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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736479 More actions · Answer 1

SQL Saturday lists Jack slightly below 5' 7"

I'll claim 6', but I think I'm 5.9999' tall 🙂

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 2

I guess I am the shortest here...:-) I am just 5'6". 😀

The chance of meeting anyone from THE THREAD is very remote for me since I am not in the US. 🙁

-Roy

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Roy Ernest (3/24/2009)
I guess I am the shortest here...:-) I am just 5'6". 😀
The chance of meeting anyone from THE THREAD is very remote for me since I am not in the US. 🙁

Well, if you're just going by height, I got you beat, Roy, I'm 5'1". But then, I'm a girl so if you're going for the shortest male on The Thread, you might be the winner.

As meeting anyone on the Thread... well... if someone goes for a vacation... it is possible for them to visit. 😉 I'm in the Tampa area, it's not that long a plane flight. Or cruise. :smooooth:

edited to correct typo

-- Kit

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 4

Then I think I will win the Shortest Male here. 🙂

I dont travel to US because of all the hassle with Visa and all that. Its too much of head ache to get a visa to US. Europe is quite easy for me. But US, Its too much. :crazy:

-Roy

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 5

Roy Ernest (3/24/2009)
Then I think I will win the Shortest Male here. 🙂
I dont travel to US because of all the hassle with Visa and all that. Its too much of head ache to get a visa to US. Europe is quite easy for me. But US, Its too much. :crazy:

Sorry Roy, but the onlyway I would get to 5'6" is with platform shoes. I'd be happy to be called 5'4".

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 6

Dagnamit, I loose that one as well.....:crying:

How many of you all travel to Europe for Pass?

-Roy

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 7

To steal from Ron White: I'm anywhere from 5'10" to 6'2", depending on which convenience store I'm leaving. 🙂

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

Is it me or are the people we are trying to help just getting dumber, or do we need to start commenting are code a lot more heavily?

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 9

Hahahaha Lynn, Maybe you should not have put Drop Table statements in the end. :hehe:

Maybe you should edit your post and state that you should not use the Drop Table statements. 😉

-Roy

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Lynn Pettis (3/24/2009)
Is it me or are the people we are trying to help just getting dumber, or do we need to start commenting are code a lot more heavily?

I think that would have required some pretty heavy commenting.

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

Kit G (3/24/2009)
Roy Ernest (3/24/2009)
I guess I am the shortest here...:-) I am just 5'6". 😀
The chance of meeting anyone from THE THREAD is very remote for me since I am not in the US. 🙁
Well, if you're just going by height, I got you beat, Roy, I'm 5'1". But then, I'm a girl so if you're going for the shortest male on The Thread, you might be the winner.
As meeting anyone on the Thread... well... if someone goes for a vacation... it is possible for them to visit. 😉 I'm in the Tampa area, it's not that long a plane flight. Or cruise. :smooooth:
edited to correct typo

Good Lord. Do you have six siblings, by any chance?

Oh, bless you! Didn't mean to make you sneeze!

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 12

Lynn Pettis (3/24/2009)
Is it me or are the people we are trying to help just getting dumber, or do we need to start commenting are code a lot more heavily?

Hell yeah - but at least this guy's honest about it :hehe:

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Roy Ernest (3/24/2009)
Hahahaha Lynn, Maybe you should not have put Drop Table statements in the end. :hehe:
Maybe you should edit your post and state that you should not use the Drop Table statements. 😉

I can see the thread...

I URGENTLY need some SQL to do .... to all our historical data....

Try this test codecreate table test ...
insert test ....
select ... from test
update test ....
drop table test

HELP!
I changed the name 'test' to our archive table and tried your code after deleting the create statement because our archive already exists and I got an error and now I can't find the data!
By the way, what does the statement 'drop table' do? I use SSMS to create, edit and delete tables.
Please! This is our master production database!

You should have been working on a copy! You'll have to restore from a backup.

What is a backup and where do I find it?

Unfortunately, there are probably people out there....:w00t:

Derek

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 14

Lynn Pettis (3/24/2009)
Is it me or are the people we are trying to help just getting dumber, or do we need to start commenting are code a lot more heavily?

I've had the same issue where I had about 5 more posts just to explain the test data and I commented that it created test data.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 15

Chris Morris (3/24/2009)
Lynn Pettis (3/24/2009)
Is it me or are the people we are trying to help just getting dumber, or do we need to start commenting are code a lot more heavily?
Hell yeah - but at least this guy's honest about it :hehe:

Well, he is honest with us. But I have a feeling he is sitting someplace doing a test.... 🙂

-Roy