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comment What are examples of optional one-to-one relations?
Example: Employee <-> Customer
Mar
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accepted FIFO queue table for multiple workers in SQL Server
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comment Versioning data in Databases
Managing Time in Relational Databases -- 30+ parts
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comment Are view references in a query properly called “derived tables” as such?
I guess I just wanted to know the "official" stance: would a true derived table explicated in a query always be introduced with parentheses, or would simply referring to the name of a view (itself a type of "derived table" or "named query") also be properly called "introducing a derived table to the query"? I see a difference between having the actual query contents present, or having them hidden behind a layer of abstraction (behind a name).
Feb
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comment Are view references in a query properly called “derived tables” as such?
Do you have thoughts on the difference between the definition of a "named query" and a reference to a named query?
Feb
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revised Are view references in a query properly called “derived tables” as such?
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revised Are view references in a query properly called “derived tables” as such?
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Feb
12
comment query optimization: time intervals
@Nico in my world that's usually done with square brackets then like [this]. I just like that better than double quotes, I guess.
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Feb
12
comment query optimization: time intervals
I have another idea I haven't had time to get working. For what it's worth, your query returns wrong results with overlapping ranges in all tables.
Feb
11
comment Running total with count?
I can see that. I should have said "let's at least use the fastest cursor method -- which could be what you have, but maybe not." :)
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11
comment Running total with count?
I wasn't. I was adamant that without testing I didn't know.
Feb
11
comment Running total with count?
@AaronBertrand You have proven that the updatable cursor with UPDATE ... WHERE CURRENT is about 1/3rd as fast as a read-only cursor with the UPDATE done separately. For some reason I figured that perhaps an updateable cursor doing the update could be faster than a non-updateable cursor with doing the update separately. I have been schooled. I have never, once, used an updateable cursor or updated one through WHERE CURRENT in my life.
Feb
11
comment Running total with count?
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