate some servers in the OR data-center
the fun of DC moves
 
Signs I'm not awake yet. Ran a demo query and couldn't find the option to open with PE. However, if I don't turn on actual execution plan, I won't have an export option...
If anyone needs a few pounds of lung butter, send a SASE to me and I'll be happy to return it
 
@JNK don't bother with that; we run on .NET - has inbuilt garbage collection
 
JNK
3:42 PM
@MarcGravell You need the rack space?
 
no; we just want to flatten some servers, change to 2012 etc, and re-enable AG back from NYC to OR
 
JNK
@MarcGravell you're upgrading to SS 2012?
 
@DerekDowney how's pythian treating you?
 
@swasheck Good so far. Haven't gotten to the point of doing anything useful yet though
 
@DerekDowney perfect!
 
3:54 PM
@njk ? This confuses me...
 
lol somebody comes crying about their user being turned off in the db because we shutoff the user for the person who sits besides them and just left the company... "Why did you turn off my user?" "Its not your user...you were sharing a user...like you're not supposed to." "Well, can you turn her back on?" "No!" lol
 
@DerekDowney It has helped people find me better on gmail and the like, I think. I've certainly gotten more emails because of it. And the SE team calls me jco now.
 
@JNK i've spend the last 45 seconds laughing out loud at this one. PMO and sysadmin walked over to see what was so funny
 
@MarcGravell So you stepped in here to make sure you were doing the 2012 upgrade correctly? ;-)
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JNK
4:02 PM
I don't think they have a dedicated DBA since thye just get Brent to help as needed
So they are crowdsourcing it from here going forward
 
njk
@MichaelFredrickson What's confusing about it?
 
@swasheck Damn, it appears that now my work is blocking the proxy I was using, and I can't see that page anymore
@njk why is % not a wildcard?
 
@JNK I concur with the sentiment and they should be asking this group or at least our site.
 
njk
@lamak Poor choice of words on my part.
@Lamak I can see how that's confusing
 
@njk ;-), I think that was confusing @MichaelFredrickson
 
njk
4:08 PM
@Lamak I have _ stored as a wildcard for LIKE in my head.
@Lamak And % has no definition
 
@jcolebrand no, I stepped in here because I needed to post a message to all rooms (which I do via voodoo in the chat window), and it was the first room I clicked on ;)
@JNK I believe so, yes; on server core
 
@MarcGravell voodoo? who do?
 
@MarcGravell yay for server core
 
Also, you should be pestering these guys for more and more help on SQL Server 2012 updates
Like the SP1 issues ;-)
 
@jcolebrand |: msiexec.exe :|
 
4:10 PM
@swasheck wut?
 
@jcolebrand we do / what / remind me of the babe
 
@jcolebrand also ... this
 
@MarcGravell I thought it was "you do"
 
it has been a few years and I didn't check. If you say so, then I'll believe you.
 
4:13 PM
@swasheck so you're saying "just keep updating"?
@MarcGravell it's been at least 6 months. I've slept since then. I don't recall either. Point being, "communal reference acknowledged!"
 
4:33 PM
I seriously do not like the way some people format their SQL code
I find this difficult to read
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A: COUNT for every GROUP BY with non existent values

Gordon LinoffWhat you need is a driver table that has all the values you want to output. You can then left outer join this to the actual data: SELECT count(notification.eid) as count FROM (select distinct eid from notification ) drivers left outer join (select * from notification ...

 
JNK
yeah I really hate getting JOIN keywords at the end of a line
 
I know everyone has their own way but make it somewhat readable
 
Anyone else read this what-if.xkcd.com ?
 
@Zane Every Tuesday
 
@Zane That's pretty cool, never seen that before.
 
JNK
4:39 PM
@Zane Yeah it's pretty great. the interplanetary cessna was awesome
 
@billinkc Missed you in the 505, sir.
 
JNK
> Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and then stop being a plane.
 
@MikeFal I regret not being there, looks like good times were had by all. Keith had a good sales pitch at the Summit too
 
JNK
Is that SQL Saturday?
 
@billinkc It was pretty awesome. Keith and Meredith did a great job. Smallish event, but solid speakers and networking.
 
