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• ... i just avoid GUID

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  Our partner was explaining to me that they are using GUID as primary key on all the tables. My immediate reaction was - why? and couple of basic doubts were: - since I can read uniqueidentifier, it does not tell me absolutely anything - if I will use my relational table, i sure will use other columns to get the information out - SQL is terrible when setting up clustered index on GUID columns (and hence performance problems) - why not use INT? it will save you space on disk, optimizer will be able...(read more)

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• TimeStamp and mini-ETL (extract, transform, load)

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  Short example how to use Timestamp for a mini ETL process of your data. example below is following: Table_1 is production table on server1 Table_2 is datawarehouse table on server2 where datawarehouse is located Every day data are extracted, transformed and loaded to dataware house for further off-line usage and data analysis and business decision support. 1. Creating the environment if object_id ('table_1') is not null drop table table_1; go if object_id ('table_2') is not null drop...(read more)

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• T-SQL Jokes

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  SQL Table walks to a psychiatrist dr. Index Table: "Doctor, I have a problem" Dr: "what kind a problem?" Table: "I'm a mess. I have things all over the place, i always look for my stuff" Dr. "No problem. I will get you in order". Index and table are reading a book "index-sutra" Table: Oh, baby tonight we can try a clustered position" Index: "yeah baby, we can also try covered position" Table: "or maybe multiple clustered position"...(read more)

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• ORDER BY 1,2,3

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  Only for lazy people -> how to order our output by defining numbers instead of column names: select * from ( select 1 as id, 'test' as text_name, 32 as seq union all select 3 as id, 'best' as text_name, 61 as seq union all select 4 as id, 'best' as text_name, 12 as seq union all select 4 as id, 'best' as text_name, 6 as seq union all select 2 as id, 'hest' as text_name, 21 as seq ) as x order by 2,3 --order by 1,2,3 you can specify the select list or you...(read more)

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• SQL Bits VII

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  I was very happy to dive in into SQL Bits VII. Several interesting presentations, interesting concepts, advices and most of all interesting people. Some things actually disturb me. 1. the outlook of all presentations. I would recommend to have standardized outlook of all presentations for each of the presenter. Meaning, to have a general rules of PPT design (fonts, views, etc.), general diagrams, pictures that can be used by everyone (something like techEd introduced as well as SQL PASS). 2. access...(read more)

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• Delete trigger does not catch table truncation

  - by Tomaz.tsql

  Sample shows table truncation will not fire delete trigger. USE AdventureWorks; GO -- STAGING IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE name = 'est_del_trigger_log' AND type = 'U') DROP TABLE test_del_trigger_log; GO IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE name = 'est_del_trigger' AND type = 'U') DROP TABLE test_del_trigger; GO CREATE TABLE test_del_trigger (id INT IDENTITY(1,1) ,tkt VARCHAR(10) CONSTRAINT pk_test_del_trigger PRIMARY KEY (id) ); GO INSERT INTO...(read more)

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• What is the best interface from Python 3.1.1 to R?

  - by Tomaž Pisanski

  I am using Python 3.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 and need an interface to R. When browsing the internet I found out about RPy. Is this the right choice?

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• Why is "while" loop really needed in Python?

  - by Tomaž Pisanski

  I was told that 95% of all loops in Python are "for" loops. Since "while" loops are clearly more "dangerous" than "for" loops, I would like to know if there are situations in which the use of a "while" loop is essential. For teaching purposes it would be useful to know if there is a systematic way of transforming "while" loops into "for" loops.

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• How to teach beginners reversing a string in Python?

  - by Tomaž Pisanski

  I am teaching an undergraduate course "Introduction to Computer Programming". How should I teach reversing a string in Python?

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• In what order should the Python concepts be explained to absolute beginners?

  - by Tomaž Pisanski

  I am teaching Python to undergraduate math majors. I am interested in the optimal order in which students should be introduced to various Python concepts. In my view, at each stage the students should be able to solve a non-trivial programming problem using only the tools available at that time. Each new tool should enable a simpler solution to a familiar problem. A selection of numerous concepts available in Python is essential in order to keep students focused. They should also motivated and should appreciate each newly mastered tool without too much memorization. Here are some specific questions: For instance, my predecessor introduced lists before strings. I think the opposite is a better solution. Should function definitions be introduced at the very beginning or after mastering basic structured programming ideas, such as decisions (if) and loops (while)? Should sets be introduced before dictionaries? Is it better to introduce reading and writing files early in the course or should one use input and print for most of the course? Any suggestions with explanations are most welcome.

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• Best practise when using httplib2.Http() object

  - by tomaz

  I'm writing a pythonic web API wrapper with a class like this import httplib2 import urllib class apiWrapper: def __init__(self): self.http = httplib2.Http() def _http(self, url, method, dict): ''' Im using this wrapper arround the http object all the time inside the class ''' params = urllib.urlencode(dict) response, content = self.http.request(url,params,method) as you can see I'm using the _http() method to simplify the interaction with the httplib2.Http() object. This method is called quite often inside the class and I'm wondering what's the best way to interact with this object: create the object in the __init__ and then reuse it when the _http() method is called (as shown in the code above) or create the httplib2.Http() object inside the method for every call of the _http() method (as shown in the code sample below) import httplib2 import urllib class apiWrapper: def __init__(self): def _http(self, url, method, dict): '''Im using this wrapper arround the http object all the time inside the class''' http = httplib2.Http() params = urllib.urlencode(dict) response, content = http.request(url,params,method)

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• Replacing python docstrings

  - by tomaz

  I have written a epytext to reST markup converter, and now I want to convert all the docstrings in my entire library from epytext to reST format. Is there a smart way to read the all the docstrings in a module and write back the replacements? ps: ast module perhaps?

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