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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Roy Ernest (11/22/2010)
Get well Jack. November is just not your month I guess. First your son broke his hand now you are having high cholesterol.

Considering the timing (just before Thanksgiving) and seriousness, I would take those things into serious thought this week.

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.

Jack Corbett
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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 3

Jack Corbett (11/22/2010)
Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.

Shame they can't just test that!

Good to hear from you.

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

Stefan Krzywicki (11/22/2010)
Jack Corbett (11/22/2010)
Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.
Shame they can't just test that!
Good to hear from you.

The day might come when they'll be able stick prod up you know where and read the diagnostic data. I'm in no hurry for that. :w00t:

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

Jack Corbett (11/22/2010)
Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.

Glad to hear it wasn't worse than that. Hope you can take it easy for now.

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 6

Alvin Ramard (11/22/2010)
Jack Corbett (11/22/2010)
Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.
Glad to hear it wasn't worse than that. Hope you can take it easy for now.

Jack - disregard (or in Navy terminology... "belay the last"). You need to definitely TAKE IT EASY! No hopes... you MUST!

Wayne
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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (11/21/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2010)
GilaMonster (11/21/2010)
bitbucket-25253 (11/20/2010)
All this gibbering and jabbering about age -- Your are all youngsters.
I've got a GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER born on April 2nd, 2010. As Jeff Moden once said "Ron you are 3 days older than dirt" - and Jeff is correct.
So far, I am of reasonably sound body, and I thought sound of mind, but now realizing I follow the Therdizens - beginning to question that "sound mind" assumption.
Now if someone wants to guess my age, here is a clue I entered my teen years, the year World War II ended.
Um, I don't know how to put this politely, but my parents are younger than you. 🙂
Sound mind? Here? What are you thinking? I doubt any of the regulars here has. 😀
Hey, I have a sound mind! I listen to a ton of music. Lots of it from when bitbucket-25253 was just a child.
How many of you'll like Big Band or Swing?

That don't mean a thing...(you know the rest) I'm only 32, but I was a jazz major. Just means you have taste, not that you're old.

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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 8

GSquared (11/22/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/20/2010)
GilaMonster (11/20/2010)
Craig Farrell (11/19/2010)
And, well, I wasn't sure if Gail was familiar with them
Totally lost. No idea what you're talking about.
Aside: This is why, when I took part in the Pass summit quizbowls, I scored on technical questions and fell flat on geek culture questions. Often the geek culture doesn't come this far out.
It isn't so much "geek culture" as "American teenage boy culture". They're talking about the Three Stooges. I'm a fan of the Marx Brothers.
Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. I'm not sure what it was doing in my pajamas.
(MAJOR Marx Brothers fan. I can watch A Night at the Opera on inifinite-repeat. Same for Coconuts. "Why a duck? Why a no chicken?")

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

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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."

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 9

jcrawf02 (11/22/2010)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

Keep it up, you're making my jokes sound good. 😀

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

Jack Corbett (11/22/2010)
Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Still haven't seen the cardiologist, but have seen his nurse practioner, an internal medicine doc amd his nurse practitioner and others. Not sure what is going to be done. One Dr wants a stress test another doesn't. Now under stress.

Good luck with that, Jack. Whatever else they do, just try to take it easy. Wishing you well.

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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

Alvin Ramard (11/22/2010)
jcrawf02 (11/22/2010)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Keep it up, you're making my jokes sound good. 😀

All Groucho, no Jon 😉

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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."

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 12

Alvin Ramard (11/22/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (11/22/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/22/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/22/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (11/22/2010)
I live in Florida now. Black Friday is not so bad when you can wait in line at 2:00 a.m. in only a jacket, t-shirt, and jeans.
@=)
You can wait in line at 2 AM if you want. I'll probably be home. 🙂
Yup - stay at home let the insane do their thing.
Black friday is officially the friday after thanksgiving but the the online deals started this last friday and you can save yourself time and money just by doing it online before thanksgiving. 😀
But with online deals, you risk bait-n-switch, wrong products being shipped, and poor quality. Not to mention phishing scams.
According to our local news, anyway, who is warning all and sundry that when shopping the deals online, one should be very alert and know who you're purchasing from before giving over all that juicy Credit Card information. (Not that this behavior should be different any other time of the year, IMHO. But the local news likes doing paranoia alerts.)
Anyone ever tried pre-paid credit cards online? That should be a safer way to shop and avoid identity theft.
I do a fair amount of online shopping, but only from several of the major sites.
I stay away from Joe's Softwear and Fish Bate Bargin Basemint. :w00t:

I do it the old fashioned way... shopping on Christmas Eve. And I take cash with me. When I'm out of cash, I'm done shopping. Everyone else gets a card that I bought right after Christmas last year. 😛

--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.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 13

Looks like the stress you were talking about caught up with you, Jack. I've actually been through that a couple of times including the trips to the hospital. It's never fun and, you're right... fake eggs suck! Long live BACON!!! 😛

I'm glad to hear you're going to be ok.

Hmmm... reminds me... why did I work 71 hours last week? :blink:

--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)

David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65142 More actions · Answer 14

Jeff Moden (11/22/2010)
Hmmm... reminds me... why did I work 71 hours last week? :blink:

Because you're a dedicated professional 😀

And you should know better 😛

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

Anyone up for a challenge?

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1024140-360-1.aspx

I suspect the developer who said those can't be optimised doesn't know the meaning of the word. Dynamic SQL and lots of NOLOCK to start with.

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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