4:43 PM
@JNK Yeah, Albuquerque was this past weekend
And skiiing it seems
 
JNK
never been to one of those
 
Where are you at again?
 
How have you never been to a SQLSaturday?
I've been to two ;-)
 
JNK
Connecticut
Hm theres one in north haven
 
@JNK There's actually going to be several in that area. Boston would be a great time, it's a largish one.
 
4:46 PM
@MikeFal how was #SQLSat180ish?
 
JNK
North haven is like 45 minutes from my house in Newtown
The boston one is around my Bday not sure I can go then
 
@Zane Awesome. Had a great time talking with folks and people liked my server core preso.
 
Server core preso?
 
@JNK I hear ya. You should go to one, for sure. They're great events, no matter the size.
@Zane Yeah, I have a presentation that introduces SQL 2012 on Windows Server Core.
@Zane If you haven't heard of Server Core......technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184075.aspx
 
@MikeFal I have a massive desire to play with 2012
 
JNK
4:48 PM
why the hell do they default to show you event info in XML?
 
I should probably fire up my old contractor MSDN license and download it.
 
@Zane You can also download 180 day eval editions for free. And create virtual machines on VirtualBox
 
I have a contractor MSDN I just need to remember what the password is and download it.
 
I met a guy at the Portland SQL Saturday who talked about his side project, sqlspade.codeplex.com Sounded nifty
 
It gives me Full/Dev editions of pretty much every product they make.
 
4:52 PM
@Zane Sure, sure. I have an MSDN license myself. Just saying if you can't get the full versions, the eval versions will give you enough to play with.
 
@MikeFal TWSS
 
@MikeFal I also need to build a box to run this...
 
@Zane VirtualBox!
 
@jcolebrand no, i'm saying that MSIEXEC.EXE keeps running
 
@MikeFal I have no box with which to host a Virtual box lol
 
4:54 PM
@swasheck which is more or less what I was saying that they could come here and know those details right away.
 
@jcolebrand indeed. i wasnt disagreeing with you
curry from Istanbul. white and red pepper from gaziantep. salt from antakya. chicken from Tyson. one of these components of my lunch is not like the other
 
Istanbul? Not Constantinople?
 
@MikeFal when did that happen?
 
@MikeFal ah the old TMBG days
 
@MikeFal Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.... Why they changed it I can't say
 
4:57 PM
@Zane People just liked it better that way!
 
@MikeFal I bet it is İstanbul (sorry)
 
lol
 
ANA NG is my favorite TMBG song, anyway.
 
JNK
I may go to the north haven SQLSat since @AaronBertrand is giving a session
 
@MikeFal I have the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Lads Version on 78.
 
4:59 PM
@JNK "How to survive the lunacy of StackOverflow: a survivor's handbook"
 
@JNK You totally should. For other reasons as well, like LaRock, Fritchey, or even Corbett and Velic.
 
@JNK how North is it?
 
@MikeFal that's quite the lineup
 
JNK
@Zane Uhm its 45 mins away for me
 
njk
5:01 PM
Anyone going to the Chicago SQL Saturday?
 
@njk Unfortunately, no. Timing didn't work out. Closest I'll be is Omaha the week before.
 
@swasheck if only I could afford to go places.
@njk when?
@JNK I always like to purchase music on the format it was originally released on.
 
njk
@Zane It's April 11 I believe
 
@njk Then probably
 
JNK
Chicago is on 4/13
(SQL Saturday takes place between Friday and Sunday normally)
 
5:10 PM
How do you determine weather or not you have a high number of lock requests per second?
 
shoot me, I have someone who asked me into chat about an answer and now they want me to fix their either query
 
njk
@bluefeet Nice job.
 
JNK
@bluefeet You're in exalted company
Installing Office 2013
looks pretty sweet
 
@JNK it's actually not bad. i really like the improvements to lookOut
 
@JNK I am a fan
 
JNK
5:13 PM
this msdn thing is nice
 
flat out wrong answer
 
@JNK PROJECT SERVER FOR ALL!
 
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A: SQL Server distinct not being used properly

Gordon LinoffWhat have you done wrong? You have selected all the columns from the address table, not realizing that one or more of them is incompatible with distinct. You can probably do the same thing by taking advantage of a MySQL feature called Hidden Columns: select ad.*, acc.companyname, acc.acc...

