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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 1

Brandie Tarvin (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Does this help?
Pie Chart 1
Or how about this?
Pie Chart 2

Referring to your first link: He asked for a pie chart, not a Pi chart 😀

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

SQLRNNR (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Make sure you do that entirely in TSQL

challenge accepted, now let's see how long that takes me...

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

LutzM (1/23/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Does this help?
Pie Chart 1
Or how about this?
Pie Chart 2
Referring to your first link: He asked for a pie chart, not a Pi chart 😀

I like this one

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0809/pie-charts-demotivational-poster-1221014374.jpg

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
SQLRNNR (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Make sure you do that entirely in TSQL
challenge accepted, now let's see how long that takes me...

Oooh... Spatial queries with the Geometry data type.

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
SQLRNNR (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Make sure you do that entirely in TSQL
challenge accepted, now let's see how long that takes me...
Oooh... Spatial queries with the Geometry data type.

Nope... still on 2005. :-P:-P

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736254 More actions · Answer 6

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January 23, 2012 at 1:16 pm

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Here you go, pie chart:

Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (1/23/2012)
GilaMonster (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
SQLRNNR (1/23/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/23/2012)
Blargh. User just requested a pie chart for their analysis....:sick:
Make sure you do that entirely in TSQL
challenge accepted, now let's see how long that takes me...
Oooh... Spatial queries with the Geometry data type.
Nope... still on 2005. :-P:-P

I would use Excel.

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 8

*blink*

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 9

Allright, back again after 3 week hiatus. I had to choose between getting more sleep or the Thread. It was not an easy choice to make 😀

(just kidding, it was an easy choice :-))

So, did I miss anything important?

I know SOPA/PIPA has been stopped, they did not really had a direct impact on Europe, but it is nice to see anyway.

I know about the PASS elections, just been reading some blogs about it.

So what's up?

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 10

GSquared (1/20/2012)
I just delivered a "lunch-and-learn" to the devs where I work. Since we just upgraded to SQL 2008 R2, it was on new T-SQL features they might find useful, plus a few 2005 features they hadn't seen yet. Included Output, Merge, Table-Value Constructors, Date datatype, immediate variable initialization, and a DDL trigger that logs all schema changes.
The company paid for lunch, and I talked and showed them sample code and the results from it. About half an hour. Was fun, and everyone liked it.
Anyone else done that kind of thing? I've done longer presentations in more formal settings before, but this was really a convenient way to quickly cover an intro to a bunch of useful data.

I've done two of those "brown bag" sessions. Except it wasn't during lunch, because the room wasn't available then. :rolleyes:

I really enjoyed doing it. It's a nice way of introducing a topic and yourself as well: got a possible lead for giving a full training.

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Cadavre SSC-Forever Points: 41690 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie Tarvin (1/23/2012)
The sample can be found here (in .pdf): http://www.crazy8press.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Unlatched-teaser.pdf.
The blog post with the sample link is at: http://www.crazy8press.com/2012/01/12/sample-the-first-latchkeys-adventure/[/url] (in case you don't want to go directly to the .pdf file).

Well, I'm going to buy it for myself before I let my niece loose on it. Read the sample and still unsure whether or not she'll get a long with it - the horror aspect might be a bit too old for her (she has read a massive amount of the goosebumps books though so I may be being over-sensitive).

The plus side of that is you'll be getting a review and possibly a second sale 😀

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 12

Cadavre (1/24/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/23/2012)
The sample can be found here (in .pdf): http://www.crazy8press.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Unlatched-teaser.pdf.
The blog post with the sample link is at: http://www.crazy8press.com/2012/01/12/sample-the-first-latchkeys-adventure/[/url] (in case you don't want to go directly to the .pdf file).
Well, I'm going to buy it for myself before I let my niece loose on it. Read the sample and still unsure whether or not she'll get a long with it - the horror aspect might be a bit too old for her (she has read a massive amount of the goosebumps books though so I may be being over-sensitive).
The plus side of that is you'll be getting a review and possibly a second sale 😀

Admit it. The story is so addictive that you want your own copy. @=)

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Cadavre SSC-Forever Points: 41690 More actions · Answer 13

Brandie Tarvin (1/24/2012)
Cadavre (1/24/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/23/2012)
The sample can be found here (in .pdf): http://www.crazy8press.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Unlatched-teaser.pdf.
The blog post with the sample link is at: http://www.crazy8press.com/2012/01/12/sample-the-first-latchkeys-adventure/[/url] (in case you don't want to go directly to the .pdf file).
Well, I'm going to buy it for myself before I let my niece loose on it. Read the sample and still unsure whether or not she'll get a long with it - the horror aspect might be a bit too old for her (she has read a massive amount of the goosebumps books though so I may be being over-sensitive).
The plus side of that is you'll be getting a review and possibly a second sale 😀
Admit it. The story is so addictive that you want your own copy. @=)

Damn, I'm caught out! No pudding for me tonight

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For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better, quicker answers on SQL Server performance related questions, click on the following...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 14

Koen Verbeeck (1/24/2012)
So what's up?

GAH! You missed EVERYTHING.

Here, read this post:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1238567.aspx

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1240109.aspx

Buy a copy. Review it! Be amazed!

Oh, and tagging is also encouraged.

Almost forgot. The Nook version is out now too: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/latchkeys-steven-savile/1108352766?ean=2940013695207&itm=1&usri=latchkeys+unlatched

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 15

Interrupting our regularly scheduled programming:

It is official -- SQLS 2012 release date is March 7.

http://www.sqlserverlaunch.com/ww/Home