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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

WayneS (9/13/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/13/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
WayneS (9/13/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/13/2010)
I'm staying out of that Bit thread, and I'm not the author of that saying, so feel free to post it if you want.
I tried to stay out of that thread, but after his/her last two posts, I just had to enter into the fray. I think I spoke the truth without putting words into anybody's mouth...
Yeah, the arrogance after the initial cluelessness is astonishing. Where'd he finally get all those details?
There is another taking his position on that thread now too.
You guys are hypocrites 😀
I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a sockpuppet. It certainly reads like one.
As of now, there's at least two who have all of 1 total post praising him/her and Paul, and blasting all that disagreed with him/her. Sockpuppets are definitely a possibility here.

Quite possible. I was thinking it may be somebody in his office helping him out.

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 2

WayneS (9/13/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/13/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/13/2010)
WayneS (9/13/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/13/2010)
I'm staying out of that Bit thread, and I'm not the author of that saying, so feel free to post it if you want.
I tried to stay out of that thread, but after his/her last two posts, I just had to enter into the fray. I think I spoke the truth without putting words into anybody's mouth...
Yeah, the arrogance after the initial cluelessness is astonishing. Where'd he finally get all those details?
There is another taking his position on that thread now too.
You guys are hypocrites 😀
I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a sockpuppet. It certainly reads like one.
As of now, there's at least two who have all of 1 total post praising him/her and Paul, and blasting all that disagreed with him/her. Sockpuppets are definitely a possibility here.

Especially since the language level and phrasing are the same as the OP.

And they're praising him for what, reposting what Paul told him?

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

WayneS (9/13/2010)
FYI, we now need 22.4 posts/day to make 20k by Nov 18.

And Gail is still at 16.5. Recent additional thread posts pushed it down to 22.3.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

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Read the BIT Thread, what a crock!

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Lynn Pettis (9/13/2010)
Read the BIT Thread, what a crock!

That was a mouthful - wait, that would be a byte. I guess that thread was only a Bit of a crock.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Doh, just read the last couple of comments. Would you point your finger of shame at yourself? :cool::cool:

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 7

I shut down the thread. There's no winning that one. I suspect that the last few positive comments were friends, or the same person, putting up a defense for no reason.

Live and move on. Thanks for trying, everyone.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (9/13/2010)
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:

Heh... he, she, or it was clearly being a jerk especially with all the super-caps. I thought I'd pork chop as much joy as I could in that area and still have some inkling of the truth there. Guess I'll have to go back to the post and see what's going on, huh? 😛

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 9

Heh... since Steve shut it down (probably a very good thing), I guess I'm a "bit" too late to make any further suggestions. I do have to admit I liked the story where he/she/it asked the business analyst who, I guess, turned around and said that programmers should know that. I'm thinking the business analyst was right. 😉

Anyway, like Steve said... next problem please. 🙂

--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)

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - Editor (9/13/2010)
I shut down the thread. There's no winning that one. I suspect that the last few positive comments were friends, or the same person, putting up a defense for no reason.
Live and move on. Thanks for trying, everyone.

Probably the best choice.

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 11

Steve Jones - Editor (9/13/2010)
I shut down the thread. There's no winning that one. I suspect that the last few positive comments were friends, or the same person, putting up a defense for no reason.
Live and move on. Thanks for trying, everyone.

Is there going to be an apology for this action ? :w00t:

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 12

Will The Thread be affected by the steeply-rising cost of cotton? Maybe...just a bit? 😀

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (9/13/2010)
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:

It's a shame Jeff doesn't understand SQL Server. If he did, he might be an MVP given what he contributes to the forums.

Oh... wait a minute!

@=)

~~Is it just me, or did those other two "newbie" posters seem like they were Lennie or co-workers of Lennie logged on just to give him some fake support?~~ <-- [EDIT]: Sorry. Hadn't caught up with this thread when I posted this.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 14

On a different note, what do you think of Google Instant?

I hate that it jumps from the middle to the top of the screen while you're typing. If they're going to do instant, they should just have it stay at the top of the screen, or stay on the middle and let you scroll down.

Yes, I know it can be turned off, but it took me 2 days to figure that out. I need to see what I'm typing, not having what I'm typing move on me while I'm typing. Bleargh.

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 15

Brandie Tarvin (9/14/2010)
On a different note, what do you think of Google Instant?
I hate that it jumps from the middle to the top of the screen while you're typing. If they're going to do instant, they should just have it stay at the top of the screen, or stay on the middle and let you scroll down.
Yes, I know it can be turned off, but it took me 2 days to figure that out. I need to see what I'm typing, not having what I'm typing move on me while I'm typing. Bleargh.

Yeah that is a little annoying. I suppose I could get used to it.

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