Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Fal (3/30/2011)


    Only I can't take a chainsaw into the .Net developer meetings.

    Hmm - this could help out quite a bit over here also! 😀

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


    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
    Links:
    For better assistance in answering your questions
    Performance Problems
    Common date/time routines
    Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

  • Well, gosh darned it! Apparently I missed my "Hall of Fame" to "Carpal Tunnel" moment.

    I got promoted! @=) (Ow! My poor SQL wrists!)

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  • Brandie Tarvin (3/30/2011)


    Well, gosh darned it! Apparently I missed my "Hall of Fame" to "Carpal Tunnel" moment.

    I got promoted! @=) (Ow! My poor SQL wrists!)

    Congrats!

    -Ki

  • Brandie Tarvin (3/30/2011)


    Well, gosh darned it! Apparently I missed my "Hall of Fame" to "Carpal Tunnel" moment.

    I got promoted! @=) (Ow! My poor SQL wrists!)

    Congrats and onward to 1 orange chip.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • Brandie Tarvin (3/30/2011)


    Well, gosh darned it! Apparently I missed my "Hall of Fame" to "Carpal Tunnel" moment.

    I got promoted! @=) (Ow! My poor SQL wrists!)

    Grats!

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  • Wahoo! After 4 months of wrangling, got the PASS Summit approved (and paid for) today!

  • Chad Crawford (3/30/2011)


    Wahoo! After 4 months of wrangling, got the PASS Summit approved (and paid for) today!

    Awesome

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • Chad Crawford (3/30/2011)


    Wahoo! After 4 months of wrangling, got the PASS Summit approved (and paid for) today!

    congratulations.

    Oh, and for those interested, I've heard through the grape vine that the call for speakers goes out soon and will be abbreviated this year. Get your abstracts ready now.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey (3/30/2011)


    Chad Crawford (3/30/2011)


    Wahoo! After 4 months of wrangling, got the PASS Summit approved (and paid for) today!

    congratulations.

    Oh, and for those interested, I've heard through the grape vine that the call for speakers goes out soon and will be abbreviated this year. Get your abstracts ready now.

    I heard the same thing. Abstract selection committees are in place.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • For your amusement, this (attached) was part of a project plan I received today, specifically the test plan....

    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
  • Grant Fritchey (3/30/2011)


    Oh, and for those interested, I've heard through the grape vine that the call for speakers goes out soon and will be abbreviated this year. Get your abstracts ready now.

    🙁

    Got ideas for abstracts, but got no idea if I'll be able to make it or not.

    I suppose enter a couple, I can always decline later if need be.

    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
  • GilaMonster (3/30/2011)


    For your amusement, this (attached) was part of a project plan I received today, specifically the test plan....

    Only thing missing - Application Spec'd as Coded.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • Final signoff for application testing should be "Application Works as Coded"

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • GilaMonster (3/30/2011)


    For your amusement, this (attached) was part of a project plan I received today, specifically the test plan....

    And that blank spot is where the miracle occurs?

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Chad Crawford (3/30/2011)


    Wahoo! After 4 months of wrangling, got the PASS Summit approved (and paid for) today!

    Congrats! Hope I can make it also...

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


    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
    Links:
    For better assistance in answering your questions
    Performance Problems
    Common date/time routines
    Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

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