Please get rid of this constant, useless job alert!!!!!!!

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Please get rid of this constant, useless job alert!!!!!!!

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December 17, 2017 at 9:32 am

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I've been getting this email from the SQL Server Central website's daily for at least 2 months, notifying me of a job which has been closed at least 2 months. The email reads:
Senior ASP.NETDeveloper, C#, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Team Foundati
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PLEASE STOP IT! I CANNOT APPLY FOR A JOB THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED!
PLEASE STOP IT! I CANNOT APPLY FOR A JOB THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED!
PLEASE STOP IT! I CANNOT APPLY FOR A JOB THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED!
Rod

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 1

Rod,

Send an email to webmaster@sqlservercentral.com if no one get's back to you on this post and the responses don't quit.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22649 More actions · Answer 2

I've sent a message over to one of the Redgaters who looks after this sort of thing.

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 3

Job alerts are controlled by a third-party company, so there's no button I can press to make them stop immediately. I'll get in touch with them and ask them to remove this job from their system, I'll let you know how I get on.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 4

dave.convery@red-gate.com - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 2:52 AM
Job alerts are controlled by a third-party company, so there's no button I can press to make them stop immediately. I'll get in touch with them and ask them to remove this job from their system, I'll let you know how I get on.

Very cool, Dave. While we have your attention, rumor also has it that an upgrade was supposed to occur on the forum software in November (and I had worked with the 3rd party developer specifically on the aspects of posting code and the use of formatting features for non-code) to fix some of the posting problems. Did anything come of that?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 6:29 AM
dave.convery@red-gate.com - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 2:52 AM
Job alerts are controlled by a third-party company, so there's no button I can press to make them stop immediately. I'll get in touch with them and ask them to remove this job from their system, I'll let you know how I get on.
Very cool, Dave. While we have your attention, rumor also has it that an upgrade was supposed to occur on the forum software in November (and I had worked with the 3rd party developer specifically on the aspects of posting code and the use of formatting features for non-code) to fix some of the posting problems. Did anything come of that?

I had assumed that nothing happened with this. That company contacted me about helping with testing but after I responded that I would be willing to help I never heard anything else. Odd since they were very responsive during testing of the major upgrade last year or whenever that was.

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Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 6

I've not heard anything from JobThread yet, but hopefully they'll answer my ticket before tomorrow's batch of alerts goes out. I'll chase them when I'm back in tomorrow if not.

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 7

Re: the forum changes, we had hoped to work on the upgrade in November, but the devs were pulled for some time-sensitive work. We're now hoping to get started in February.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 8

dave.convery@red-gate.com - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:35 AM
Re: the forum changes, we had hoped to work on the upgrade in November, but the devs were pulled for some time-sensitive work. We're now hoping to get started in February.

Thanks for the update, Dave.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 9

dave.convery@red-gate.com - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:35 AM
Re: the forum changes, we had hoped to work on the upgrade in November, but the devs were pulled for some time-sensitive work. We're now hoping to get started in February.

BTW... the ultimate goal for posted code should be to simply copy and paste it into an SQL Code window and have the same colors and leading spaces that are available in SSMS... like we used to do before the upgrade.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 10

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December 20, 2017 at 2:42 am

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@rod Did you receive the email again this morning?

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dave.convery@red-gate.com - Tuesday, December 19, 2017 2:52 AM
Job alerts are controlled by a third-party company, so there's no button I can press to make them stop immediately. I'll get in touch with them and ask them to remove this job from their system, I'll let you know how I get on.

Thank you, Dave.

Rod

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dave.convery@red-gate.com - Wednesday, December 20, 2017 2:42 AM
@rod Did you receive the email again this morning?

Yep. Each and every day. Up to 12/24/2017. I have every reason to believe I'll get it again today, Christmas day, it just hasn't come out yet.

Well, since this job alert functionality is broken, I'm going to set up a rule in MS Outlook to automatically delete it. I'm hoping that the job alert will eventually be fixed, so I won't get rid of it on SQL Server Central. @dave-3, please let me know when it is fixed. I'll continue to subscribe to this forum thread so I'll know when you believe it's fixed and I'll disable the rule in Outlook.

Rod