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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 1

CirquedeSQLeil (9/14/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/14/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/14/2010)
Has anybody else noticed that Steve is now "One Orange Chip"?
Oh lordy... I wonder what he's done to me this time. 😛
You're just SSC Insane

Something strange about the names.

Normally you only get committed if some qualified person/people certify that you are insane. But in SSC you get to be SSCommitted long before you are SSC Insane. :w00t:

Tom

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173083 More actions · Answer 2

All this talk about the "rankings" makes me want to know what they are and how many points or posts it requires for each one.

Is it posted somewhere and I just haven't seen it because I'm too busy to search? If not, could someone post it here?

If Steve does his Orange Chip dance, I'll even send him a new article.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135381 More actions · Answer 3

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
All this talk about the "rankings" makes me want to know what they are and how many points or posts it requires for each one.
Is it posted somewhere and I just haven't seen it because I'm too busy to search? If not, could someone post it here?
If Steve does his Orange Chip dance, I'll even send him a new article.

However it is not consistent :

at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/TotalScores Steve is still "SSChampion" but overhere he's an orange small disk :hehe:

Johan

Learn to play, play to learn !

Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

Need a bit of Powershell? How about this

Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 4

Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?

Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:

0xDEADBEEF

🙂

Paul White
All articles available on SQL.kiwi
@SQL_Kiwi

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135381 More actions · Answer 5

Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂

3735928559 on a chineese restaurants menu :w00t:

comes with nASCII or bami

Johan

Learn to play, play to learn !

Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

Need a bit of Powershell? How about this

Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin Posted Today @ 7:15 AM
All this talk about the "rankings" makes me want to know what they are and how many points or posts it requires for each one.

Here they are:

TitleThreshold

Newbie 0

Grasshopper10

SSC Rookie25

Valued Member50

SSC Journeyman75

SSC Enthusiastic 100

SSC Veteran200

Old Hand 300

SSC Addicted400

Mr. or Mrs. 500500

SSChasing Mays600

Say Hey Kid 661

Right There with Babe714

SCC Eights800

Ten Centuries 1,000

Default port 1,433

UDP Broadcaster 1,434

SSCommitted1,500

SSCrazy 2,000

Hall of Fame 3,000

SSCarpal Tunnel4,000

SSCertifiable5,000

SSCrazy Eights8,000

SSChampion10,000

SSCoach 15,001

SSC-Insane20,000

One Orange Chip25,000

SSC-Dedicated 30,000

SSC-Forever 40,000

SSC Guru 50,000

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

Ron

Please help us, help you -before posting a question please read[/url]
Before posting a performance problem please read[/url]

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 7

Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂

SELECT [No biltong = ] = CAST('Þ¾ï' AS VARBINARY)

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 8

Chris Morris-439714 (9/15/2010)
Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂
SELECT [No biltong = ] = CAST('Þ¾ï' AS VARBINARY)

SELECT [No biltong] = 'Absolute, total disaster'

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736642 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

SSC Guru

Points: 736642

September 15, 2010 at 8:36 am

#1221366

DEADBEEF, that was funny :hehe::hehe:

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Chris Morris-439714 (9/15/2010)
Tom.Thomson (9/15/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/14/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/14/2010)
GilaMonster (9/14/2010)
Grant Fritchey (9/14/2010)
GilaMonster (9/14/2010)
Lynn Pettis (9/14/2010)
The key to arguing with GilaMonster (or anyone for that matter) is:
A) Admit when you are wrong.
B) If not A, agree to disagree.
And
C) If you're right, don't gloat.
Much.
Ok...
Gloat as much as you like, in private.
No, come gloat in here! (That way we can all watch. :-D)
Why all the discussion about goats?
Not just goats, "Gloats". Those are fat goats, they get their name from a combination of Bloat and Goat.
Are you saying that Grant is a fat goat? If so I think you should apogolize.
Tom, aren't you in your winter breeding grounds? Don't you have anything more int... nah never mind.

Hey may not have anything more int, but he should at least have a few varchars laying around.

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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂

ROFLOL

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

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173083 More actions · Answer 12

bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
Brandie Tarvin Posted Today @ 7:15 AM
All this talk about the "rankings" makes me want to know what they are and how many points or posts it requires for each one.
Here they are:
TitleThreshold
SSChampion10,000
SSCoach 15,001
SSC-Insane20,000
One Orange Chip25,000
SSC-Dedicated 30,000
SSC-Forever 40,000
SSC Guru 50,000

And Steve's keeping track of his own points the normal way? Why, I wonder, has he not slapped the Guru label on himself?

...unless... Steve, you haven't been reading the books, have you? You can't ever be a guru if you read the tech manuals...

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736642 More actions · Answer 13

LOL, I had to give myself something to aim for.

I'm hoping I get to 50k. That would be another few years.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173083 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (9/15/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (9/15/2010)
Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂
SELECT [No biltong = ] = CAST('Þ¾ï' AS VARBINARY)
SELECT [No biltong] = 'Absolute, total disaster'

I tried your code. It does not compute.

Msg 257, Level 16, State 3, Line 2

Implicit conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not allowed. Use the CONVERT Biltong function to run this query.

😉

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 15

Brandie Tarvin (9/15/2010)
GilaMonster (9/15/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (9/15/2010)
Paul White NZ (9/15/2010)
Chad Crawford (9/14/2010)
If only you and DEAD people can read Hex, how many people can read Hex?
Don't know. But I do know what an expired hexadecimal cow looks like:
0xDEADBEEF
🙂
SELECT [No biltong = ] = CAST('Þ¾ï' AS VARBINARY)
SELECT [No biltong] = 'Absolute, total disaster'
I tried your code. It does not compute.
Msg 257, Level 16, State 3, Line 2
Implicit conversion from data type varchar to varbinary is not allowed. Use the CONVERT Biltong function to run this query.
😉

Heh merely hot air 😛

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden