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Odd syntax error when creating view with SCHEMABINDING [closed]

I've been working with SQL Views for a while now, and I recently read that something that I want to do requires that one of my views be created with schemabinding. That sounds fine, but I get a ...
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Join To a @Table Variable is running ineficiently

Alright so I have a report sproc that was running incredibly slow. Customers were complaining that the report would not run so I started investigating exactly where in the sproc the problem was and I ...
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Is it a best practice to contrast table and dependent view metadata to target which views to refresh?

We have non-indexed views created on vendor tables. When they change table structure or column definitions we run sp_refreshview as needed. What is the viability of a script to contrast the table ...
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need suggestions to improve view performance

I am looking to improve the performance of a view in SQL Server 2008. This view exists in a reporting database that is widely used by not-very-technical-folk to basically denormalize all of these ...
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SQL query to return a column per date in date range?

Let me explain what I've got and what I'm trying to achieve. Let's say I have Table A: BookingsPerPerson Person_Id ArrivalDate DepartureDate 123456 2012-01-01 2012-01-04 213415 ...
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IN Clause causes Execution plan to change from Nested Loops to Hash Match

I'm tuning a query and have discovered some behaviour I'm not clear about. If I remove the WHERE IN clause the query runs in 3 seconds instead of 3 minutes. There only 7 rows returned in the ...
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Create index view with self join

I use SQL Server 2008 R2 and know that in Indexed View cant have self join. I have a tree table that have ID and ParentID Column and I need create indexed view on this table with self join between ...
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What is a good way to query data stored in multiple identical tables split by date/time

I have a 3rd party piece of software which records data samples from industrial equipment. This data logging software stores data in sample data tables with approximately one day's worth of samples ...
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How to add a user with access to a single view?

I'm working with MSSQL Server Management Studio 2008 and I need to expose a view to a third party for their data reconciliation. I have created the appropriate view but I'm having trouble creating a ...
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how does SQL Server know to lock view objects?

Not sure whether this is a more or less appropriate place to ask this question, originally posed at Stack Overflow. In SQL Server 2008 I have a view V over tables A and B that looks roughly like ...
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sql server - could not allocate space for object

I am trying to retrieve the first 1000 records of my view and am getting this error message: Msg 1105, Level 17, State 2, Line 2 Could not allocate space for object 'dbo.SORT temporary run ...
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sql 2008, select from a view as a different user, like owner

In sql server 2008, the system views sys.database_role_members and sys.database_principals, only returns the users and group that the current account is allowed to view. I need to check id a certain ...
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Using View filters for tenants in SQL-Server 2008

I'm currently creating a Multi-tenant data architecture in a SaaS BI-product. The product are using shared database and shared schema, but with tenant view filters and tenant data encryption ...
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Window functions cause awful execution plan when called from a view with external parametrized 'where' clause

I had this issue long time ago, I found a workaround which suited me and forgot about it. But now there's that question on SO so I'm willing to bring this problem up. There's a view that joins few ...
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why are people advised not to update through views

During College it was banged into our heads to not update tables through views, and again when I got into the workplace we where told do not update the database through views. Where there/Are there ...
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Why are views not copied over when using SQL Server Log Shipping?

I have 2 Sql Servers (2008) with Log Shipping setup between them. The receiving server is configured to keep the database in Read-Only mode. When creating a view on the primary server, this view is ...
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How can I help SQL Server recognize my view column is NOT NULL-able?

I have the following indexed view defined in SQL Server 2008 (you can download a working schema from gist for testing purposes): CREATE VIEW dbo.balances WITH SCHEMABINDING AS SELECT user_id ...
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sys.database_files / sys.filegroups VS sys.sysfiles / sys.sysfilegroups

These catalog views seem to show the exact same data. What is the point of having multiple system views that seem to show the same thing? Here is how I proved it is the same data: select ...
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Search on part of a column in a SQL Server cross-database view

I'm currently writing an application that interfaces with a 3rd party vendor's SQL Server 2008 database that I only have read access to. We have a separate database that contains cross database views ...
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noexpand hint for non-enterpise edition and performance

I have to use Indexed views to reach performance. As I can see from this comparison table standard edition does not support indexed views. But BOL says: Indexed views can be created in any ...
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How do I switch off SCHEMABINDING for a view without recreating it?

How do I switch off SCHEMABINDING for a view without recreating it?