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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Holy Smoke - Be prepared to laugh out loud http://is.gd/f4cHh (Facebook)

Can't get to Facebook from work and my phone won't let me watch Flash (damn Verizon and their 2.2 update process).

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- Theodore Roosevelt

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

Check it later. It's fake, but pretty funny. Only on FB from what I can see.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 3

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.

Nope... it was an old book (they also made it into a movie in the 60's) about a computer in the U.S. joining up with a similar computer in the old U.S.S.R. by the name of "Goliath" and taking over the world.

--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: 1004363 More actions · Answer 4

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

I only remember that the name of the book was called "Collosus" (sp?)... I read it when I was very young and couldn't remember the name of the author if my life depended on it. Grant's comment is pretty much spot on about the book.

--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)

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

Grant Fritchey (9/10/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Holy Smoke - Be prepared to laugh out loud http://is.gd/f4cHh (Facebook)
Can't get to Facebook from work and my phone won't let me watch Flash (damn Verizon and their 2.2 update process).

There's flash involved in that one!!! (play on word intended!) 😀

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

All my SSC forum answers come with a money back guarantee. If you didn't like the answer then I'll gladly refund what you paid for it.

For best practices on asking questions, please read the following article: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help[/url]

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 6

Grant Fritchey (9/10/2010)
GilaMonster (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
I don't have the time to read many books but that was a good one.
Title? Author?
Here you go. First in a trilogy. Ancient stuff.

Ah... that's right... it was "Guardian"... not "Goliath".

--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)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Somebody should post dbcc timewarp on Connect 😉

Just posted the bug I found in Timewarp on connect - let's see if it gets fixed now.

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

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Check it later. It's fake, but pretty funny. Only on FB from what I can see.

For those of us that don't do FB... I'd love to see it if it ends up somewhere else.

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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Holy Smoke - Be prepared to laugh out loud http://is.gd/f4cHh (Facebook)
Steve, not enough warning!!!!! I really had a hard time not laughing out loud!!!!
Edit: Quoted the wrong post, again!!!

Arghhhh, websensed

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

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
WayneS (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/9/2010)
...One of the other boards I frequent ....
A traitor!:w00t:
Non-SQL Board, silly. @=Pbbt
NoSQL? 😛
Careful, you. I have the DBCC Timewarp remote and I'm not afraid to use it!

Who let Brandie get hold of the remote???? Alvin, weren't you supposed to be keeping it safe?;-)

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

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (9/10/2010)
Brandie, what's @=Pbbt?
It's like a raspberry, sticking one's tongue out, making the phbbt noise, and probably drenching everyone in the vicinity in the process.
You're the second person in a month to ask me that, which tells me it's fallen out of "favor" or it was only popular amongst a certain subset of peeps.

Oh, you mean like 😛

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

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 12

WayneS (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
WayneS (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/9/2010)
...One of the other boards I frequent ....
A traitor!:w00t:
Non-SQL Board, silly. @=Pbbt
NoSQL? 😛
Careful, you. I have the DBCC Timewarp remote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Who let Brandie get hold of the remote???? Alvin, weren't you supposed to be keeping it safe?;-)

Not my job. I think it's Jason's responsibility.

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

All my SSC forum answers come with a money back guarantee. If you didn't like the answer then I'll gladly refund what you paid for it.

For best practices on asking questions, please read the following article: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help[/url]

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 13

CirquedeSQLeil (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/10/2010)
Holy Smoke - Be prepared to laugh out loud http://is.gd/f4cHh (Facebook)
Steve, not enough warning!!!!! I really had a hard time not laughing out loud!!!!
Edit: Quoted the wrong post, again!!!
Arghhhh, websensed

This is funny, I clicked Quote over WayneS's comment

Who let Brandie get hold of the remote???? Alvin, weren't you supposed to be keeping it safe?

with the intent of suggesting that perhaps that's why Alvin keeps getting the wrong quote.

Instead of quoting Wayne's post, I got the above in my Post Quoted Reply editor.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
WayneS (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/10/2010)
WayneS (9/10/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/9/2010)
...One of the other boards I frequent ....
A traitor!:w00t:
Non-SQL Board, silly. @=Pbbt
NoSQL? 😛
Careful, you. I have the DBCC Timewarp remote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Who let Brandie get hold of the remote???? Alvin, weren't you supposed to be keeping it safe?;-)
Not my job. I think it's Jason's responsibility.

No problem - she got the horcrux remote. If she tries to timewarp - she gets devoured.

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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 15

I don't think you'll have much luck reigning in Brandie. She lives in FL, and if she doesn't have a gun, she can borrow one from Andy Warren.

I'd leave her alone, buy her books, and post nice complements.