Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • I'm not sure I really want to get involved in this one (old friend), let's see if he does the prereq reading.

    He's got something using virtual memory (specifically the MemToLeave), reducing space for the backup buffers, probably also causing the crash by interfering with the thread stacks. Complex area though.

    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

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  • GilaMonster (4/5/2011)


    I'm not sure I really want to get involved in this one (old friend), let's see if he does the prereq reading.

    Heh, I'm sure I don't want to. If he's your friend, I'm afraid of your enemies. How do they remember to breathe?


    - Craig Farrell

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  • GilaMonster (4/5/2011)


    I'm not sure I really want to get involved in this one (old friend), let's see if he does the prereq reading.

    He's got something using virtual memory (specifically the MemToLeave), reducing space for the backup buffers, probably also causing the crash by interfering with the thread stacks. Complex area though.

    without looking does his name start with a K and end with an A?

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2011)


    GilaMonster (4/5/2011)


    I'm not sure I really want to get involved in this one (old friend), let's see if he does the prereq reading.

    He's got something using virtual memory (specifically the MemToLeave), reducing space for the backup buffers, probably also causing the crash by interfering with the thread stacks. Complex area though.

    without looking does his name start with a K and end with an A?

    Ayup.

    On another topic. Anyone out there know of a site or something that will help me compute what the storage length is for different numeric/decimal combinations? I'm having an argument with FLOAT right now.

    This is the best I've found so far but I'd like to see some corroboration. This seems too easy:

    Length: The specified precision plus 2. For example,

    the length of DECIMAL(12, 3) is 14 bytes. The two

    additional bytes are used for the sign and the

    decimal points because functions return this data type

    as a character string.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • Craig Farrell (4/5/2011)


    GilaMonster (4/5/2011)


    I'm not sure I really want to get involved in this one (old friend), let's see if he does the prereq reading.

    Heh, I'm sure I don't want to. If he's your friend, I'm afraid of your enemies. How do they remember to breathe?

    Was the sarcasm pouring off that aside not visible enough? :hehe:

    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
  • Craig Farrell (4/5/2011)


    On another topic. Anyone out there know of a site or something that will help me compute what the storage length is for different numeric/decimal combinations? I'm having an argument with FLOAT right now.

    Books Online?

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173773.aspx (float)

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187746.aspx (decimal)

    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 (4/5/2011)


    Craig Farrell (4/5/2011)


    On another topic. Anyone out there know of a site or something that will help me compute what the storage length is for different numeric/decimal combinations? I'm having an argument with FLOAT right now.

    Books Online?

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173773.aspx (float)

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187746.aspx (decimal)

    I swear I went through msdn three times and didn't find that.

    I kept finding this:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190476.aspx

    EDIT: Sorry, thank you for the links. My google-fu has failed me now. And yes, your sarcasm was quite obvious, I was just trying to be a wise-***.


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  • Jason is the true saint, I punted yesterday =p

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  • SQLDCH (4/5/2011)


    Jason is the true saint, I punted yesterday =p

    Nah, I'm a bear 😀

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
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  • Craig Farrell (4/5/2011)


    I swear I went through msdn three times and didn't find that.

    I kept finding this:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190476.aspx

    EDIT: Sorry, thank you for the links. My google-fu has failed me now. And yes, your sarcasm was quite obvious, I was just trying to be a wise-***.

    I had an advantage, I knew those pages were there. Spent some time recently educating a developer as to how the numeric types worked.

    p.s. Pre-req reading apparently not done. Relevance of reply in question. Signing off for the night.

    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 (4/5/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)


    Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?

    Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.

    I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.

    Hmm. Really. Well, we might not be that far off in age after all.

    Let's compare references, shall we?

    Starblazers

    Thunderbirds

    The Monkeys

    Do you remember any of the above?

    Scooby Doo is almost as old as I am. No cheating and looking it up now. Take a wild guess how long this property has been around.

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

  • Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)


    Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?

    Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.

    I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.

    Hmm. Really. Well, we might not be that far off in age after all.

    Let's compare references, shall we?

    Starblazers

    Thunderbirds

    The Monkeys

    Do you remember any of the above?

    Scooby Doo is almost as old as I am. No cheating and looking it up now. Take a wild guess how long this property has been around.

    Our Starblazers

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Hey, Hey, we're The Monkeys

    I'll add two:

    Jonny Quest

    Space Ghost

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  • GilaMonster (4/5/2011)


    p.s. Pre-req reading apparently not done. Relevance of reply in question. Signing off for the night.

    It appears I misjudged. Pleasantly so.

    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 (4/6/2011)


    Our Starblazers

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Hey, Hey, we're The Monkeys

    I'll add two:

    Jonny Quest

    Space Ghost

    How about

    Fleegle, Bingo , Drooper and Snork 😀

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
    Anon.

  • Grant Fritchey (4/6/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)


    Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?

    Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.

    I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.

    Hmm. Really. Well, we might not be that far off in age after all.

    Let's compare references, shall we?

    Starblazers

    Thunderbirds

    The Monkeys

    Do you remember any of the above?

    Scooby Doo is almost as old as I am. No cheating and looking it up now. Take a wild guess how long this property has been around.

    Our Starblazers

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Hey, Hey, we're The Monkeys

    I'll add two:

    Jonny Quest

    Space Ghost

    Race Bannon & Hadji, yes. I remember that. But I'll admit I saw that one in re-runs when I was about seven.

    Jan and Jace. My favorite characters from Space Ghost. I don't remember when I first saw that. I was pretty young.

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

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