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  • March 7, 2011 at 7:12 am

    #1295319

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    Paul White
    SQLPerformance.com
    SQLkiwi blog
    @SQL_Kiwi

  • March 7, 2011 at 7:48 am

    #1295343

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    Thanks, you're very kind. But you had the proof today! 😉

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • March 7, 2011 at 8:04 am

    #1295348

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    Thanks, you're very kind. But you had the proof today! 😉

    Ok so you're a n00b on Twitter 🙂

    Paul White
    SQLPerformance.com
    SQLkiwi blog
    @SQL_Kiwi

  • March 7, 2011 at 8:45 am

    #1295372

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Haven't had time to read the whole thing yet, but it looks good so far.

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  • March 7, 2011 at 9:06 am

    #1295382

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    If Gianluca considers himself a n00b :ermm: then what's less than a n00b so that I can put it on my resume 😀

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
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  • March 7, 2011 at 9:16 am

    #1295391

    David Burrows (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    If Gianluca considers himself a n00b :ermm: then what's less than a n00b so that I can put it on my resume 😀

    Well, I didn't want to turn THE THREAD into a "lowest bid auction"... 🙂

    Isn't it illegal?

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • March 7, 2011 at 9:18 am

    #1295393

    David Burrows (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    If Gianluca considers himself a n00b :ermm: then what's less than a n00b so that I can put it on my resume 😀

    Isn't that a nb? (not bothering)

    And lower than that would be the ad (actively disruptive)

    But something tells me neither of those would be applicable to anyone here.

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  • March 7, 2011 at 9:18 am

    #1295394

    David Burrows (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Gianluca Sartori (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Great job, Paul! Outstanding, as usual.

    Now there's a chance that a poor n00b like me can understand parallel execution.

    Gianluca. n00b? Seriously?! No way!

    If Gianluca considers himself a n00b :ermm: then what's less than a n00b so that I can put it on my resume 😀

    You can still be a n00b. We'll just shift the formula a little.

    SELECT Gianluca = (n00b + 1);

    EDIT: Stefan, I love your answers. They're brilliant!

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  • March 7, 2011 at 9:22 am

    #1295399

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Good lord Paul, they get better and better. You have an enviable skill, like Jeff M, at making the arcane accessible and understandable for us mere mortals.

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  • March 7, 2011 at 11:53 am

    #1295488

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Wow - what a great article! Congratulations - and thank you for taking the time to write it!

    -Ki

    -Ki

  • March 7, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    #1295508

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Two questions:

    1. When I can pre-order your book?

    2. When do you start working for sqlskills.com?

    Man, this is some absolutely awesome stuff - and you have quite the knack for explaining it to us mere mortals in a manner where we can understand it! Keep it up!

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
    Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

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  • March 7, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    #1295516

    WayneS (3/7/2011)

    SQLkiwi (3/4/2011)

    Exciting day - just had my first Simple Talk article published:

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/understanding-and-using-parallelism-in-sql-server/

    Two questions:

    1. When I can pre-order your book?

    2. When do you start working for sqlskills.com?

    Man, this is some absolutely awesome stuff - and you have quite the knack for explaining it to us mere mortals in a manner where we can understand it! Keep it up!

    Just send him money! If he gets enough he may feel guilty and decide he has to write a book.

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • March 7, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    #1295525

    Stefan Krzywicki (3/7/2011)

    Just send him money! If he gets enough he may feel guilty and decide he has to write a book.

    An excellent suggestion. 🙂

    I'm not going to flood The Thread with thank you messages to everyone, but seriously, thanks all - I'm never sure how these things are going to be received until they are 'out there', so I really do appreciate the encouragement.

    Paul White
    SQLPerformance.com
    SQLkiwi blog
    @SQL_Kiwi

  • March 7, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    #1295532

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Stefan Krzywicki (3/7/2011)

    Just send him money! If he gets enough he may feel guilty and decide he has to write a book.

    An excellent suggestion. 🙂

    I'm not going to flood The Thread with thank you messages to everyone, but seriously, thanks all - I'm never sure how these things are going to be received until they are 'out there', so I really do appreciate the encouragement.

    I'm hoping to read it in full tonight (I'm moving and packing has taken up much of my time. I've only read the intro so far). I just went to a presentation on parallelism by Adam Mechanic and I look forward to seeing how the article compares. I'm betting it'll cast a sharper light on some aspects just by being another view.

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • March 7, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    #1295538

    SQLkiwi (3/7/2011)

    Stefan Krzywicki (3/7/2011)

    Just send him money! If he gets enough he may feel guilty and decide he has to write a book.

    An excellent suggestion. 🙂

    I'm not going to flood The Thread with thank you messages to everyone, but seriously, thanks all - I'm never sure how these things are going to be received until they are 'out there', so I really do appreciate the encouragement.

    Here's some money from my end of the world:

    Edit: Will you other folks please take your hands off that money?!?!?

    It's for Pauls book!


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