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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 1

Paul White NZ (9/16/2010)
The final part of my optimizer series is up today. As expected, the page views have been lower than normal, but it has been good to reach new people like Hugo Kornelis and some of the SSC regulars (and ASK regulars like Matt Whitfield). Thanks to everyone that did read the series.
SSC optimizer article views: 17,316
My blog optimizer article views: 17,026
Close eh?

Paul, I've really liked those articles. Heck, all of your articles have been keepers. Thanks for being a part of this community, and for the great articles. Keep them coming!

Wayne
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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 2

WayneS (9/16/2010)
Paul, I've really liked those articles. Heck, all of your articles have been keepers. Thanks for being a part of this community, and for the great articles. Keep them coming!

Yep sure will - and thanks. I'm moving house at the moment, and waiting for my new laptop to arrive (my old one is single-core and has a very shonky power connection), and Amanda has broken her finger (on a horse!) so I've been struggling for blog/article time over the last two weeks...:-D

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 3

status report: we need 20.3 posts/day to reach 20k by the 2yr anniversary of this post (11.18.2010).

Wayne
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

God is great. Beer is good, and people are crazy. 🙂

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 5

CirquedeSQLeil (9/16/2010)
Paul White NZ (9/16/2010)
The final part of my optimizer series is up today. As expected, the page views have been lower than normal, but it has been good to reach new people like Hugo Kornelis and some of the SSC regulars (and ASK regulars like Matt Whitfield). Thanks to everyone that did read the series.
SSC optimizer article views: 17,316
My blog optimizer article views: 17,026
Close eh?
Pretty good considering it was up on the blog first and then republished on ssc.

True, but SSC views all tend to come within a few days of going up - the blog has a 'longer tail'.

Plus SSC has 1M+ subscribers...

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SQLkiwi blog
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

Combine this and the BIT thread and I'm just about ready to throw in the towel.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost986824.aspx

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (9/16/2010)
Combine this and the BIT thread and I'm just about ready to throw in the towel.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost986824.aspx

But Gail, you know that there are so many other people that truly appreciate you. Just ignore the ID 10 T's and help those that appreciate it.

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

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

WayneS (9/16/2010)
But Gail, you know that there are so many other people that truly appreciate you. Just ignore the ID 10 T's and help those that appreciate it.

Yeah. Still hurts though. Sets a really crappy tone for the day too...

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

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 9

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.

It's harder to see where you're putting your feet, hence harder to ensure your foothold is trustworthy.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 10

Alvin Ramard (9/16/2010)
Beer is good, but great God people are crazy. 🙂

^{“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

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (9/16/2010)
Combine this and the BIT thread and I'm just about ready to throw in the towel.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost986824.aspx

What an odd reaction by Mark Enloe (presumably the OP using a different account).

He/she seems to be overly sensitive: I saw nothing wrong with the replies in that thread.

Paul White
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SQLkiwi blog
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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (9/16/2010)
WayneS (9/16/2010)
But Gail, you know that there are so many other people that truly appreciate you. Just ignore the ID 10 T's and help those that appreciate it.
(...) Sets a really crappy tone for the day too...

That and the controller error on \Device\Harddisk4\DR4 😉

The day can only improve.

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SQLkiwi blog
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 13

Paul White NZ (9/16/2010)
What an odd reaction by Mark Enloe (presumably the OP using a different account).

Don't think it's the bit thread OP. Different phrasing and language constructs

He/she seems to be overly sensitive: I saw nothing wrong with the replies in that thread.

Dunno. Maybe he doesn't like the 'Have you used a search engine' reply

Paul White NZ (9/16/2010)
That and the controller error on \Device\Harddisk4\DR4 😉

Still trying to figure out what drive that is. The internal drives are 0, 1 and 2, so it's either my external 1TB or one of my flash drives, depending which were plugged in at the time the error happened (sometime yesterday).

The day can only improve.

Dunno about that.

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

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (9/16/2010)
The day can only improve.
Dunno about that.

Trust me - I'm psychic 😀

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 15

GilaMonster (9/16/2010)
Combine this and the BIT thread and I'm just about ready to throw in the towel.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost986824.aspx

I can understand this feeling .... :crying:

On the other side ... altough they came in very rough ... they are just the two individuals.

Meaning 2 out of "

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I bet you have many more supporters than just Jeff, Paul , Steve, .... and off course myself included :w00t:

Same player shoot again.... hit ball when lights are on 😉

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