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  • June 28, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    #1345553

    Dave Ballantyne (6/28/2011)

    Thanks Gail , I did wonder if the poster read past the first few lines.

    What's this? You're expecting people to actually read something before criticising it? Really, how demanding...

    </sarcasm>

    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

  • June 28, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    #1345562

    GilaMonster (6/28/2011)

    Dave Ballantyne (6/28/2011)

    Thanks Gail , I did wonder if the poster read past the first few lines.

    What's this? You're expecting people to actually read something before criticising it? Really, how demanding...

    </sarcasm>

    Yeah! That article coming out next Thursday has way too many commas!

    (With apologies to whomever's article is coming out next Thursday)

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  • June 28, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    #1345572

    Dave Ballantyne (6/28/2011)

    Tempted to crank sarcasm up to 11

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1133245.aspx

    Best left till the morning it think

    Dave, I think I left a good response there.

    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

  • June 28, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    #1345579

    Stefan Krzywicki (6/28/2011)

    Yeah! That article coming out next Thursday has way too many commas!

    (With apologies to whomever's article is coming out next Thursday)

    Not mine for sure. Mine have far too few commas (as anyone who's edited something of mine will vouch for)

    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

  • June 28, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    #1345594

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    VERY cool! Congrats to you both!

    --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)

  • June 28, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    #1345598

    Gianluca Sartori (6/28/2011)

    Yeah! 3000 points for me!

    It's a small step for most of you, it's a great step for me.

    Way to go, Gianluca! 🙂

    --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)

  • June 28, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    #1345625

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    Awesome. Congrats! For the award, not the traffic jam.

    Jim Murphy
    http://www.sqlwatchmen.com
    @SQLMurph

  • June 29, 2011 at 12:07 am

    #1345644

    Jim Murphy (6/28/2011)

    Awesome. Congrats! For the award, not the traffic jam.

    Thanks. (also thanks to Jeff and the rest).

    Two accidents yesterday evening at very strategic places, which resulted in an almost nation-wide traffic jam (Belgium isn't that big :-))

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  • June 29, 2011 at 1:10 am

    #1345678

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    This won't hurt either.

    Actually it helps to prevent issues when you're actually performing.

    Johan

    Learn to play, play to learn !

    Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
    but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

    - How to post Performance Problems
    - How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

    - How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

    press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

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  • June 29, 2011 at 1:13 am

    #1345680

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    It has been a good presentation indeed !

    Congratulations with the Microsoft Community Contributor Award !

    Johan

    Learn to play, play to learn !

    Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
    but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

    - How to post Performance Problems
    - How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

    - How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

    press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

    Need a bit of Powershell? How about this

    Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me

  • June 29, 2011 at 1:28 am

    #1345687

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    Congratulations!!! I didn't even know that such an award existed.

    I must be living on the moon...

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • June 29, 2011 at 7:06 am

    #1345897

    Gianluca Sartori (6/29/2011)

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    Congratulations!!! I didn't even know that such an award existed.

    I must be living on the moon...

    I hadn't heard of it before either...

    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

  • June 29, 2011 at 7:17 am

    #1345907

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/28/2011)

    Enjoy presenting. Couple things.

    1. Breathe. Easy to race through things. Take a moment at a few spots to get a drink of water or take a deep breath and pace yourself.

    2. There's always someone smarter in the room. Don't worry about impressing everyone.

    3. don't worry about ending a little early.

    Great advice. IMO, #2 is very important to remember. I'll never forget presenting on SQL Server Profiler with Brad McGehee in the room. His book was one of my main references for the presentation.

    #3 is good too, although I've yet to be in a technical presentation where the presenter ended early. Usually there are enough questions and comments to fill at least 10-15 minutes.

    Jack Corbett
    Consultant - Straight Path Solutions
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  • June 29, 2011 at 8:07 am

    #1345946

    Gianluca Sartori (6/29/2011)

    Koen Verbeeck (6/28/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    Congratulations.

    I did my very first technical session last week (on SSIS in Denali). It went pretty well.

    And I received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award today. W00t w00t 😀

    (this good news compensates the fact I just spent 2 hours in a traffic jam :-))

    Congratulations!!! I didn't even know that such an award existed.

    I must be living on the moon...

    It's pretty new. They announced it only a couple of months back.

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

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    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • June 29, 2011 at 8:50 am

    #1345974

    ALZDBA (6/29/2011)

    Chad Crawford (6/28/2011)

    Wahoo! My users group just scheduled me to speak in August. Let the stress begin.... 😀

    This won't hurt either.

    Actually it helps to prevent issues when you're actually performing.

    Great link! Thanks Johan, that is some awesome advice.

    Thanks,

    Chad

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