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RE: Date range in query removes outer joins?

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Lot's of good books out there. Personally thou I learn better from testing various ways and running into issues myself. I always found the Exam Cram books good in overall view and of course SQL BOL. But as for a book totally focused on querying techniques I have not found one that hits my fancy […]

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2004-03-23

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RE: Query Problem

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Consider you are doing distinct on you output so by themselvesAccountNumber, originalBilledAmount, tbl_PerformedProcedure.PatientPrimaryKeyYou get 3252 but when you add inPhysicianID, cptcodeYou will of course have more potentials for differences should accoutn for that.If you remove distinct they should be the same either way.If there is a reason for distinct please explain what you are wanting.

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2004-03-22

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RE: Access database to sql2k

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I transfer my Access DB to SQL Server 2000 the best way is to use Access 2002 (XP) upsizing wizard .... it trasfer data , RELATIONSHIPS, INDEXES, defaults and many other things Use RDI in Relationships of course check all checkbox (to trasfer indexes) Ok ... ? try .. and If you need any help […]

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2004-03-18

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Drop Indexes

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This script drop all indexes from table, including Primary Key contraint. First it del nonclustered indexes, then clustered and at last - drops PK contraint. This scirpt is useful, when you need drop all indexes, like when doing ETL process.

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2004-03-17

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RE: sp_prepexec

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generally it is not sp_prepexec that is the root cause of 100% cpu usage, it is usually a very poorly formed query/design. sp_prepexec is used by ODBC and OLE to try an optimize sql that may or may not be used over and over again. So when the connection first issues free form sql, it […]

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2004-03-16

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