Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I took a lesson from St Lynn. Not sure it will help, but worth a shot.[/font]

    I'm not even sure what the question is any longer.

    Gail Shaw
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  • GilaMonster (4/14/2009)


    Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]I took a lesson from St Lynn. Not sure it will help, but worth a shot.[/font]

    I'm not even sure what the question is any longer.

    Not what it started as from what I can tell. Almost seems like the OP wants us to provide a hammer to tell someone else they aren't qualified to manage their own server and that they need to let a "real DBA" manage the system. When it would be better, as you and several others tried pointing out, to work with them and assist in the management of the system. Would build a better working relationship in my opinion.

  • [font="Verdana"]Didn't RBarryYoung's article start a little bun fight! It will be fun to watch. Brave, brave man.[/font]

  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Didn't RBarryYoung's article start a little bun fight! It will be fun to watch. Brave, brave man.[/font]

    Looks like another "cursor man" out there if you ask me ( and I know you didn't 😉 ). Looks like a really good discussion developing in my opinion. Only one person really came out swinging hard at the beginning. The others seemed willing to see what may becoming in future installments, and a couple are willing to see if a set based solution can be built to replace a current cursor based solution.

  • Lynn Pettis (4/14/2009)


    Looks like a really good discussion developing in my opinion. Only one person really came out swinging hard at the beginning. The others seemed willing to see what may becoming in future installments, and a couple are willing to see if a set based solution can be built to replace a current cursor based solution.

    [font="Verdana"]I just loved the people popping up and saying "yep, post your cursor code, we'll have a look at it!" Great to see that sort of support. :w00t:[/font]

  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (4/14/2009)


    Looks like a really good discussion developing in my opinion. Only one person really came out swinging hard at the beginning. The others seemed willing to see what may becoming in future installments, and a couple are willing to see if a set based solution can be built to replace a current cursor based solution.

    [font="Verdana"]I just loved the people popping up and saying "yep, post your cursor code, we'll have a look at it!" Great to see that sort of support. :w00t:[/font]

    I was really glad to see it! I was ready for a challenge, but I sure didn't want to be left alone with that much challenge!

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  • Bruce W Cassidy (4/14/2009)


    [font="Verdana"]Didn't RBarryYoung's article start a little bun fight! It will be fun to watch. Brave, brave man.[/font]

    Brave. Stupid. It's a fine line. :w00t:

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  • Anyone feel up to this?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic696402-146-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • Anyone feel up to this?

    I was thinking of "Neither, it's Microsoft Standard" 😛

    But then thats just the cynic in me 😉

    Honestly, I'd like to, and state it's close to ANSI but not sure what sort of dialogue it would produce.

    I think I will leave it up to you experts :blush:

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  • Well, SQL does support the ASCII standard for storing character data (char and varchar) and it supports some of the ANSI SQL standards (of multiple different years), so you could argue for "both" or "both, partially" as answers

    I suspect the problem's a bit deeper though and that the OP there doesn't know what the ASCII standard (or even ANSI standards) is. So it probably needs more than a yes or no type answer.

    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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  • So it probably needs more than a yes or no type answer.

    That is why I was hesitant to answer

    Maybe it's of of those Jeff answers 'It Depends' :w00t:

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  • GilaMonster (4/15/2009)


    Well, SQL does support the ASCII standard for storing character data (char and varchar) and it supports some of the ANSI SQL standards (of multiple different years), so you could argue for "both" or "both, partially" as answers

    I suspect the problem's a bit deeper though and that the OP there doesn't know what the ASCII standard (or even ANSI standards) is. So it probably needs more than a yes or no type answer.

    And yet, I just gave him one. What the hell.

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  • Grant Fritchey (4/15/2009)


    GilaMonster (4/15/2009)


    Well, SQL does support the ASCII standard for storing character data (char and varchar) and it supports some of the ANSI SQL standards (of multiple different years), so you could argue for "both" or "both, partially" as answers

    I suspect the problem's a bit deeper though and that the OP there doesn't know what the ASCII standard (or even ANSI standards) is. So it probably needs more than a yes or no type answer.

    And yet, I just gave him one. What the hell.

    You left out one of the I's on ASCII. Normally I wouldn't nitpick something so small, but I suspect that it'll confuse the OP even more than he already is.

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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • GilaMonster (4/15/2009)


    You left out one of the I's on ASCII.

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  • I posted a simplified explanation of each. Hopefully it's neither too simplified nor not simplified enough. Hard to judge that sometimes in these cases.

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