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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 1

CirquedeSQLeil (9/9/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/9/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/9/2010)
... with the possible exception of Alvin's singing. 😛
Beer helps that too.
If you drink enough beers, then my singing will start to sound better. 😀
erm, if alvin drinks enough then maybe his singing will start to sound better to him 😉

of course! hic :hehe:

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - Editor (9/9/2010)
I should know in Oct if I can come. I'd like to. Allen is typically my roommate at places like the MVP Summit, so I'd like to go see him if I can.

If you guys are both going to be there, I'll definitely have to drive up. Feb in Cleveland, interesting timing, but it would be worth getting to meet yous guys. (and bit and whomever else is there)

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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736232 More actions · Answer 3

I'll let you know. There's the Phoenix SQL sat as well, and my wife might be traveling again in Feb, so I should know soon if she's in town so I can travel.

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 4

Jason, dialed into the S3oLV meeting tonight, absolutely phenomenal stuff from Stacia Misner on PowerPivot. Are all the meetings like that? 😉 Think I asked more questions over LiveMeeting than the attendees did.

Steve, I'll dial in for your presentation in November too.

Wow, just blown away with what this will do for my current job responsibilities....now to get users asking for it to put pressure on IT.

And, since it's almost tomorrow now, time for my nightly 5-hour nap before work tomorrow! (*ahem - School Sucks when you have to work fulltime)

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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

jcrawf02 (9/9/2010)
Jason, dialed into the S3oLV meeting tonight, absolutely phenomenal stuff from Stacia Misner on PowerPivot. Are all the meetings like that? 😉 Think I asked more questions over LiveMeeting than the attendees did.
Steve, I'll dial in for your presentation in November too.
Wow, just blown away with what this will do for my current job responsibilities....now to get users asking for it to put pressure on IT.
And, since it's almost tomorrow now, time for my nightly 5-hour nap before work tomorrow! (*ahem - School Sucks when you have to work fulltime)
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Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. We have been pretty lucky of late (Jack, then Grant, and this month Stacia - she's a local).

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 6

jcrawf02 (9/9/2010)
Jason, dialed into the S3oLV meeting tonight, absolutely phenomenal stuff from Stacia Misner on PowerPivot. Are all the meetings like that? 😉 Think I asked more questions over LiveMeeting than the attendees did.
Steve, I'll dial in for your presentation in November too.
Wow, just blown away with what this will do for my current job responsibilities....now to get users asking for it to put pressure on IT.
And, since it's almost tomorrow now, time for my nightly 5-hour nap before work tomorrow! (*ahem - School Sucks when you have to work fulltime)
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Sounds interesting! Where can I find out more? (sorry I don't already know and missed it even if it may have been obvious... I've been in a "fog" because of work and a whole bunch of presentation development).

--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)

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 7

Alvin Ramard (9/9/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/9/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/9/2010)
Trey Staker (9/9/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/9/2010)
Twitter is a lot like The Thread, only moving at a slightly faster pace.
You can sign up and just follow people, not posting yourself.
It would be cool if the Thread came alive and started Tweeting itself. I guess it would cut everything off after 140 characters each post.
When that happens, I vote we rename the Thread to HAL. :w00t:
Heh... To Hal with that idea. 😉
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. ..... 😎

The Thread is so much more sophisticated than that. I think it should be named Collosus.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 8

Grant Fritchey (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/9/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/9/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/9/2010)
Trey Staker (9/9/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/9/2010)
Twitter is a lot like The Thread, only moving at a slightly faster pace.
You can sign up and just follow people, not posting yourself.
It would be cool if the Thread came alive and started Tweeting itself. I guess it would cut everything off after 140 characters each post.
When that happens, I vote we rename the Thread to HAL. :w00t:
Heh... To Hal with that idea. 😉
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. ..... 😎
The Thread is so much more sophisticated than that. I think it should be named Collosus.

I don't have the time to read many books but that was a good one.

--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)

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

Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/9/2010)
Jason, dialed into the S3oLV meeting tonight, absolutely phenomenal stuff from Stacia Misner on PowerPivot. Are all the meetings like that? 😉 Think I asked more questions over LiveMeeting than the attendees did.
Steve, I'll dial in for your presentation in November too.
Wow, just blown away with what this will do for my current job responsibilities....now to get users asking for it to put pressure on IT.
And, since it's almost tomorrow now, time for my nightly 5-hour nap before work tomorrow! (*ahem - School Sucks when you have to work fulltime)
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Sounds interesting! Where can I find out more? (sorry I don't already know and missed it even if it may have been obvious... I've been in a "fog" because of work and a whole bunch of presentation development).

If you're talking about the chapter stuff, http://www.sssolv.com/[/url], supposedly they'll be posting the slide deck and the meeting was recorded, so I'm assuming it will be uploaded too. Some technical difficulties, but even still, I'm planning on getting my team together and watching the whole two hours. Not only explained PowerPivot clearly, but was a whole discussion on WHY it exists, and how it can help. I kept finding myself nodding vehemently and saying "Thank you, somebody gets it" over and over.

If you meant the tool itself, there's the link above, and Stacia suggested www.powerpivotpro.com, which I haven't had a chance to check out. Also Mark Tab[something] (www.marktab.net) did a presentation on Data Mining using SSIS/PowerPivot for BI VC which was really good, I'm waiting for that one to be posted too.

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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin (9/9/2010)
...One of the other boards I frequent ....

A traitor!:w00t:

Wayne
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736232 More actions · Answer 11

Never read about Collosus. I'm assuming this is the Xmen guy?

I always find time to read. Keeps me sane with a break from this world.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736232 More actions · Answer 12

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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September 10, 2010 at 7:43 am

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Bazinga!

http://twitter.com/way0utwest/status/24104674791

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 13

Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Never read about Collosus. I'm assuming this is the Xmen guy?
I always find time to read. Keeps me sane with a break from this world.

I'm not reading as much as I should, especially technical stuff. Right now in a professional development/leadership groove so I've read Tribes, Crunch Time (reviewed on my blog), and now Visioneering by Andy Stanley. I did manage to read a novel over the holiday weekend and started another. Need to read more, but usually too tired and fall asleep while doing it:doze:

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736232 More actions · Answer 14

I just started Tribes myself. Also reading The Art of Community while I'm reading a couple novels at the same time.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
I don't have the time to read many books but that was a good one.

Title? Author?

Gail Shaw
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