Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Brandie Tarvin (12/12/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/9/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/9/2011)


    Oh, it's not a thread. I didn't post on this. I just found it and put a dent in my desk the shape of my head.

    Brandie?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplUqjQqTq0

    Can't watch it at work. Will have to wait until later this evening. But I find myself wondering how much bad grammar and nightmare code I'll have to inflict on Steve after seeing it. @=)

    You may want to inflict a fair bit. 🙂

    I get a headache just thinking about it ! I'm sure that kid needed an ambulance...

  • SteveBell (12/12/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/12/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/9/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/9/2011)


    Oh, it's not a thread. I didn't post on this. I just found it and put a dent in my desk the shape of my head.

    Brandie?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplUqjQqTq0

    Can't watch it at work. Will have to wait until later this evening. But I find myself wondering how much bad grammar and nightmare code I'll have to inflict on Steve after seeing it. @=)

    You may want to inflict a fair bit. 🙂

    I get a headache just thinking about it ! I'm sure that kid needed an ambulance...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎


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  • Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)


    SteveBell (12/12/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/12/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/9/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (12/9/2011)


    Oh, it's not a thread. I didn't post on this. I just found it and put a dent in my desk the shape of my head.

    Brandie?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplUqjQqTq0

    Can't watch it at work. Will have to wait until later this evening. But I find myself wondering how much bad grammar and nightmare code I'll have to inflict on Steve after seeing it. @=)

    You may want to inflict a fair bit. 🙂

    I get a headache just thinking about it ! I'm sure that kid needed an ambulance...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎

    There are guys who are breaking bricks with their heads...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFRHMt4GaTs

  • Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)


    ...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎

    Are you sure there are no "side effects"? Or long term "issues"? ;-):Whistling:



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  • LutzM (12/12/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)


    ...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎

    Are you sure there are no "side effects"? Or long term "issues"? ;-):Whistling:

    I have no idea what you're talkin' about... ADRIAAAANNNN!!!!... AAAAAAAAaaaaadriiiiaaaaannnnnn!!!!!


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  • LutzM (12/12/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)


    ...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎

    Are you sure there are no "side effects"? Or long term "issues"? ;-):Whistling:

    There must be, and it is fairly evident after all he is a DBA for SQL SERVER isn't that evidence enough, that it did affect him ?

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

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  • bitbucket-25253 (12/12/2011)


    LutzM (12/12/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)


    ...

    Nah, he used the front portion of the crown. It's about the hardest portion of your body, he's fine. I've done that a few times myself, though not quite with the same... emphasis... 😎

    Are you sure there are no "side effects"? Or long term "issues"? ;-):Whistling:

    There must be, and it is fairly evident after all he is a DBA for SQL SERVER isn't that evidence enough, that it did affect him ?

    That would only be evidence if he became a MySQL, Firebird, NoSQL, PostGres, Informix or Oracle DBA.

    We might grant a pass on if he were to become a Teradata DBA.;-)

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  • SQLRNNR (12/12/2011)


    That would only be evidence if he became a MySQL, Firebird, NoSQL, PostGres, Informix or Oracle DBA.

    Brrrr... Oracle.

    I spent 4 hours yesterday setting up an Oracle client on the server so I could access that pile of manure with SSIS. You would think that one of the leading database vendors would have made it easy to install such a piece of basic software...

    Luckily it's part of a migration plan to shut that pile of **** down. 🙂

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  • Wayne's LAST_VALUE bug has been updated (it will be fixed for RTM).

  • SQL Kiwi (12/12/2011)


    Wayne's LAST_VALUE bug has been updated (it will be fixed for RTM).

    Great. I haven't looked at that new feature yet.

    Is it comparable with KEEP FIRST/LAST in Oracle?

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  • Koen Verbeeck (12/12/2011)


    SQLRNNR (12/12/2011)


    That would only be evidence if he became a MySQL, Firebird, NoSQL, PostGres, Informix or Oracle DBA.

    Brrrr... Oracle.

    I spent 4 hours yesterday setting up an Oracle client on the server so I could access that pile of manure with SSIS. You would think that one of the leading database vendors would have made it easy to install such a piece of basic software...

    Luckily it's part of a migration plan to shut that pile of **** down. 🙂

    Really?

    And lose so much money on consulting? 😉

    You're right Koen: i spent the weekend trying to set up Oracle to SQLServer replication and the only tricky part is making the crappy client work.

    600 MB compressed, by the way. Needs 1 GB on the target machine.

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  • Hi all,

    In this thread, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1218884-391-2.aspx"> http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1218884-391-2.aspx , Sean Lange provides a reference to an excellent set of articles on why to use set-based code instead of cursors, written by Barry Young.

    The article(s) are very informative and quite humourous also (he uses the "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" theme all through, as in "Just Put It In a Set Brett", "Learn To Use Where Claire" - but I digress).

    He promised a "Part 3" to this series, but I don't see it in SSC.

    I remember seeing Barry on this forum some time ago, but haven't seen him in a while. I'm sure that some of the threadizens are friends with him. Do you know if he ever did Part 3 of the series? ("There Must Be 15 Ways To Lose Your Cursors")

  • Barry had some medical issues that have kept him out of the loop. Don't know if anyone has had any offline contact? In any case, you can look up articles by author using the link to the left, here's a shortcut to his page[/url], doesn't look like Part 3 is out yet.

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  • Favorite email exchange of the day (after the other party read the recursive CTE date article in the newsletter, and I pointed them to Jeff's comment/article in the discussion):

    From: Jon

    Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:00 PM

    To: Chris

    Subject: RE: Dates

    Exceptional DBA of 2011, SQL Developer extraordinaire, looks like Santa, codes like Satan.

    From: Chris

    Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:50 AM

    To: Jon

    Subject: RE: Dates

    Who is this jeff moden guy and why is he so crazy? (brilliant, maybe, but definitely crazy)

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  • jcrawf02 (12/13/2011)


    Favorite email exchange of the day (after the other party read the recursive CTE date article in the newsletter, and I pointed them to Jeff's comment/article in the discussion):

    From: Jon

    Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:00 PM

    To: Chris

    Subject: RE: Dates

    Exceptional DBA of 2011, SQL Developer extraordinaire, looks like Santa, codes like Satan.

    From: Chris

    Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:50 AM

    To: Jon

    Subject: RE: Dates

    Who is this jeff moden guy and why is he so crazy? (brilliant, maybe, but definitely crazy)

    Brilliant

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