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  1. alfredjp

    books/sites to help design better DBs for the finance industry

    hi to all... though ive been designing databases for about a couple of years, they seem to be concentrated on the "supply chain" this year, im trying something new - the finance industry (investments, life insurance, etc.) though the old and tested rules of DB design do apply here - i do find...
  2. alfredjp

    default data directory for Analysis Services?

    does anyone know how to change the default data directory for Analysis Services? just to note: the default directory is usually, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Analysis Services\Data so... is there a way to change it (without reinstalling) to, say, D:\Microsoft Analysis Services\Data thanks...
  3. alfredjp

    improper display of data using EXCEL for front-end

    the site im working on is under windows 2000 server, iis (asp), and im using excel (office 2000 and above) as my presentation layer. the problem im encountering is the way excel shows the data which is kinda funny at times. i mean, even though your refresh - it still is funny. well, if i do...
  4. alfredjp

    HELP: problems running a query in xp_sendmail when defined as a JOB

    below is code snippet (which im assuming is the cause of the problem) from a certain stored procedure EXEC Master.dbo.xp_sendmail @dbuse = 'DanoneSSS', @recipients = 'xxx@yyy.co.jp', @subject = 'mmm nnn', @message = @parMessage, @query = 'SELECT CHECK_JS_CODE, CHECK_TYPE FROM T_CHECK_LOG WHERE...
  5. alfredjp

    simple requestion: QUERY to find out CURRENTLY executing jobs

    just out of curiousity, can anyone show me/teach me on how to write a QUERY that would check if there are ANY CURRENTLY executing jobs? thank you very much.
  6. alfredjp

    creating a FLAT table from a PARENT-CHILD structure?

    TO: TheGreenOne (Programmer) btw, thanks for providing me at least a new way of accomplishing the same thing
  7. alfredjp

    creating a FLAT table from a PARENT-CHILD structure?

    hhhhhmmm... you are using multiple joins in a single select query... because of lack of experience, im not really sure if having ALL your queries inside ONE query is better than having ALL your queries execute consecutively anyway, my own version goes like this (wherein i created a temporary...
  8. alfredjp

    question: REMOVING identity property in a TABLE?

    to psprague (Programmer) thanks for the advice i guess id do just that - stop relying on *
  9. alfredjp

    question: REMOVING identity property in a TABLE?

    yeah... i have thought about that too... unfortunately, if i wanted to do an insert on it, i need to put the ENTIRE column names after the INSERT INTO phrase instead of just using INSERT INTO aTable SELECT * FROM anotherTable
  10. alfredjp

    creating a FLAT table from a PARENT-CHILD structure?

    having a PARENT-CHILD structure table as follows (product_level can go as high as 6) product_id int product_parent_id int product_level int product_name varchar <some data> <some type> i would like to write a script (the more efficient, the better) to create a flat version of it that...
  11. alfredjp

    question: REMOVING identity property in a TABLE?

    could anyone show me a script on how to remove the IDENTITY property of a table just using ALTER TABLE and ALTER COLUMN? ps: i do know how to put define a column to be an IDENTITY column, but i would like to do the reverse thanks!
  12. alfredjp

    HELP: measure values sometimes disappearing!!!

    ive created a cube that shows proper values whenever i use real dimensions. well, once i add virtual dimensions, it DOES also show the correct value unfortunately, say after i restart the analysis manager console, and reprocess the cube, all values turn back to zero. and the only way i can get...
  13. alfredjp

    how to design a &quot;random dimension&quot;???

    to be honest, i really dont know how to state the subject, thus id begin with the situation at hand i am to design a cube for a supply chain-based company with the following dimensions = time (granuality of days), product (granuality of sku), organization (sales group/team), and customers...
  14. alfredjp

    Clients hang on drilldown into moderately large dimension

    yeah... i too am experiencing the same thing... im using PTS in Excel 2000 is there any fine-tuning stuff for this? i wonder how this would affect an excel file embedded in an HTML frame? ie., the excel file containing the pivot table is hosted on a server where clients can connect to, and...
  15. alfredjp

    creating ParentChild tables using ONLY scripts?

    forgive my ignorance, but could anyone help me how to create a &quot;parent-child&quot; table using nothing but SQL Server Scripts? and be able to enforce Referential Integrity by an &quot;automatic&quot; delete the problem is that my script below doesn't seem to work... CREATE TABLE...
  16. alfredjp

    Self-referencing Hierarchy?

    a good discussion/discourse about using recursive algorithms for heirarchical data (in sql server) has been presented at msdn at this url: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag01/html/recursion.asp and as you'll note - some sample codes are also available...
  17. alfredjp

    CrystalReports and FoodMart2000

    im quite new to CrystalReports, and have this problem that ive been trying to solve for days now without any success... SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services comes with a FoodMart 2000 sample database that has FIVE (5) cubes - two (2) of which are virtual cubes of the others: + Budget + HR +...
  18. alfredjp

    best implementation of UPDATE-INSERT

    .... WHERE Isnull(dst.Product_Name,'') <> IsNull(Src.Record_Name,'') AND IsNull(dst.Product_Value,'') <> IsNull(Src.Record_Value,'') i tried the code, and wouldn't you think that an OR would be better... say, a product could change how much it cost (product_value) without changing its...
  19. alfredjp

    help: cursors in SQL Server 2000 (compared to oracle)

    Just make sure you get the right book....I made the mistake of getting a book by Calvin Klein .....didn't help me a bit. Sorry for the bad joke....its a bad day. sure... no problem... (^^) it actually made me look through the previous post if it was indeed calvin klein
  20. alfredjp

    a twist to the UPDATE-INSERT process

    Another way to implement the above scenario would be to use triggers. You could create an ON INSERT and an ON UPDATE trigger for the Source table, and code the triggers to perform the inserts into the destination tables. Check out BOL (Books Online) for more info on triggers (or feel free to...

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