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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
Stay out of the gutter Gus. It's crowded enough in here without you. 😛

Trust me, I am WAY below the gutter.

Marianas Trench is uphill from where I usually hang out mentally. :w00t:

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Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 2

GSquared (12/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
Stay out of the gutter Gus. It's crowded enough in here without you. 😛
Trust me, I am WAY below the gutter.
Marianas Trench is uphill from where I usually hang out mentally. :w00t:

Yeah. I concur. I think Gus would explode from the pressure difference if he came all the way up to the gutter. Wouldn't be pretty. Would be pretty gross. Just like in Outland. SPLAT!

-- Kit

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

Wow. I was having problems with an older query taking too long, so I made what I thought was a little switch to begin making time improvements. I changed

FT

INNER JOIN (SELECT TypeID FROM AllTypes WHERE ParentType = 1) T

ON FT.TypeID = T.TypeID

to

WHERE FT.TypeID IN (SELECT TypeID FROM AllTypes WHERE ParentType = 1)

I thought I'd get a decent improvement, but the query went from 2 hours to 5 minutes! I had no idea it would be that dramatic. Thank you SQL Server Saturday where I first learned that concept.

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

GSquared (12/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
Stay out of the gutter Gus. It's crowded enough in here without you. 😛
Trust me, I am WAY below the gutter.
Marianas Trench is uphill from where I usually hang out mentally. :w00t:

It's nice to know I have good company then. 😛

Alvin Ramard
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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 5

GSquared (12/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
I'd prefer a picture of the horse stepping on the iPad. 😀
How about a horse stepping on an iMat?

With an iMat Michael Flatley surely would have an advantage to write an email... 😛

Lutz
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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 6

LutzM (12/14/2010)
GSquared (12/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
I'd prefer a picture of the horse stepping on the iPad. 😀
How about a horse stepping on an iMat?
With an iMat Michael Flatley surely would have an advantage to write an email... 😛

LOL!! Yeah!

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 7

GSquared (12/14/2010)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2010)
Stay out of the gutter Gus. It's crowded enough in here without you. 😛
Trust me, I am WAY below the gutter.
Marianas Trench is uphill from where I usually hang out mentally. :w00t:

I feel you on that one, Gus. I consider the gutter grates to be starlight. About as unreachable for me... and about as distant. 🙂

- Craig Farrell

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 8

Days like this, I wonder why I even talk to you people. All that gutter-talk coming out of your mouths... My mom would wash all your mouths out with soap! 😛

(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)

😀

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 9

Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
Days like this, I wonder why I even talk to you people. All that gutter-talk coming out of your mouths... My mom would wash all your mouths out with soap! 😛
(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)
😀

It's okay. You're not talking to us. You're typing at us.

Does that mean your mom's willing to wash my keyboard out with soap?

Or is like the mother with the mute kid, washed his hands out with soap...

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
Days like this, I wonder why I even talk to you people. All that gutter-talk coming out of your mouths... My mom would wash all your mouths out with soap! 😛
(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)
😀

Wash our mouths with soap? Why? We didn't actually say anything bad. 😀

Brandie, I didn't know what halos came in the shape of toilet seats. 😛

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)

Gail Shaw
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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (12/14/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)

How long did it take you to forge your own halo, in between the lightning strikes, Gail? And... is that... rust?

- Craig Farrell

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 13

I'm so glad I don't have a drink in my hand right now. All three responses just made my day.

@=)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
GilaMonster (12/14/2010)
Want some entertainment? I give you Gus's reply here http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1034345.aspx, nominated for comment on the week.
It almost resulted in coffee over laptop.
I can see why. @=) I'll second that nomination!

That is great.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 15

Craig Farrell (12/14/2010)
GilaMonster (12/14/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (12/14/2010)
(Where's my halo? Self-righteous doesn't work without my halo, darnit!)
How long did it take you to forge your own halo, in between the lightning strikes, Gail? And... is that... rust?

I liked Halo, but not Halo II. Haven't played much Reach. :hehe: