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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 1

jcrawf02 (12/7/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/7/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (12/7/2011)
Dev (12/7/2011)
The only valid countries are USA (except a few states), Canada (except Quebec), UK (except North Ireland) and Australia. (maybe one or two others too)
It's not good 🙁 It should be open for all...
That almost never happens. For legal reasons, most competitions that you find on the Internet are restricted to USA only. (also probably because they don't want to ship the prize to another continent :-))
I believe one of the strange legal issues is being able to offer the cash prize (and winners accept). There are some strange legalities regarding this in some places.
I really hope that doesn't happen. I know it's a lot of money, but it's SPACE for God's sake!

I know, and I agree... but if by some miracle I had won, I might have had to take the cash. Some stupid requirement about needing to be physical fit to go into space... I probably wouldn't qualify.

Wayne
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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 2

The Not-So-Right Stuff? 😛

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How best to post your question[/url]
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."

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Took the plunge on 70-451

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

restoring 2.5TB database for logshipping secondary. Paint is drying very fast!!

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Devendrakumar SSC-Forever Points: 42493 More actions · Answer 5

SQLRNNR (12/7/2011)
Took the plunge on 70-451

Congrats Buddy!!! 🙂

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259125 More actions · Answer 6

SQLRNNR (12/7/2011)
Took the plunge on 70-451

Congrats and good luck with the BI track.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259125 More actions · Answer 7

Hmmm. When I click on the Forums link on the homepage, I get the maintenance page.

(http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums)

However, the link http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums - with a lower f - works.

The forums themselves obviously work (otherwise I wouldn't be posting here :-)).

Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 8

SQLRNNR (12/7/2011)
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Nice one, Jason!

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173083 More actions · Answer 9

Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...

Try flushing your eyes. And if that doesn't work, try flushing your brain.

It can't possibly be the site. Websites never have issues. (Or so my webmaster tells me). It's always PEBKAC errors. 😛

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Cadavre SSC-Forever Points: 41690 More actions · Answer 10

Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Hmmm. When I click on the Forums link on the homepage, I get the maintenance page.
(http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums)
However, the link http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums - with a lower f - works.
The forums themselves obviously work (otherwise I wouldn't be posting here :-)).
Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...

I had that issue the other day, Ctrl+F5 fixed it 😀

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259125 More actions · Answer 11

Cadavre (12/8/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Hmmm. When I click on the Forums link on the homepage, I get the maintenance page.
(http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums)
However, the link http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums - with a lower f - works.
The forums themselves obviously work (otherwise I wouldn't be posting here :-)).
Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...
I had that issue the other day, Ctrl+F5 fixed it 😀

I researched it first, just to make sure that was not a commando to kill my hard drive 😀

Thanks anyway, the link works now.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259125 More actions · Answer 12

Brandie Tarvin (12/8/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...
Try flushing your eyes. And if that doesn't work, try flushing your brain.
It can't possibly be the site. Websites never have issues. (Or so my webmaster tells me). It's always PEBKAC errors. 😛

Well, unless they hid it very well, the browser cache is not between my chair and the keyboard. 😛

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173083 More actions · Answer 13

Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (12/8/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (12/8/2011)
Flushing the DNS didn't help. Strange strange...
Try flushing your eyes. And if that doesn't work, try flushing your brain.
It can't possibly be the site. Websites never have issues. (Or so my webmaster tells me). It's always PEBKAC errors. 😛
Well, unless they hid it very well, the browser cache is not between my chair and the keyboard. 😛

What? Isn't that what they mean when they reference The Cloud?

It's EVERYWHERE (run in terror).

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.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Thanks Dev and Koen.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

ChrisM@Work (12/8/2011)
SQLRNNR (12/7/2011)
Took the plunge on 70-451
Nice one, Jason!

Thanks

Was the braindump useful?:-D

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events