September 13, 2010 at 8:21 am
My apologies for this, but something occurred to me this morning and this was the only place I could think to tell people that would understand.
I was thinking how nice it would be for someone to create a chartiable organization not affiliated with any government, like Doctors Without Borders, that helps people after disasters or in war-torn areas deal with their data. They'd focus on helping with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
Don't you think the world could use a BI NGO?
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September 13, 2010 at 8:25 am
There's a start here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/arnie_rowland/archive/2010/08/31/project-phoenix-late-august-awards-announced.aspx
I think it would be great to have people helping out, though I wonder how it would work for these projects, which are often long term and complex. Not easy to hand over, not as easy, IMHO, as most doctor visits.
September 13, 2010 at 8:25 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
My apologies for this, but something occurred to me this morning and this was the only place I could think to tell people that would understand.I was thinking how nice it would be for someone to create a chartiable organization not affiliated with any government, like Doctors Without Borders, that helps people after disasters or in war-torn areas deal with their data. They'd focus on helping with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
Don't you think the world could use a BI NGO?
Wow. Just ... I don't know what I want to do more. Send you on a one way trip to the moon or wash my skull out with brain bleach.
My thinking cap. IT HURTS!
September 13, 2010 at 8:26 am
Steve Jones - Editor (9/13/2010)
There's a start here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/arnie_rowland/archive/2010/08/31/project-phoenix-late-august-awards-announced.aspxI think it would be great to have people helping out, though I wonder how it would work for these projects, which are often long term and complex. Not easy to hand over, not as easy, IMHO, as most doctor visits.
Okay, maybe Stefan wasn't joking. But seriously, Steve, take the space out of that acronym and tell me what you see.
September 13, 2010 at 8:28 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
My apologies for this, but something occurred to me this morning and this was the only place I could think to tell people that would understand.I was thinking how nice it would be for someone to create a chartiable organization not affiliated with any government, like Doctors Without Borders, that helps people after disasters or in war-torn areas deal with their data. They'd focus on helping with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
Don't you think the world could use a BINGO?
Yatzee!!!!!
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September 13, 2010 at 8:29 am
LOL, I assumed it was a typo.
September 13, 2010 at 8:31 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/13/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/13/2010)
There's a start here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/arnie_rowland/archive/2010/08/31/project-phoenix-late-august-awards-announced.aspxI think it would be great to have people helping out, though I wonder how it would work for these projects, which are often long term and complex. Not easy to hand over, not as easy, IMHO, as most doctor visits.
Okay, maybe Stefan wasn't joking. But seriously, Steve, take the space out of that acronym and tell me what you see.
It was partly serious with a good punchline.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
September 13, 2010 at 8:31 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
My apologies for this, but something occurred to me this morning and this was the only place I could think to tell people that would understand.I was thinking how nice it would be for someone to create a chartiable organization not affiliated with any government, like Doctors Without Borders, that helps people after disasters or in war-torn areas deal with their data. They'd focus on helping with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
Don't you think the world could use a BI NGO?
... and they say my puns are bad!!!! 😀
That looks too much like some projects I've seen. BI NoGO 😛
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September 13, 2010 at 8:34 am
Dave Ballantyne (9/13/2010)
Good work one and all on the true / false nonsense, its very dispiriting when all you get is grief when you are trying to help.My favourite part of that thread..
the DataBase Administrator he himself is very confused and coulld not explain logically
More likely "Got annoyed at me for not understanding"
Sounds quite possible - hadn't considered that...hmmm
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September 13, 2010 at 8:39 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
My apologies for this, but something occurred to me this morning and this was the only place I could think to tell people that would understand.I was thinking how nice it would be for someone to create a chartiable organization not affiliated with any government, like Doctors Without Borders, that helps people after disasters or in war-torn areas deal with their data. They'd focus on helping with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
Don't you think the world could use a BI NGO?
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and BINGO was his nameo.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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September 13, 2010 at 8:40 am
CirquedeSQLeil (9/13/2010)
Dave Ballantyne (9/13/2010)
Good work one and all on the true / false nonsense, its very dispiriting when all you get is grief when you are trying to help.My favourite part of that thread..
the DataBase Administrator he himself is very confused and coulld not explain logically
More likely "Got annoyed at me for not understanding"
Sounds quite possible - hadn't considered that...hmmm
His initial post and his comment about the DBA above are why I think he may have gotten the answer he's looking for, but not the answer he needs. Sure, he can now use a Case statement to assign True and False to the bit values, but I think he's taking the response to also mean that 1 is always True and 0 is always False.
Either he'll be lucky and this will turn out to be the case for this particular application or he'll be unlucky and he'll have it backwards. If he discovers that it is the latter, we may very well see him back here again yelling at us for giving him the "wrong" answer.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
September 13, 2010 at 10:31 am
Wow. I leave The Thread for a little over a week, and look at what I miss!
BTW, as the M*A*S*H-aholic that I am, I recognized the lyric right away!
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September 13, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Hey Jeff. Please join the club of people that clearly don't know what a BIT column is. How dare you say that the working code is not working! 😀 :hehe:
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September 13, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Speaking of the Bit datatype, here's an old one for you:
"There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those who don't."
🙂
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September 13, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Alvin Ramard (9/13/2010)
Speaking of the Bit datatype, here's an old one for you:"There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those who don't."
🙂
The evil side of me thinks you should post that in the bit thread.
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