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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 1

Flash Gordon...Brings back old memories. I have never seen the series but I used to read the comics back then. Flash with the Doc. Mandrake with Luthor nd Phantom with his trusted devil....:D

Those were the times...;)

Hey Bob and Jeff, I got some really cold beers and BBQ in the fire.... I am using ISO for making fire...:hehe:

-Roy

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 2

song lines now? Flash Gordon?

I rented that for my kids last year. They loved it.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis (3/6/2009)
Of course, there are areas where egos are strong, RBAR solutions for one (right Jeff!).

Heh... no ego there... I let the code do the talking, as all should.

Funny that you mention "RBAR"... if you pronounce it like a lot of folks do... "R-BAR"... and then stretch out the "R"... "RRRRR-BAR"... it almost sounds like "Our Bar". 🙂

Over the last couple of days, there have been some pretty arrogant folks showing up. Both thought that they're somehow better than "Joe-bag-of-donuts" in one fashion or another with a suggestion of an "expert special place" or just outright ad hominem attacks. I sure am proud to be a part of the on-line family of people that just don't put up with that stuff... we don't need an "expert special place"... heh... we already have it and, unlike the proposal, newcomers of any skill level are absolutely welcome. The great thing about it is we don't tolerate any ring knocking... it damages the shine of the counter at the bar. 😛

--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: 1004365 More actions · Answer 4

Roy Ernest (3/7/2009)
Flash Gordon...Brings back old memories. I have never seen the series but I used to read the comics back then. Flash with the Doc. Mandrake with Luthor nd Phantom with his trusted devil....:D
Those were the times...;)
Hey Bob and Jeff, I got some really cold beers and BBQ in the fire.... I am using ISO for making fire...:hehe:

Cool... I love BBQ pork chops although the EPA may get after you for making obnoxious fumes by burning ISO's... 😛

--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)

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 5

As Woody Allen once said:

"I'm not sure I want to join any club that would have me as a member."

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 6

Consider the OP in the following... Lynn may have competition for saint-hood... 🙂

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670491-338-1.aspx

--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)

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 7

Oh definitely yeah. At the very least I would have insisted that the OP type "wud" correctly.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

I would not call it competition, I'd call it having a partner. Who says there can be only one Saint in the forum?

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

Jeff Moden (3/7/2009)
Consider the OP in the following... Lynn may have competition for saint-hood... 🙂
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670491-338-1.aspx

Mike is one of those people on my blacklist, due to his repeated demonstrations that he wants us to do the work and present him with a solution. I'll leave him for someone else.

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

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 10

GilaMonster (3/8/2009)
Jeff Moden (3/7/2009)
Consider the OP in the following... Lynn may have competition for saint-hood... 🙂
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670491-338-1.aspx
Mike is one of those people on my blacklist, due to his repeated demonstrations that he wants us to do the work and present him with a solution. I'll leave him for someone else.

Heh... I was trying to figure out a way to say that I won't touch Mike's posts anymore because he consistently demonstrates that he has no interest in actually learning and it always turns out that someone has to write all of the code for him. This guy ain't no newbie no mo' and should know better. In that latest post, he didn't even know why Flo was putting single quotes around the string literal of 'Y' for yes. Flo took it in stride, but she ended up having to write code to demo it... of course.

--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)

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (3/8/2009)
Jeff Moden (3/7/2009)
Consider the OP in the following... Lynn may have competition for saint-hood... 🙂
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670491-338-1.aspx
Mike is one of those people on my blacklist, due to his repeated demonstrations that he wants us to do the work and present him with a solution. I'll leave him for someone else.

Send him over to MSDN:hehe:

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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 12

Chris Morris (3/8/2009)
GilaMonster (3/8/2009)
Jeff Moden (3/7/2009)
Consider the OP in the following... Lynn may have competition for saint-hood... 🙂
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic670491-338-1.aspx
Mike is one of those people on my blacklist, due to his repeated demonstrations that he wants us to do the work and present him with a solution. I'll leave him for someone else.
Send him over to MSDN:hehe:

Now, THAT's funny! 🙂

--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)

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 13

Surely there is only one man that can help him.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 14

Chris Morris (3/8/2009)
GilaMonster (3/8/2009)
Mike is one of those people on my blacklist, due to his repeated demonstrations that he wants us to do the work and present him with a solution. I'll leave him for someone else.
Send him over to MSDN:hehe:

Now that's just cruel. I know and like some of the people over at MSDN. 😉

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 15

Bob Hovious (3/8/2009)
Surely there is only one man that can help him.

Noooo, please don't say it!