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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/23/2011)
Speaking of sports cars....
🙁

Been at the shooting range ?

btw did you notice there is a nut missing ?

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:

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Fal Hall of Fame Points: 3143 More actions · Answer 2

Just finished a session with my young Joey Scouts (Beaver Scouts in other realms,) a group of 6-8 year old kids. Ran a program whereby they had to 'fly' to another country to participate in an activity, complete with getting passports stamped and going through customs.

Here's what some of them said as they passed through 'customs':

- I've got a gun

- I've got 50 thousand knives

- I'm smuggling drugs

- I've got a lizard in my pants

- Better put your rubber glove on

I'm still speechless. :blink:

Steve.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 3

Fal (8/23/2011)
Just finished a session with my young Joey Scouts (Beaver Scouts in other realms,) a group of 6-8 year old kids. Ran a program whereby they had to 'fly' to another country to participate in an activity, complete with getting passports stamped and going through customs.
Here's what some of them said as they passed through 'customs':
- I've got a gun
- I've got 50 thousand knives
- I'm smuggling drugs
- I've got a lizard in my pants
- Better put your rubber glove on
I'm still speechless. :blink:
Steve.

I really like #4.

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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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

Fal (8/23/2011)
Just finished a session with my young Joey Scouts (Beaver Scouts in other realms,) a group of 6-8 year old kids. Ran a program whereby they had to 'fly' to another country to participate in an activity, complete with getting passports stamped and going through customs.
Here's what some of them said as they passed through 'customs':
- I've got a gun
- I've got 50 thousand knives
- I'm smuggling drugs
- I've got a lizard in my pants
- Better put your rubber glove on
I'm still speechless. :blink:
Steve.

#5 is really asking for trouble

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 5

SQLRNNR (8/23/2011)
Fal (8/23/2011)
Just finished a session with my young Joey Scouts (Beaver Scouts in other realms,) a group of 6-8 year old kids. Ran a program whereby they had to 'fly' to another country to participate in an activity, complete with getting passports stamped and going through customs.
Here's what some of them said as they passed through 'customs':
- I've got a gun
- I've got 50 thousand knives
- I'm smuggling drugs
- I've got a lizard in my pants
- Better put your rubber glove on
I'm still speechless. :blink:
Steve.
#5 is really asking for trouble

Wait 'til Gail sees #4 :Whistling:

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736222 More actions · Answer 6

ALZDBA (8/23/2011)
Been at the shooting range ?
btw did you notice there is a nut missing ?

Not sure what happened. Blow out on the highway. Picture was as I was removing nuts to change the tire.

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 7

Fal (8/23/2011)
ALZDBA (8/23/2011)
Well, if you put a tennis-ball as cover of the towbar of the Lada doesn't it at least starts looking like a sports car ? :hehe:
Er, do sports cars even have towbars? Been a while since I saw a Ferrari towing a caravan along a dirt track. :w00t:
Steve.

Wrong way round, the question is have you ever seen a caravan towing a Lada, and if you had would you mistake the Lada for a sports car.

Tom

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 8

Earthquake in CO yesterday and now one in VA that I felt all the way in Boston.

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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

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 9

Tom.Thomson (8/23/2011)
Fal (8/23/2011)
ALZDBA (8/23/2011)
Well, if you put a tennis-ball as cover of the towbar of the Lada doesn't it at least starts looking like a sports car ? :hehe:
Er, do sports cars even have towbars? Been a while since I saw a Ferrari towing a caravan along a dirt track. :w00t:
Steve.
Wrong way round, the question is have you ever seen a caravan towing a Lada, and if you had would you mistake the Lada for a sports car.

Are you referring a Dutch dragster ? (caravan up front) :w00t:

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

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 10

Good news ! SSC dinner at SQLPass http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1164276.aspx

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

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 11

Stefan Krzywicki (8/23/2011)
Earthquake in CO yesterday and now one in VA that I felt all the way in Boston.

Rumor has it that it was 6.0. We felt it all the way in Detroit. People on the ground couldn't feel it... you had to be on the 3rd floor (or higher) of a building.

--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)

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 12

Jeff Moden (8/23/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (8/23/2011)
Earthquake in CO yesterday and now one in VA that I felt all the way in Boston.
Rumor has it that it was 6.0. We felt it all the way in Detroit. People on the ground couldn't feel it... you had to be on the 3rd floor (or higher) of a building.

They'd started by calling it a 5.8, but quickly upgraded to a 5.9. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see them bump it up one more notch.

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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

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 13

My son lives in the Tidewater area (Virginia Beach), at the time of the tremor he was driving and felt nothing ... but when he stopped at his destination some of his friends said that they had felt it, very slightly and had no idea of what it was ... So in that are of Virginia where the Atlantic Ocean washes up on the beaches, all is OK .. no damage / injuries reported.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Ron

Please help us, help you -before posting a question please read[/url]
Before posting a performance problem please read[/url]

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736222 More actions · Answer 14

bitbucket-25253 (8/23/2011)
My son lives in the Tidewater area (Virginia Beach), at the time of the tremor he was driving and felt nothing ... but when he stopped at his destination some of his friends said that they had felt it, very slightly and had no idea of what it was ... So in that are of Virginia where the Atlantic Ocean washes up on the beaches, all is OK .. no damage / injuries reported.

good to hear. I need to call my Mom and make sure everything's OK. She's inland, low house, should be fine.

Fal Hall of Fame Points: 3143 More actions · Answer 15

Jeff Moden (8/23/2011)

Stefan Krzywicki (8/23/2011)
Earthquake in CO yesterday and now one in VA that I felt all the way in Boston.

Hope everyone in the affected area is okay. Did anyone's DR plans get put into action?

Steve.