Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden (12/13/2008)
I'm old... for me it's "may the farts be with you". Gives new meaning to the phrase, "It Depends". :hehe:

Oh no!

Mr. Bill!

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- Theodore Roosevelt

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 2

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December 14, 2008 at 3:04 pm

#912265

Yikes!

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 3

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December 14, 2008 at 5:39 pm

#912276

Hollly crap, that's funny!!! :w00t:

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 4

Heh... oh, you said "crap"... 😀

--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)

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 5

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December 15, 2008 at 4:48 am

#912377

Ma bad... must have been a little accident !!!

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 6

.... a diaper issue, so to say :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

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 7

And here, the thread died, a horrible, messy death.

"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 Query Performance Tuning

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 8

And here, the thread died, a horrible, ~~messy~~ Gassy death.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 9

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December 15, 2008 at 1:25 pm

#912759

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse...

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

Lynn Pettis

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December 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm

#912762

Leave it to geeks....

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004362 More actions · Answer 11

Steve Jones - Editor (12/15/2008)
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse...

Well now that "depends"...

--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)

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

i'm gonna stay carbon (dibaxide) neutral here

^{“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

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 13

Steve Jones - Editor (12/15/2008)
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse...

Make it fool proof...... and they'll come up with a better fool 😀

It will take a while before this thread gets back on track ...

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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

I think it's fool proof already. Just try to follow along!

And I doubt this will ever get by on track. We're off the tracks and out of sight of them, heading deeper into the woods with every post.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 15

If the purpose of this thread was to "blow off steam", I think it has (and still IS) serving the purpose. What better place to swinging through the trees way off the tracks!