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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Looks like Jeff called out the view on Joe.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 2

To all the people in the U.S.: Have a happy Thanksgiving.

To everyone else. Have a happy Thursday. 😀

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

The Dixie Flatline (11/24/2010)
To all the people in the U.S.: Have a happy Thanksgiving.
To everyone else. Have a happy Thursday. 😀

Seconded, see y'all in a week. 🙂

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 4

To all of you folks in the U.S.:

May the turkey be tender and juicy and the people you're celebrating with be the ones you love and care about.

My very special wishes go to Jack: May Thanksgiving and the following holidays be silent and restful for you and your family!! Take care!

Lutz
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 5

WayneS (11/24/2010)
Craig Farrell (11/24/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/24/2010)
jcrawf02 (11/24/2010)
Should we point out that his view solution doesn't *just* give you the duplicates? 😉
Yes - fire away!!!!!!!!!
I just ended up having to thump Joe over the head in another thread, too. I keep shoving the soapbox that Joe incites back under the couch, but it really wants to come out and play.
Craig - I thought about posting this over "there", but decided to keep this to us threadizens.
http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DataDesign/iso-11179-naming-conventions
(Just gotta love how it starts out by talking about you-know-who!)

How very perfect... I love such sources of big, fat, juicy, pork chops! This is going to be fun in the future and, as they said on one of my favorite shows, "We put the 'f-u' in 'fun'".

--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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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31162 More actions · Answer 6

Craig Farrell (11/24/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (11/24/2010)
To all the people in the U.S.: Have a happy Thanksgiving.
To everyone else. Have a happy Thursday. 😀
Seconded, see y'all in a week. 🙂

Thirded -- heading out for a couple of days to eat lots of turkey and pretty much do absolutely nothing!

Have a good holiday! (To those of you outside the US . . . well, have a good holiday, anyway! :-D)

See you guys back again on Monday!

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 7

Gianluca Sartori (11/24/2010)
WayneS (11/23/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/23/2010)
Craig Farrell (11/23/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/23/2010)
LutzM (11/23/2010)
Alvin, that's what you look like when you've had time to shave?!? 😀
But isn't that counterproductive regarding hunting season?
Depends on what I'm hunting. 😎
My word, Alvin... Why so serious?
*ducks*
I don't see no ducks. 😛
Hmm. Starting to remind me of the Arkansas 12th grade reading exam
Something must be seriously wrong with me if I don't find it funny at all.
Maybe some of you Americans can help me understand it.

I think you are confused - you should have said "right" instead of "wrong"!

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 8

Alvin Ramard (11/24/2010)
Just heard IT supervisor say it's 110 degrees in the server room. Glad I don't have anything to do with server admin.

It must be nice to have a server room that cool (I assume you mean Fahrenheit degrees, not real ones).

Tom

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 9

LutzM (11/24/2010)
To all of you folks in the U.S.:
May the turkey be tender and juicy and the people you're celebrating with be the ones you love and care about.
My very special wishes go to Jack: May Thanksgiving and the following holidays be silent and restful for you and your family!! Take care!

I'll second that. Here's to you and your's, Jack!

--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: 1004290 More actions · Answer 10

It's a little out of character for me but I know you'll recognize the rhetoric. I just couldn't resist... it was too perfect. Enjoy... 😛

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1025567-392-1.aspx#bm1026289

--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)

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 11

Jeff Moden (11/24/2010)
It's a little out of character for me but I know you'll recognize the rhetoric. I just couldn't resist... it was too perfect. Enjoy... 😛
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1025567-392-1.aspx#bm1026289

Let the f-u-n begin!

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

WayneS (11/24/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/24/2010)
WayneS (11/24/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/24/2010)
WayneS (11/24/2010)
Speaking of Joe... he's asking for help at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1026157-391-1.aspx
Don't have a good answer for that. My initial response would be go take some math classes at the local U.
I couldn't resist... I posted a smart-a** reply.
It could have been worse.
I half-expected a Celko like response.
Alvin - how about posting over there something like "Isn't there an ISO standard for that? Why aren't you using it?"

So fed up with Celko, I just had to post a comment on his thread.

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 13

Happy Thanks giving to everyone who celebrates it..:-)

-Roy

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 14

For those who may have missed it.

Jeff Moden waxes poetic
In days of old,
When Knights were bold,
And Windowing was not invented,
He wrapped his code
In a familiar mode
And RBAR was prevented.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1025567-392-2.aspx

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

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

Tom.Thomson (11/24/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (11/24/2010)
WayneS (11/23/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/23/2010)
Craig Farrell (11/23/2010)
Alvin Ramard (11/23/2010)
LutzM (11/23/2010)
Alvin, that's what you look like when you've had time to shave?!? 😀
But isn't that counterproductive regarding hunting season?
Depends on what I'm hunting. 😎
My word, Alvin... Why so serious?
*ducks*
I don't see no ducks. 😛
Hmm. Starting to remind me of the Arkansas 12th grade reading exam
Something must be seriously wrong with me if I don't find it funny at all.
Maybe some of you Americans can help me understand it.
I think you are confused - you should have said "right" instead of "wrong"!

Silly me, I read wrong as right in his statement. I concur.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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