Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004441 More actions · Answer 1

Gianluca Sartori (1/14/2011)
Roy Ernest (1/14/2011)
Jeff Moden (1/13/2011)
Roy Ernest (1/13/2011)
This place rocks... I ask for help and I get tons of help. This is the second time I asked for help here and both the times I was pointed to the right direction. 🙂
I have been noticing that the twitter #sqlhelp tag is over rated. SSC rocks... !!!!!
Very cool, Roy. I think the same thing. I don't ask for help much but when I do, I get some pretty awesome answers usually in less than a day.
My thread has hit 4 pages already with great advices... You all Rock...!!!!!!
OK, now let's see if somebody has a good advice for me too:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1047855.aspx
It's a bit tricky, but I'm confident!

Sorry, Gianluca. I've got no suggestions on this one.

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (1/14/2011)

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I was getting a bazillion PM's asking for private help. I got tired of replying "Please post it on the forum" so I just let my PM fill up. You can always email me in the strictest of confidence.

Is your e-mail still valid (Jeff@top_level_private_consulting_at_no_cost.org) ? 😀

Or should I use "the other one"?

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

How to get fast answers to your question[/url]
How to post performance related questions[/url]
Links for Tally Table [/url] , Cross Tabs [/url] and Dynamic Cross Tabs [/url], Delimited Split Function[/url]

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Can Gus and Stefan please PM me an email address if they are still interested in proof-reading an article.

Thanks

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
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Gail, just read this thread. Interesting how the OP couldn't deduce what you were saying from your original answer. I guess the real problem we have isn't illeteracy, but the inability to comprehend what is being said without dumbing it down.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
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Gail, just read this thread. Interesting how the OP couldn't deduce what you were saying from your original answer. I guess the real problem we have isn't illeteracy, but the inability to comprehend what is being said without dumbing it down.

I wondered about that. I essentially repeated myself in the second post, no clarifications, no extra information. Don't understand why that was comprehended and the previous one wasn't.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
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Gail, just read this thread. Interesting how the OP couldn't deduce what you were saying from your original answer. I guess the real problem we have isn't illeteracy, but the inability to comprehend what is being said without dumbing it down.
I wondered about that. I essentially repeated myself in the second post, no clarifications, no extra information. Don't understand why that was comprehended and the previous one wasn't.

Actually, if you reread them, the first you gave a specific example where as in the second you didn't. The OP needed to infer something from the first based on that and his experience. The first you actually explained slightly differently without an example.

Still, a bit unsettling if you ask me.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 7

And then you have those individuals that won't even ask their DBAs for help because they don't know them personally and are in a different building.

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
And then you have those individuals that won't even ask their DBAs for help because they don't know them personally and are in a different building.

Strange he posted his question on the web. He doesn't know us personally either and we're in a different building, too. (at least there is an extremely high probability 😀 )

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

How to get fast answers to your question[/url]
How to post performance related questions[/url]
Links for Tally Table [/url] , Cross Tabs [/url] and Dynamic Cross Tabs [/url], Delimited Split Function[/url]

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 9

LutzM (1/16/2011)
Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
And then you have those individuals that won't even ask their DBAs for help because they don't know them personally and are in a different building.
Strange he posted his question on the web. He doesn't know us personally either and we're in a different building, too. (at least there is an extremely high probability 😀 )

lol -- Maybe I should have said that too, just hadn't thought of it. :w00t:

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

And then there are those responses that are simply confusing. Truely some people have the gift of confusion. (No, I am not providing a link to this one as this is just a rant.)

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

Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
(No, I am not providing a link to this one as this is just a rant.)

Considering how active (not) a sunday night is, it's not hard to guess...

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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

GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
(No, I am not providing a link to this one as this is just a rant.)
Considering how active (not) a sunday night is, it's not hard to guess...

True.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259135 More actions · Answer 13

Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
GilaMonster (1/16/2011)
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Gail, just read this thread. Interesting how the OP couldn't deduce what you were saying from your original answer. I guess the real problem we have isn't illeteracy, but the inability to comprehend what is being said without dumbing it down.

I find the first explanation - with the example - actually more easy to understand than the second one.

Ah well...

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259135 More actions · Answer 14

Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
And then there are those responses that are simply confusing. Truely some people have the gift of confusion. (No, I am not providing a link to this one as this is just a rant.)

I hope it is not one of my responses. If it is, drop me a PM please.

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

Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
And then there are those responses that are simply confusing. Truely some people have the gift of confusion. (No, I am not providing a link to this one as this is just a rant.)
I hope it is not one of my responses. If it is, drop me a PM please.

It's not one of yours.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass