Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4796 More actions · Answer 1

Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.
-- Victor Hugo

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

Is it me, or is this week particularly bad in the 'bad questions' dept?

Gail Shaw
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 3

no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 4

Trey Staker (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.
-- Victor Hugo
I'm stealing this for my signature!

David Webb's is darned good too:

David Webb-200187 (5/25/2010)
"I don't know why your update didn't work. Perhaps your data has trouble accepting change."

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Chris Morris-439714 (5/26/2010)
David Webb's is darned good too:
David Webb-200187 (5/25/2010)
"I don't know why your update didn't work. Perhaps your data has trouble accepting change."

That was almost a coffee-over-monitor moment. 😀

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.

Who? You mean this individual?

-- Gianluca Sartori

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?

Ow, losing your patience with him? 🙂

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 8

Chris Morris-439714 (5/26/2010)
David Webb's is darned good too:
David Webb-200187 (5/25/2010)
"I don't know why your update didn't work. Perhaps your data has trouble accepting change."

Sparkling.

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 9

Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?

Karthik confuses me. Just occasionally he gives the impression of making real progress, and then he comes up with something to disprove that.

Clearly the answer is bananas by the way, Gianluca...don't know where you got 'bytes' from. Another BOL error.

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 10

GilaMonster (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?
Ow, losing your patience with him? 🙂

My fault. I should simply avoid replying to his threads.

-- Gianluca Sartori

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 11

Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
GilaMonster (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?
Ow, losing your patience with him? 🙂
My fault. I should simply avoid replying to his threads.

That wasn't intended as an accusation. I don't know how you've avoided losing patience with him for so long.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?

Just because b stands for bites - doesn't mean you had to really bite his head off. (jk) 😉

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Chris Morris-439714 (5/26/2010)
Trey Staker (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.
-- Victor Hugo
I'm stealing this for my signature!
David Webb's is darned good too:
David Webb-200187 (5/25/2010)
"I don't know why your update didn't work. Perhaps your data has trouble accepting change."

I like both of these - how many quotes is too many in a sig line?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 14

CirquedeSQLeil (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?
Just because b stands for bites - doesn't mean you had to really bite his head off. (jk) 😉

I know you were jk, but I really don't think he bit hard enough. 😛

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

Lynn Pettis (5/26/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (5/26/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (5/26/2010)
no, there have been some doozy's this week. Though our PhD friend doesn't help the impression.
Who? You mean this individual?
Just because b stands for bites - doesn't mean you had to really bite his head off. (jk) 😉
I know you were jk, but I really don't think he bit hard enough. 😛

LOL - lot's of questions this week from our friend.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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