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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Chris Morris (4/15/2009)
Anyone for pork chops?

Maybe. How are you cooking them? ANSI or ASCII?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Chris Morris (4/15/2009)
Anyone for pork chops?

I love it when people are dead wrong with complete confidence.

Gail Shaw
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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 4

Alvin Ramard (4/15/2009)
Chris Morris (4/15/2009)
Anyone for pork chops?
Maybe. How are you cooking them? ANSI or ASCII?

Bit by bit - and of course they need those dandy RBARS on both sides.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90303 More actions · Answer 5

Okay - I am just wondering if Lynn has finally hit his limit. I'm just a bit surprised - and shocked - and the response :w00t:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic697843-146-1.aspx#bm697863

Really - let me google that for you? Are you kidding? :hehe:

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

Jeffrey Williams (4/15/2009)
Okay - I am just wondering if Lynn has finally hit his limit. I'm just a bit surprised - and shocked - and the response :w00t:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic697843-146-1.aspx#bm697863
Really - let me google that for you? Are you kidding? :hehe:

Sometimes you just have to be an old fashioned saint, get in there and bloody a few noses. 😉

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

Jeffrey Williams (4/15/2009)
Okay - I am just wondering if Lynn has finally hit his limit. I'm just a bit surprised - and shocked - and the response :w00t:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic697843-146-1.aspx#bm697863
Really - let me google that for you? Are you kidding? :hehe:

After this, I'm not that surprised.

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Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90303 More actions · Answer 8

The sad thing is - I don't think it will make a difference at all. We'll see though...

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Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90303 More actions · Answer 9

After this, I'm not that surprised.

Don't I know it - I was also involved in that thread, that's why I don't think it will make a difference.

Jeffrey Williams
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736252 More actions · Answer 10

Those threads are kind of funny. Let me Google that for you ROFL

Bruce W Cassidy SSChampion Points: 12668 More actions · Answer 11

GSquared (4/15/2009)
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.

[font="Verdana"]I didn't want to confuse issues by asking "aren't there some ANSI standards around character sets and collations?"[/font]

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)
[font="Verdana"]I didn't want to confuse issues by asking "aren't there some ANSI standards around character sets and collations?"[/font]

One question that pops to mind. Did ANSI create ASCII? (off to wikipedia...)

Gail Shaw
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

Another question: Does anyone write T-SQL queries using non-ASCII characters?

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Bruce W Cassidy SSChampion Points: 12668 More actions · Answer 14

[font="Verdana"]Warning! Mini rant!

I'm reading an article (it's work related, okay?) and I run across this paragraph:

"The first and most obvious reason is that the DW appliance model has indisputable validity. Whether that validity stems from the efforts (or disruptiveness) of the DW appliance vendors themselves; whether it's part of a bigger back-to-users trend; whether it's indicative of what cultural historians call a Tendenzwende (a shift in the Zeitgeist); or a combination of some or all of these factors is still anyone's guess. "

Why? Why write like that? Yes, I can understand the use of domain-specific jargon, but why break into German? Is this some sort of "oh, look at how erudite I am" thing?

Grrrr.

Mini rant over.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 15

Bruce W Cassidy (4/15/2009)
[font="Verdana"]Warning! Mini rant!
I'm reading an article (it's work related, okay?) and I run across this paragraph:
"The first and most obvious reason is that the DW appliance model has indisputable validity. Whether that validity stems from the efforts (or disruptiveness) of the DW appliance vendors themselves; whether it's part of a bigger back-to-users trend; whether it's indicative of what cultural historians call a Tendenzwende (a shift in the Zeitgeist); or a combination of some or all of these factors is still anyone's guess. "
Why? Why write like that? Yes, I can understand the use of domain-specific jargon, but why break into German? Is this some sort of "oh, look at how erudite I am" thing?
Grrrr.
Mini rant over.
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The author may have been trying to hit a minimum word count.

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