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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4796 More actions · Answer 1

Jack Corbett (10/1/2011)
Hey guys I got some really cool news today. I was awarded MVP status!
I just hope I can honor that award the way that all the MVP's on here already do!

Congrats!

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 2

Gianluca Sartori (10/3/2011)
Uh! Thank goodness! I was afraid he couldn't.

Nah I think SSC is pretty good overall at not censoring questions. Very polite of Chad to ask though, I thought :satisfied:

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 3

Grant Fritchey (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????
Because Gail is going to be there.

FYI: you guys just got a new ~~heckler~~ attendee for your precon!

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 4

SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)
Gianluca Sartori (10/3/2011)
Uh! Thank goodness! I was afraid he couldn't.
Nah I think SSC is pretty good overall at not censoring questions. Very polite of Chad to ask though, I thought :satisfied:

I agree. Chad is a very nice person.

Let's wait and see if he keeps being that nice after your reply. 😉

-- Gianluca Sartori

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

WayneS (10/3/2011)
Grant Fritchey (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????
Because Gail is going to be there.
FYI: you guys just got a new ~~heckler~~ attendee for your precon!

Awesome

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
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SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398908 More actions · Answer 6

WayneS (10/3/2011)
Grant Fritchey (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????
Because Gail is going to be there.
FYI: you guys just got a new ~~heckler~~ attendee for your precon!

EXCELLENT!

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 7

Spot the Difference Competition:

SSC article http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/delete/61387/

EMC consulting blog entry http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/the-difference-between-truncate-and-delete.aspx

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)
Spot the Difference Competition:
SSC article http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/delete/61387/
EMC consulting blog entry http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/the-difference-between-truncate-and-delete.aspx

Awesome - a couple years late on that one -unless it is the same person with a name change?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQL RNNR
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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 9

SQLRNNR (10/3/2011)
SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)
Spot the Difference Competition:
SSC article http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/delete/61387/
EMC consulting blog entry http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/the-difference-between-truncate-and-delete.aspx
Awesome - a couple years late on that one -unless it is the same person with a name change?

Definitely a steal to get content on his blog. The SSC article is the obvious original article.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 10

It's not the only one.

http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/with-recompile-and-option-recompile-sql-server-2008.aspx

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/70809/

and

http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/dotnetstories/archive/2011/09/24/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx

and

http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/crosstabs-and-pivot-tables.aspx

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/crosstab-pivot-table-workbench/

and

http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/using-table-valued-parameters-sql-server-2008.aspx

http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/using-table-valued-parameters-with-vb.net/

Maybe time for a polite call from RedGate legal dept to EMC Consulting.

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

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (10/3/2011)
Awesome - a couple years late on that one -unless it is the same person with a name change?

Closer to four years isn't it? The SSC article is marked first published 2007/11/22.

Could be the same person, I guess - perhaps with a body transplant too? :ermm:

Either that, or it's some lazy $%^& trying to pass someone else's hard work off as his or her own through the magic of cut-n-paste. Crossness.

Paul White
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (10/3/2011)
It's not the only one.
http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/with-recompile-and-option-recompile-sql-server-2008.aspx
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/70809/
and
http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/dotnetstories/archive/2011/09/24/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx

Wow, this guy is a real class act. I wonder what EMC thinks about it?

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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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 13

SQLRNNR (10/3/2011)
GilaMonster (10/3/2011)
It's not the only one.
http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/with-recompile-and-option-recompile-sql-server-2008.aspx
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/70809/
and
http://consultingblogs.emc.com/sujeethkonagalla/archive/2011/09/29/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/dotnetstories/archive/2011/09/24/take-an-asp-net-application-offline.aspx
Wow, this guy is a real class act. I wonder what EMC thinks about it?

From what I could see (with a few quick google searches), every post is a direct copy-paste from elsewhere.

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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)
SQLRNNR (10/3/2011)
Awesome - a couple years late on that one -unless it is the same person with a name change?
Closer to four years isn't it? The SSC article is marked first published 2007/11/22.
Could be the same person, I guess - perhaps with a body transplant too? :ermm:
Either that, or it's some lazy $%^& trying to pass someone else's hard work off as his or her own through the magic of cut-n-paste. Crossness.

A couple squared years 😉

I think more on the lines of laziness. Crossness deserved.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
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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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 15

Pretty pathetic actually that this person somehow thinks this makes him/her look smarter. These types typically get a decent job and then let go because their company either figures out they plagiarized their blog or discovers they are actually a horrible employee with no actual knowledge of their own. Crossness deserved in spades!!!

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