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

Stefan Krzywicki (9/15/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
yeah, think I'll do that. Thanks guys.
Post a quick message in here when you do so that we'll know to go looking for it.
Heh, put it much better than I managed. : -)

Not really.

Looks like you and I were typing at the same time.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Stefan Krzywicki (9/15/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
By the way for some reason going down is always slower and harder than going up.
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you already climbed the damn thing, and you're tired?
Or that you are constantly looking down?
It has more to do with the fact that you're going backwards.
So you think it'd go faster if you climb down head-first like a squirrel? : -)

Works for me. 😀

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 3

Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)
bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
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By the way for some reason going down is always slower and harder than going up.
By the way, if going down is much faster than going up, you're falling.
:w00t:

Finally got to see a bit of it (2 mins?) before my 3G network laughed me off with a timeout. That DOES look interesting though.

And of course, there's a reason down is slower then up. Your feet already know where the next bar is going up, some psychological reason, but going down you need to find each one, then look back up for your hands, and repeat. Watch for it sometime on a ladder if you're not gripping the outside bars. 🙂

And, well, yes, you probably do need a bit of removal from standard fear centers (oh, wait, insane? Yeah, that works) to find that looking like fun. 🙂 Wonder if they're taking part time weekend workers... Would definately be different then (Select * from tbl_Built_By_FirstYear_Dev CROSS JOIN tbl_ActualUserList WHERE TruncatedRecord = TRUE...)

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

Be a good gig for a BASE jumper.

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"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."

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 5

jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
Be a good gig for a BASE jumper.

:w00t: I never thought I'd get such delicious ideas for my... extracurricular activities... from a SQL forum. I like yer thinkin'.

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 6

jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
Will definitely have to watch that when I get home.
Side note, advice seeking -
53 text files that we want to load into 53 diff tables, all with different file structures.
Should I even be considering one SSIS package to do all that? Or is that ridiculous?
All the files come at once from our regulatory body, and we have to reconcile with our current data and respond under unreasonable deadlines (you know, same old same old), so was hoping to automate at least the load and variance portions.

This post by Tim Mitchell might help. I'd also check Andy Leonard's blog

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

Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
yeah, think I'll do that. Thanks guys.
Post a quick message in here when you do so that we'll know to go looking for it.

Or send me an article 😉

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
By the way for some reason going down is always slower and harder than going up.
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you already climbed the damn thing, and you're tired?
Or that you are constantly looking down?

Nah - more difficult and more traumatizing

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 9

Stefan Krzywicki (9/15/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
By the way for some reason going down is always slower and harder than going up.
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you already climbed the damn thing, and you're tired?
Or that you are constantly looking down?
It has more to do with the fact that you're going backwards.
So you think it'd go faster if you climb down head-first like a squirrel? : -)

Definitely! :w00t:

Wayne
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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 10

Stefan Krzywicki (9/15/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
yeah, think I'll do that. Thanks guys.
Post a quick message in here when you do so that we'll know to go looking for it.
Heh, put it much better than I managed. : -)

Here's the link: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic986715-364-1.aspx

(Quoted Stefan's post to make him feel better) :-P:-D

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"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."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 11

Steve Jones - Editor (9/15/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
yeah, think I'll do that. Thanks guys.
Post a quick message in here when you do so that we'll know to go looking for it.
Or send me an article 😉

hmm....if I have time, I will. Thanks!

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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."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 12

Jack Corbett (9/15/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/15/2010)
Will definitely have to watch that when I get home.
Side note, advice seeking -
53 text files that we want to load into 53 diff tables, all with different file structures.
Should I even be considering one SSIS package to do all that? Or is that ridiculous?
All the files come at once from our regulatory body, and we have to reconcile with our current data and respond under unreasonable deadlines (you know, same old same old), so was hoping to automate at least the load and variance portions.
This post by Tim Mitchell might help. I'd also check Andy Leonard's blog

I thought about bugging Andy, he and I both work for the same parent company now, although he's in a different division. Trying not to wear out that welcome.

Thanks for the links

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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."

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 13

Stefan Krzywicki (9/15/2010)
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bitbucket-25253 (9/15/2010)
By the way for some reason going down is always slower and harder than going up.
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you already climbed the damn thing, and you're tired?
Or that you are constantly looking down?
It has more to do with the fact that you're going backwards.
So you think it'd go faster if you climb down head-first like a squirrel? : -)

The basic reasons at least my reasons:

1. You do not look down - never - ever if at all possible -- it makes one dizzy.

2. Always look horizontally - no dizzy feeling

3. Hunting for the next foot rest using the same foot, and boy you do not want to miss it, for sure.

Work during college undergraduate days:

Although the height is much less, climbing a wooden electric or light pole, using climbing spikes, which in old wood tend to rip out, and your safety belt hugs you to the pole as you slip down -- a real treat picking the splinters out of you hide when you do reach bottom. As an aside the view from the top of an electric pole what with a transformer hanging up top is no where as nice as from a TV tower.

Graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and to TV towers, --see I was getting up in the world.

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

Ron

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Those are good reasons to not have chosen that as a career. Maybe that is part of the reason for everything going under ground these days...

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 15

CirquedeSQLeil (9/15/2010)
Those are good reasons to not have chosen that as a career. Maybe that is part of the reason for everything going under ground these days...

Key reasons for putting things underground is so that they will be less likely to be in the way of anything, and less likely that anything will make contact with them. Less likely, but problems can still occur.

Alvin Ramard
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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]