September 28, 2010 at 1:05 am
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Anybody here have much experience with FirebirdSQL?
Well, I wouldn't say "much experience", but I've had to deal with it in the past.
Is there anything particular you're looking for? Probably I don't know the answer, but asking won't hurt. 😉
-- Gianluca Sartori
September 28, 2010 at 2:36 am
Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
WayneS (9/27/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/27/2010)
I of course immediately subscribed to your feedOkay, 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' 😀
What, no dates? That's like WHEN 1 = 1, he'll get everything Stefan has ever done, or ever will do, all at once - and maybe not even today, he might get it last week!
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
September 28, 2010 at 2:44 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
GilaMonster (9/27/2010)
Tom.Thomson (9/27/2010)
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. 😉Regarding the 95% of companies, absolutely. Some of the places I've done work at I wonder how and why they're still in business and, seeing as those are companies that are willing to call in a relatively expensive consultant, they can't be anywhere close to the worst around.
I think the worst are the ones that call in that consultant and then don't listen.
I've had those as well. Typically they don't remain a client for long.
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
September 28, 2010 at 4:28 am
GilaMonster (9/28/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
GilaMonster (9/27/2010)
Tom.Thomson (9/27/2010)
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. 😉Regarding the 95% of companies, absolutely. Some of the places I've done work at I wonder how and why they're still in business and, seeing as those are companies that are willing to call in a relatively expensive consultant, they can't be anywhere close to the worst around.
I think the worst are the ones that call in that consultant and then don't listen.
I've had those as well. Typically they don't remain a client for long.
How do you kick them off your client list, Gail? What do you typically say when deciding not to work as a consultant for them any longer?
September 28, 2010 at 5:13 am
Brandie Tarvin (9/28/2010)
How do you kick them off your client list, Gail? What do you typically say when deciding not to work as a consultant for them any longer?
Depends on the reason. A lot of the work I do is project-based. Fixed deliverables, fixed price. In that case it's easy. Once the project is done we politely decline any requests for further work.
If it's retainer-type work (one performance review a month, x hours/days a week on site, etc) that's always negotiated with a time limit after which we renegotiate if necessary. In those cases we can politely decline to renew and explain our reasons.
It's not just about wasted time on my side. It's also a lot about whether the client is getting value for money. If they're paying a lot of money and getting no value, either because they're ignoring recommendations or because they don't have the capabilities to implement them then it's harming them for me to continue, not helping.
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
September 28, 2010 at 7:04 am
The Dixie Flatline (9/27/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/27/2010)
Anybody here really good with permissions?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic994116-359-1.aspx
Not me, Jason. Heck, I don't even like the taste of persimmons.
I'm not either, but I asked for more details.
I like your spin on words.
Greg E
September 28, 2010 at 7:17 am
UMG Developer (9/27/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/27/2010)
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...Jeff,
You may want to edit your signature, your link to how to ask about T-SQL appears to just be a graphic showing you are a PASS speaker.
Thanks for watching out for me. I repaired the link and I think it's fixed now.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
September 28, 2010 at 7:26 am
Grant Fritchey (9/27/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/27/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/27/2010)
...I guess I should look at the more postive "at least people are trying" aspect.
If they are trying. Remember that posts, articles, etc. are 4 dimensional. They're written in time, at a certain point in our knowledge base.
Almost as soon as I've written most technical things, I can find some fault with it, or some domain where it doesn't make sense.
If someone writes something that seems off, see if they might have learned something since then. Or if they are trying. Or if they respond to comments questioning what they've done.
Yeah, write a book sometime. Then you get to live, for quite a while, with the stupid stuff you spewed out when you didn't know better. It can be a bit painful at times.
Heh... I've been trying to find incentive to get back to mine because I've been thinking the same thing with every word or bit of code I write. Even Ben-Gan's books get flamed now and then just because an idea went out of date. Maybe I should make it easy on myself and title it, "I don't know SQL from Shinola but I'm trying to help." 😛
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
September 28, 2010 at 7:41 am
Jeff Moden (9/28/2010)
Heh... I've been trying to find incentive to get back to mine because I've been thinking the same thing with every word or bit of code I write. Even Ben-Gan's books get flamed now and then just because an idea went out of date. Maybe I should make it easy on myself and title it, "I don't know SQL from Shinola but I'm trying to help." 😛
You could probably put that as the subtitle on most books. Just go for it. We could use your knowledge.