 
If you're only interested in SQL Server, a developer edition costs less than 50 dollars last I looked. It's amazing how inexpensive it is
 
@billinkc until you want to go live
 
5:14 PM
@swasheck Especially given the price differential ;)
 
@billinkc wait ... which enterprise features did i roll into this concept??
 
@swasheck Shutup and get our your wallet (and be happy we can't Oracle you on this)
 
njk
@billinkc If you still have an *.edu e-mail chances are you can still get a copy of any SQL Server version from DreamSpark
 
@njk dreamspark, bizspark ... the *Spark things are generous
 
@njk Good to know. Unfortunately for my wallet, I have an MSDN subscription
 
5:19 PM
dba.stackexchange.com/questions/15231/… @ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells lol Our datawarehouse is available 24/7 and it updates ever hour and 30 minutes and I get my ass chewed for it being to slow....
 
njk
@swasheck Didn't know about bizspark. Pretty neat.
 
And our IT department build our servers on NewEGG.......
 
@njk bizspark is a gateway drug.
 
njk
Can someone answer this? Not too familiar with `NEWID()`...
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14817235/generate-new-guid-in-sql-server-if-one-is-not-provided#comment20756102_14817235
ha
 
JNK
lol 100 TB database
I like how everyone thinks that their data set is exceptional and unheard of and massive
 
5:22 PM
@JNK i have a 27GB datawarehouse, should I go Mongo or Cassandra for my "Big Data" needs?
 
http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/34534/ssas-drillthough-limit
Am I wrong in assuming that if your drilling down that far your kind of missing the point of SSAS.
 
JNK
@swasheck Hadoop!
@Zane Not really, I have a use case for it
I made a cube for non-technical end users to explore some performance metric data
the drill down to a specific fact line is handy for finding exceptions
"We have one claim that was entered for -$5b?"
It also lets end users see specifics that are hard to capture in a dimension, like an ID value for that specific entity
 
@Zane Upvoted for great justice
 
njk
@Zane +1. Thank you :)
 
5:28 PM
I took a crack at it. I would never recommend anyone use NEWID() for anything ever!
 
Though, frankly, I'd just shoot him on principle for wanting to use GUIDs.
 
Some of our devs use that shit and I have to rebuild those indexes multiple times a day! (Angry Face)
 
Might want to edit your answer and show an example of CREATE TABLE syntax with the NEWSEQUENTIALID() as a default syntax, though.
That would be a little more informative.
 
stackoverflow.com/questions/14817121/… I love how @bluefeet calls out answers that do not work.
 
@MikeFal depends on scatter and IO
but as a matter of principle ... yes, shoot the dev
 
5:32 PM
Well, let's be honest. I would shoot the dev anyway, the GUID desire gives me an excuse.
 
@MikeFal Good point however my job calls me atm.
 
@MikeFal as i said ... it's generally good guidance to just shoot the dev
 
@Zane I'll create an edit with a relevant example.
 
JNK
i hate that even when a post is deleted it still bumps the parent post on the main page
 
@Zane Edit added
 
njk
5:44 PM
@MikeFal I approved your edit.
 
@njk Boom sha kala ka. Feel the collaborative power of DBA SE
 
njk
:)
 
JNK
@AaronBertrand SQLSentryOverflow? :)
 
6:01 PM
@MikeFal Oh god did you see stackoverflow.com/users/1981471/syn123 's answer?
@MikeFal how to explain that is the worst idea anyone has ever had without being insulting?
 
@Zane Oh, the trigger?
 
Yeah.
 
njk
@Zane You talking about this one?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14817235/generate-new-guid-in-sql-server-if-one-is-not-provided/14817567#14817567
 
@njk yeah.
 
@Zane I'm ignoring it in the hopes that it goes away and dies in a fire.
 
6:03 PM
I don't know if I should do that or try to explain to the user how awful that would be.
 
Your answer has 6 upvotes anyway, things should take care of themselves.
 
@JNK not quite. :-)
 
njk
@AaronBertrand Did you receive my e-mail per chance? I know you're busy but just wanted to know you have received it.
 
@njk yes I have received it but have been swamped.
Just got back from New Mexico last night. Today I'm dealing with a sick infant.
 
