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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 1

CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/27/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
WayneS (9/27/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/27/2010)
I of course immediately subscribed to your feed
Okay, stupid question time. How do you subscribe to a blog feed? Are any special programs required?
Since you said stupid question time, here's one way to do it:
EXEC DBCC TimeWarp @param126 = '[blog URL]', @param127 = 'Subscribe' 😀
Wayne, tell Alvin you want your money back for that answer.
There's an RSS icon in the upper right of IE7/8, orangey colored square, click the drop-down arrow, and click on the feed you want. It'll come up, click on Subscribe To This Feed under the feed name, and it'll automatically be in your Favorites (click on the Feeds tab rather than the Favorites tab).
Also, even better, if you're using Outlook, it automatically shows up in your mailbox under RSS Feeds.
Stefan,
With wordpress, there are also some Widgets that could be installed on the blog to make the subscribe to feed more visible. They would also help give you insight into how many people just read the feed as opposed to visiting your site.
Thanks! I'll look for what's available for that. I'm just learning WordPress, but it did seem to be the best out there. I do think it is funny that I'm using a MySQL database to blog about SQL Server. Currently my big problem is that I'm not getting emails when someone comments. I'll have to ask my hosting provider if there's a reason for that.
I have stats running in 2 places right now, but I don't think either provides info on the feed.
I thought it interesting as well - using MySQL as the backend. There are apps to install to help with the admin of that DB too - things like backups and such. I have my backup emailed to me on a regular basis. There is a lot that can be done to "trick out" your blog. I'm still learning stuff with it too.
There's a site devoted to using WordPress with SQL Server, but I think I'll save that for when I'm an expert at WordPress and can work with the different system. There's a LOT to learn with WordPress because of all the ways you can, as you say "trick out your blog". I think I'll be learning that as well for quite awhile. : -)
What are you using for the backup and email of the backup?
WordPress Database Backup

Great, thanks! I'll look for that when I get home.

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

We should have an RSS feed for The Thread.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
We should have an RSS feed for The Thread.

Like the one in the top right corner?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
We should have an RSS feed for The Thread.
Like the one in the top right corner?

hmmmm, yeah.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 5

A lady at ASKSSC could use some help. I know you guys don't go there often.

She's, I'd say, being abused by the boss. Might want to chime in.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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

CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/27/2010)
Anybody know of a way to track readers on LJ?
What is LJ?
LJ is Live Journal. Some like the site, some hate it. I just don't see it used often for more than personal blogging. There are those that do and they seem to like it. My favorite part is the nested comment threads.
Wordpress has an app for that.

Wordpress has had threaded comments built in since 2.9 (I think).

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

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (9/27/2010)
Anybody know of a way to track readers on LJ?
What is LJ?
LJ is Live Journal. Some like the site, some hate it. I just don't see it used often for more than personal blogging. There are those that do and they seem to like it. My favorite part is the nested comment threads.
Wordpress has an app for that.
Wordpress has had threaded comments built in since 2.9 (I think).

I didn't mean to imply that WordPress doesn't have it. I think the current default setting is 5 levels of nested comments. I was just saying that was one of the things I liked about LJ, especially way back when I started using it 10 years ago. Or is it longer now...

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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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What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
A lady at ASKSSC could use some help. I know you guys don't go there often.
She's, I'd say, being abused by the boss. Might want to chime in.

After the login mechanism over there changed, I have a hard time logging in every time. It eventually lets me in but it is a fight every time.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004354 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Jones - Editor (9/27/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/26/2010)
... there are a whole lot of people that should'na be allowed near a computer never mind a database.
Seen too many that shouldn't do either but do both. Oh well, hopefully that means job security for some of us.
The problem with this is that people are on a learning curve. So should they not blog until they know everything? Do we remove Jeff's Running Total article when Windowing functions become prevalent in SQL Server?
There are mistakes, and places where we easily see that someone should know better, but I'd also argue there are tons of articles that are debatable, where you could make an argument that some of the information makes sense to put out there for debate, and discussion, as well as use in some domains.

Heh... actually, yes... take down the running total article(s)... I'm tired of defending it. 😉

Shifting gears to the serious side, those are some pretty sobering words, Steve. We've all made mistakes and we're all going to continue making them. Thanks for the reminder.

--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)

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

UMG Developer (9/26/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/26/2010)
I knew the problem of asinine articles, bad blogs, cruddy code, dumb demonstrations, extreme egos, and flippant flawed followers was pretty bad before I started the research but I've discovered that the problem is actually much, much worse than I ever thought before... there are a whole lot of people that should'na be allowed near a computer never mind a database.
That is the result of the 90/10 rule. (90% of everything is crap.) Which applies to people as well as everything else. A lot of them shouldn't be allowed near a coffee maker never the less a computer. :hehe:

Sturgeon got it wrong. He should have said 95%. At least of the developers I have interviewed I regard 95% as unemployable in any sanely managed company (of course 95% of companies are not sanely managed, so there's little chance of these guys becoming unemployed). Actually, 95% may still be an understatement. 😉

Tom

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004354 More actions · Answer 11

Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
I just got bad news. I've seen the schedule for the PASS Summit. I'll be speaking to an empty room because I'm presenting the same time as Jeff.
Hey Jeff, if I've only got three or four people, we're coming down to your room to watch your presentation.
BTW, it's preliminary & subject to change and before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to tell you when everyone is speaking. I just figured this was a good place to whine about my ill-fortune.

Crud... I was hoping to attend your session, Grant. Seriously.

Is the schedule something that's published? I've not seen anything on the summit website but I could simply be missing it... didn't have much time to look because I'm at work.

--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)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004354 More actions · Answer 12

UMG Developer (9/26/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/26/2010)
On that very note, I've recently been doing a whole lot of research for a little project I'm on concerning different methods to do certain things in T-SQL.
What exactly is it that you are researching?

1. Scalar and mlTVF's usage vs iTVF's vs real inline code.

2. Certain While Loops vs RBAR vs Tally vs "other methods".

3. Possible misperceptions (including some of my own) associated with all the above both pro and con.

--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)

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (9/27/2010)
Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
I just got bad news. I've seen the schedule for the PASS Summit. I'll be speaking to an empty room because I'm presenting the same time as Jeff.
Hey Jeff, if I've only got three or four people, we're coming down to your room to watch your presentation.
BTW, it's preliminary & subject to change and before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to tell you when everyone is speaking. I just figured this was a good place to whine about my ill-fortune.
Crud... I was hoping to attend your session, Grant. Seriously.
Is the schedule something that's published? I've not seen anything on the summit website but I could simply be missing it... didn't have much time to look because I'm at work.

Not yet. It will be soon. And yeah, I was planning on going to your session as well. That's just how it breaks sometimes though.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 14

Most sessions are recorded.

You could also make an appeal to Allen Kinsel to slide one of you two.

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/27/2010)
Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
I just got bad news. I've seen the schedule for the PASS Summit. I'll be speaking to an empty room because I'm presenting the same time as Jeff.
Hey Jeff, if I've only got three or four people, we're coming down to your room to watch your presentation.
BTW, it's preliminary & subject to change and before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to tell you when everyone is speaking. I just figured this was a good place to whine about my ill-fortune.
Crud... I was hoping to attend your session, Grant. Seriously.
Is the schedule something that's published? I've not seen anything on the summit website but I could simply be missing it... didn't have much time to look because I'm at work.
Not yet. It will be soon. And yeah, I was planning on going to your session as well. That's just how it breaks sometimes though.

You two should go to each other's session. 😀

Now that would mess things up.

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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]