Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden (9/4/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/4/2010)
OK, I'm off to hit the chores, cut grass ... normal horse stuff.
Now wait just a bloody minute... I though that's what the horses were for! 😉 Please don't tell me you're buying summer hay for them. :hehe:

I always thought it was goats that sbstituted for grass cutters, with sheep as a poor alternative. Unlike sheep and goats (which will happily crop grass very short indeed), horses don't do very well if you limit their feed to a meadow so small that they have to close-crop it to avoid going hungry.

Tom

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 2

The horses do graze some down, but they're not consistent, and they'll eat to the roots, so it destroys the growth. We rotate them around the 4 areas we have, giving them a few weeks on each, and locking them on a track for periods as well.

I try to cut the 35 acres once a year, and it knocks down Yuccas, cleans out some weeds, and lets the grass grow through better. Plus it looks nice 🙂

Takes me about 40 hours to knock it down once, I'm doing about 20-30 minutes a day lots of days, a couple hours on the weekend.

Hope to be done before snow comes down.

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 3

Steve .. is your place north or south of Denver? I used to travel to and from the old Denver (Stalpeton) airport to Pubelo failry frequently, passing that old Army base used for chemical warfare storage..and the Air Force Academy ....

Loved the fact that the snow did not melt but rather sublimed under the sunlight .. that was fascinating to me ..

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Ron

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 4

I SE of Denver, E of Parker. As you leave the Tech Center, if you headed E, you'd find me.

This is beautiful country

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Happy Labor Day all.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

CirquedeSQLeil (9/6/2010)
Happy Labor Day all.

Labour day is a good description for today - first day back from a week-long 'holiday'

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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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (9/6/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/6/2010)
Happy Labor Day all.
Labour day is a good description for today - first day back from a week-long 'holiday'

If your "holiday" is anything like mine, then you need another one to recover from it! ..... oh wait... I'm thinking vacation.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

mtillman-921105 SSCertifiable Points: 7156 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - Editor (9/5/2010)
I SE of Denver, E of Parker. As you leave the Tech Center, if you headed E, you'd find me.
This is beautiful country

If it isn't too late, try to catch Red Rocks. It's amazing.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 9

Do you suppose 5 minutes to return one row of data will be too much for end users? 😛

Now I just have to figure out what the hell I did to that query...

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 10

jcrawf02 (9/7/2010)
Do you suppose 5 minutes to return one row of data will be too much for end users? 😛
Now I just have to figure out what the hell I did to that query...

If you're working for a government project: not at all. You might even need to add a WAITFOR clause... :-D;-)

It is essential to allow government staff to prepare themselves for the answer to the question they carefully typed into the PC over the last couple of days.... 😀

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

How to get fast answers to your question[/url]
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 11

Red Rocks is great. Saw John Mayer there a couple years ago. Need to go back for a concert.

mtillman-921105 SSCertifiable Points: 7156 More actions · Answer 12

Steve Jones - Editor (9/7/2010)
Red Rocks is great. Saw John Mayer there a couple years ago. Need to go back for a concert.

It sure is. 'A bit of a climb, but it's worth it.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 13

Looks like Lutz is having to pull teeth to get the OP to read how to help himself out.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

WayneS (9/7/2010)
Looks like Lutz is having to pull teeth to get the OP to read how to help himself out.

Actually I picture Lutz as Wayne's avatar.

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - Editor (9/7/2010)
WayneS (9/7/2010)
Looks like Lutz is having to pull teeth to get the OP to read how to help himself out.
Actually I picture Lutz as Wayne's avatar.

As long as you enjoy it, feel free to do so... 😀

I thought about getting more and more sarcastic but it seems like I'm learning not to.

So, actually, I'm learning something at the moment. I just don't know what it is yet....

But since Saint Lynn took over I can safely step back and watch him taking care of it.

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

How to get fast answers to your question[/url]
How to post performance related questions[/url]
Links for Tally Table [/url] , Cross Tabs [/url] and Dynamic Cross Tabs [/url], Delimited Split Function[/url]