@AaronBertrand those are the worst. sorry man. you just feel so helpless
 
njk
6:05 PM
@AaronBertrand No worries. Whenever you get around to it :)
Hope your little one feels better
 
Thanks. Just cough/wheezing/crusty eyes but she's miserable. :-(
Pediatrician will see her at 2:00.
(Sorry, forgot about time zones. In less than an hour.)
 
@AaronBertrand How was your trip back?
 
@MikeFal Much less eventful than the way there. Guy beside me was one of those "I know this is a shared armrest, but today it's mine" jerks.
@Zane I down-voted and commented. Even if it was done right that would still be an awful idea.
 
JNK
@AaronBertrand Wait til/if you have 2 of them. There's a critical mass that you reach where you have a sustainable ecosystem of pestilence. Someone in my house has been sick since thanksgiving
 
@JNK gross. Remind me to wear a bird flu mask at SQL Saturday
 
JNK
6:13 PM
The upside is I have a pretty robust immune system now
 
That which does not kill you....
 
Ok Change of plans I'm going to collect 24 hours of Deadlock data before posting a question as I may have a fix.
"There is no indexing on this table and I do no care if it is sequential. Eventually I will always be supplying the GUID value and this could come from a different system where it is a unique value and NOT always a GUID so I have this field as a NVARCHAR to make it a little more flexible."
Ouch my brain hurts now.
 
@Zane but he has a system that is a liitle more flexible now
how can you not agree with that?
you are to stiff
 
@Lamak @MikeFal step away from this
 
That comment broke my brain. I now require a cigarette.
 
6:27 PM
There is no indexing on this table and I do no care if it is sequential. Eventually I will always be supplying the GUID value and this could come from a different system where it is a unique value and NOT always a GUID so I have this field as a NVARCHAR to make it a little more flexible. — Slee 5 mins ago
 
I'm going to suggest they redesign their database as a key value pair and be done with it
 
boggle
 
@MikeFal What is the point of this Column? Of this Table? What could this person possibly be doing?
 
@Zane something flexible
 
It's not even an actual GUID its NVARCHAR.....
 
6:29 PM
 
That way we can store whatever we need once we exhaust the GUID domain
 
Okay Zane stop ranting just go have your cigarette and calm down.
 
6:40 PM
I have 5 million records and I need to count all commas.
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Q: SQL Comma seperated string total count

Murtaza MandviSchema : SubscriberId NewsletterIdCsv ------------ --------------- 1 48,51,94 2 43,22 3 33,11 4 90,61 I Need to get the count for each rows NewsletterIdCsv and then add all of them up to get a total count of all rows, for the basic row count I am doing the following...

 
@bluefeet my answer to that question is, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Wait. You're serious?"
 
I know, terrible
 
@bluefeet A puppy dies everytime somebody stores csv data in a single column.
5
 
@rfusca then they have killed 5 million puppies
 
@bluefeet THE HORROR!
we do it too...despite my efforts to warn against it...*sigh*
 
6:44 PM
@rfusca puppy killer
wow
@billinkc Since we are anticipating 1.5 billion rows, normalization was already considered, tried and tested and it turned out to be extremely slow, these are just our intermediate tables where we work off to prepare the final data. — Murtaza Mandvi 32 secs ago
 
but we do it much worse. we store two columns in a table that are csv and the order of the csv matter because one column is a pair with the other column. Think of it like one column is latitude values and the other column is longitude values. So one column is 82,84,85 and one is 28,29,30 but really it represents (82,28) (84,29) and (85,30) for example.
 
@rfusca bob barker would be proud
 
@rfusca that is worse
 
@bluefeet yes, yes it is
 
@bluefeet I saw and just hung my head.
 
6:48 PM
but i've written a view that normalizes it and i'm going to materialize it since that data rarely changes
should speed a particular process up tons
 
@billinkc it was extremely slow
 
@bluefeet some people its not even worth arguing with though ya know?
 
Ugh counting comma's in a column. Storing non-sequential GUID's as NVARCHAR in a Heap table. What is going on today? Or is it always this bad and I'm usually just to busy to notice?
 
@Zane door number two
 
@Zane homonyms are difficult, no?
 
6:59 PM
@swasheck eh?
 
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