Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Brandie Tarvin (9/28/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (9/28/2011)


    WayneS (9/27/2011)


    • DBA Certification preferred in SQL Server versions 2000, 2005, and 2008.

    • SQL Server DBA Certification 2000, 2005, 2008 is a plus

    Sigh.

    It has to be stated twice. Otherwise, no one will read it. @=)

    OMG. Am I actually caught up? Wow.

    I think Paul was complaining they're one short. The old writer's and speaker's trick of doing things in threes. 😉

  • Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

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

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Jack Corbett (9/27/2011)


    Trey Staker (9/27/2011)


    @Craig

    Did you hear that Itzik Ben-Gan is teaching an advanced t-sql class here in Phoenix the week after pass? It's really pricey but I got my company to float the bill for me.

    Good for you. I sat in on part of one of his PASS sessions in 2009 and my brain nearly exploded. I can't imagine a full week with him. I don't know where he comes up with the stuff he does.

    Needless to say I'm envious. Adam Machanic has him coming to Boston too, but I can't afford it and Adam won't let me in for free.:-P

    link? My cousin's in Boston, haven't seen her for a while, and the opportunity to cower in Itzik's mind-shadow would be awesome

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  • Brandie Tarvin (9/27/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    LutzM (9/20/2011)


    We just need to be careful: once we're short on apostrophes, quite a few letters (including the "blank") will be in highe demand, too. (It's vs. it is not, won't vs. will not a.s.o.).

    Maybe then fantasy and sci-fi authors will stop inflicting things like B'Z'or'ef, K'chak'!'op and Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh on us.

    Careful. I might do more of that just to get on your nerves specifically. @=)

    hah! I just got a mental picture of Brandie's next novel with main character H'i G'ai'l...

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    How to post performance problems[/url]
    Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

    "stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

  • Grant Fritchey (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    Hang on... you're not an expert? Then why am I trying so hard to get to your precon????

    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

  • GilaMonster (9/27/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/27/2011)


    On a completely unrelated, and sideways note, anyone seen Khan Academy? http://www.khanacademy.org/

    I'm enjoying some of the iTunesU stuff from the big name universities. An working my way through a course on astrophysics from Yale and then have a 6-part series on logical arguments from Cambridge University. Lots of other stuff, too much to download and definitely too much to easily watch.

    You guys know about OCW, right? http://www.ocwconsortium.org/[/url]

    free courses from universities around the globe, including MIT, Beijing, MSU, Arizona State, Notre Dame, etc.

    I don't have any time, since I'm already going to school, but would definitely be doing this in my free time if I had any.

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    How to post performance problems[/url]
    Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

    "stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

  • WayneS (9/27/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/27/2011)


    WayneS (9/27/2011)


    Hey Threadizens... I received an email for what looks like an interesting permanent/full-time DBA position in the Phoenix area (I know some of you'll are from that area). PM me if you want me to forward the rest of it to you.

    You forgot

    * able to survive in the furnaces of Hades

    I figured that was implied... 😀

    Is there an RV involved?

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    How to post performance problems[/url]
    Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

    "stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

  • WayneS (9/28/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    Hang on... you're not an expert? Then why am I trying so hard to get to your precon????

    I could answer that, but it would probably sound arrogant...

    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 (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Boris Baryshnikov. He's an expert. :laugh:

    edit: added some comments to that thread

  • GilaMonster (9/28/2011)


    WayneS (9/28/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    Hang on... you're not an expert? Then why am I trying so hard to get to your precon????

    I could answer that, but it would probably sound arrogant...

    Is it so arrogant if you're right?

    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

  • GilaMonster (9/28/2011)


    WayneS (9/28/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    Hang on... you're not an expert? Then why am I trying so hard to get to your precon????

    I could answer that, but it would probably sound arrogant...

    Yeah, forget about Grant's precon, go to Gail's instead ... 😀

    (Wish I could be there.)

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  • WayneS (9/28/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (9/28/2011)


    Jack Corbett (9/28/2011)


    Hey can an execution plan expert (Grant?) take a look at this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1181619-338-1.aspx. Interesting behavior noted in execution plan properties with SET ANSI NULLS.

    I am NOT an expert, but I'll take a look. Get Paul. He's an expert.

    Hang on... you're not an expert? Then why am I trying so hard to get to your precon????

    Because Gail is going to be there.

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

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • jcrawf02 (9/28/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (9/27/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/20/2011)


    LutzM (9/20/2011)


    We just need to be careful: once we're short on apostrophes, quite a few letters (including the "blank") will be in highe demand, too. (It's vs. it is not, won't vs. will not a.s.o.).

    Maybe then fantasy and sci-fi authors will stop inflicting things like B'Z'or'ef, K'chak'!'op and Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh on us.

    Careful. I might do more of that just to get on your nerves specifically. @=)

    hah! I just got a mental picture of Brandie's next novel with main character H'i G'ai'l...

    Do not tempt me. I have done things like this before. @=)

    Speaking of writing, follow this link if you like high fantasy and want to read a story (for free!) from me. http://www.storyportals.com/series/katya-lady-assassin

    Why, yes. This is a shameless self-promotion plug!

    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 (9/28/2011)


    Do not tempt me. I have done things like this before. @=)

    Speaking of writing, follow this link if you like high fantasy and want to read a story (for free!) from me. http://www.storyportals.com/series/katya-lady-assassin

    Why, yes. This is a shameless self-promotion plug!

    No time now, but I printed it, on paper, for the flight to or from the UK.

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/28/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (9/28/2011)


    Speaking of writing, follow this link if you like high fantasy and want to read a story (for free!) from me. http://www.storyportals.com/series/katya-lady-assassin

    Why, yes. This is a shameless self-promotion plug!

    No time now, but I printed it, on paper, for the flight to or from the UK.

    I hope you enjoy it.

    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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