January 17, 2011 at 11:14 am
Grant Fritchey (1/17/2011)
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 😀 )
Oh heck, he's probably one of mine and working across the hall.
We recently had a project that brought in a highly paid Microsoft consultant (somone I worked with in the past, who is actually extremely good) on a project to tell them that they needed clustered indexes. And yes, I work across the hall from the project. While in the meeting, the consultant turned to me and said, "Hey Grant, didn't you just give a presentation on this to 600 people?" Our dev team sat there slack-jawed.
Did I mention I love my job?
I think we've all been in the position where our recommendations have been shot down and then a consultant comes in and says the same thing and it is implemented immediately. Although I've never had the consultant reference my stuff before. Of course I've not done a presentation for 600 people.
Jack Corbett
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January 17, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Roy Ernest (1/17/2011)
Oh yea...!!!! My non technical article is going to be published this week. It will be on 20th - 21st of Jan. It is regarding Netmeeting.Thanks Steve.
Heh... I've "Ernest"-ly been looking forward to that one. I know... you've probably had "Mo-Den" enough of that pun. 😛
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January 17, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Lots of people have talked very Ernestly to me regarding being Ernest all the time in everything I do... 😀
-Roy
January 17, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Roy Ernest (1/17/2011)
Lots of people have talked very Ernestly to me regarding being Ernest all the time in everything I do... 😀
It is important to be Ernest.
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January 17, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Anyone want to handle Desperately Seeking Page Split Solution here? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1048687-391-1.aspx. Looks to me like premature optimisation, but I'm too tired to have another look
Gail Shaw
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January 17, 2011 at 7:45 pm
For those who are interested the results for the Professional Development track vote for SQLRally are in, http://bit.ly/eymEpp.
Voting is open for the Development track now, http://www.tinyurl.com/SQLRallyDevVote
We have at least one Threadizen with a session in the Dev track (Wayne).
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January 17, 2011 at 11:42 pm
SQLRally: for those voting for the different presentations that can be presented at the SQLRally, my presentation on "Table Variables & Temporary Tables - What you NEED to know!" is on this weeks voting list. (For some odd reason, it's in the "Tips and Tricks" section. Please consider voting for this session.
FYI, I see that Dave Ballantyne also has a session that can be voted on this week! (I didn't notice any other Threadizens, but I reserve the right to be ignorant about it! :-P)
Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
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January 18, 2011 at 1:36 am
WayneS (1/17/2011)
SQLRally: for those voting for the different presentations that can be presented at the SQLRally, my presentation on "Table Variables & Temporary Tables - What you NEED to know!" is on this weeks voting list. (For some odd reason, it's in the "Tips and Tricks" section. Please consider voting for this session.
Consider it done...
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January 18, 2011 at 5:05 am
Jeff Moden (1/14/2011)
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 that why you ignored the PM I sent you a few months ago? Aha. I'll email you then.
January 18, 2011 at 5:10 am
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.
He's probably talking about me. @=)
January 18, 2011 at 5:13 am
Talking about vending machines, I want the vending machines that dispense gold. That would be so cool!
January 18, 2011 at 5:50 am
There is one vending machine in the Arab emirates that is for Gold. You can use your Credit card to buy gold from the vending machine.
-Roy
January 18, 2011 at 5:53 am
Roy Ernest (1/18/2011)
There is one vending machine in the Arab emirates that is for Gold. You can use your Credit card to buy gold from the vending machine.
:w00t::cool:
That vending machine must be heavily secured...
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January 18, 2011 at 5:57 am
It is in a hotel lobby if I am not mistaken. Cameras and normal security is what I believe they have. It is just like any ATM Interestingly, there is not much crime in those countries. (You get caught, you get killed). People do like to live long you know.. 🙂 No one in the right mind want to commit a crime that is equivalent to suicide.. 😀
-Roy
January 18, 2011 at 6:02 am
Roy Ernest (1/18/2011)
It is in a hotel lobby if I am not mistaken. Cameras and normal security is what I believe they have. It is just like any ATM Interestingly, there is not much crime in those countries. (You get caught, you get killed). People do like to live long you know.. 🙂 No one in the right mind want to commit a crime that is equivalent to suicide.. 😀
If I'm not mistaken, don't they chop your hands off if you are caught stealing? Isn't the death penaly for more severe crimes?
(I'm not really an expert in those laws, so I don't know)
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