"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
September 28, 2010 at 7:44 am
Anyone else find it rude when someone posts a question, they get one answer, then they add a post to bump their topic back to the top of the page without replying to the answerer as to whether or not the offered solution worked?
Or is it just me?
September 28, 2010 at 7:47 am
Steve Jones - Editor (9/27/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/27/2010)
...I guess I should look at the more postive "at least people are trying" aspect.
If they are trying. Remember that posts, articles, etc. are 4 dimensional. They're written in time, at a certain point in our knowledge base.
Almost as soon as I've written most technical things, I can find some fault with it, or some domain where it doesn't make sense.
If someone writes something that seems off, see if they might have learned something since then. Or if they are trying. Or if they respond to comments questioning what they've done.
Absolutely and thanks for the great reminder as to how I started in SQL and the mistakes I still make. I need to remember that and the 4th dimension. Even DBCC TIMEWARP requires some Hampster poo to operate correctly. 😛 Same goes with the SQL community.
Looking back, a perfect example of this is on the "Replacing Multiple Spaces" article. I had a decent (heh... and fully documented/supported) way of doing it and someone came on board with an even better way. Instead of flaming me for my less-than-perfect way of doing it, some folks actually thanked me for bringing the problem to the surface where people could discuss it and eventually come up with the-perfect-way. I've got to remember THAT's how the community should work and I'm more than a bit ashamed that I forgot the lesson of that day.
I've gotta get back to being humble because, in the long run, we're all wrong or simply fall short more than we care to be and, if we're good, we learn from those lessons. I haven't been so good because not only did I forget that lesson, it's a lesson that I've forgotten more than once.
Thanks for the lesson and the regrounding of values, Steve. Seriously.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
September 28, 2010 at 7:48 am
Chris Morris-439714 (9/28/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/27/2010)
WayneS (9/27/2010)
jcrawf02 (9/27/2010)
I of course immediately subscribed to your feedOkay, 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' 😀
What, no dates? That's like WHEN 1 = 1, he'll get everything Stefan has ever done, or ever will do, all at once - and maybe not even today, he might get it last week!
That'd be great! It'd save a lot of writing. If you get it, would you pass it on to me and then I can just cut and paste.
... It isn't plagurism if I'm copying me, right?
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
September 28, 2010 at 7:49 am
GilaMonster (9/28/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
GilaMonster (9/27/2010)
Tom.Thomson (9/27/2010)
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. 😉Regarding the 95% of companies, absolutely. Some of the places I've done work at I wonder how and why they're still in business and, seeing as those are companies that are willing to call in a relatively expensive consultant, they can't be anywhere close to the worst around.
I think the worst are the ones that call in that consultant and then don't listen.
I've had those as well. Typically they don't remain a client for long.
I had a contract that lasted almost a year. I completely redesigned their terrible database "system", bringing 500 tables down to around 50, and then they told me they were just going to leave things as they were.
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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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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
September 28, 2010 at 7:52 am
Stefan Krzywicki (9/28/2010)
GilaMonster (9/28/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/27/2010)
GilaMonster (9/27/2010)
Tom.Thomson (9/27/2010)
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. 😉Regarding the 95% of companies, absolutely. Some of the places I've done work at I wonder how and why they're still in business and, seeing as those are companies that are willing to call in a relatively expensive consultant, they can't be anywhere close to the worst around.
I think the worst are the ones that call in that consultant and then don't listen.
I've had those as well. Typically they don't remain a client for long.
I had a contract that lasted almost a year. I completely redesigned their terrible database "system", bringing 500 tables down to around 50, and then they told me they were just going to leave things as they were.
It's disappointing, for sure but... you still got paid and they didn't blame you so probably not such a bad gig, eh?
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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