Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • jcrawf02 (3/14/2012)


    IT'S A BOY!!!

    I won't get to meet him for a few months still, but very excited!

    So now the important question is, do we let him watch Star Wars in the episode order, or the real order?

    Value order:

    4, 5 Done.

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  • Grant Fritchey (3/14/2012)


    jcrawf02 (3/14/2012)


    IT'S A BOY!!!

    I won't get to meet him for a few months still, but very excited!

    So now the important question is, do we let him watch Star Wars in the episode order, or the real order?

    Value order:

    4, 5 Done.

    hahaha! Cliffhangers be damned, eh?

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  • GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    In release order. 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3

    +1. Go with release order. No matter how bad #1 is, it's part of the series. And part of numerous jokes where context is important.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMoI2Fy2DgM&feature=related

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/14/2012)


    GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    In release order. 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3

    +1. Go with release order. No matter how bad #1 is, it's part of the series. And part of numerous jokes where context is important.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMoI2Fy2DgM&feature=related

    I have to say, if you're going to watch them all, I think the argument for 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 is a good one because then you don't know then end before you start watching 1, 2 and 3

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  • Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

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  • Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    Yes, I can think of a large number of ways not to use a linked server, most will probably be of no interest to the OP though

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  • GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    Yes, I can think of a large number of ways not to use a linked server, most will probably be of no interest to the OP though

    I'd love to hear them, I'm sure there are some I've never heard of/thought of.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (3/14/2012)


    GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    Yes, I can think of a large number of ways not to use a linked server, most will probably be of no interest to the OP though

    I'd love to hear them, I'm sure there are some I've never heard of/thought of.

    SSIS (stage the remote data required locally)

    Replication (real-time copy of the remote data stored locally)

    Service Broker (for those who find replication too easy)

    OpenRowSet (Security be damned)

    CLR with External Access permissions

    sp_OA* (for those who find CLR too safe)

    Custom written .NET app that goes out and fetches the required data then loads it into a table

    Invoke a SQLAgent job that bcps the required data out to a file which can be BULK INSERTed

    Silly enough towards the end?

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

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  • GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (3/14/2012)


    GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    Yes, I can think of a large number of ways not to use a linked server, most will probably be of no interest to the OP though

    I'd love to hear them, I'm sure there are some I've never heard of/thought of.

    SSIS (stage the remote data required locally)

    Replication (real-time copy of the remote data stored locally)

    Service Broker (for those who find replication too easy)

    OpenRowSet (Security be damned)

    CLR with External Access permissions

    sp_OA* (for those who find CLR too safe)

    Custom written .NET app that goes out and fetches the required data then loads it into a table

    Invoke a SQLAgent job that bcps the required data out to a file which can be BULK INSERTed

    Silly enough towards the end?

    No. The end is too close to reality.

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  • SQLRNNR (3/14/2012)


    GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (3/14/2012)


    GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    Yes, I can think of a large number of ways not to use a linked server, most will probably be of no interest to the OP though

    I'd love to hear them, I'm sure there are some I've never heard of/thought of.

    SSIS (stage the remote data required locally)

    Replication (real-time copy of the remote data stored locally)

    Service Broker (for those who find replication too easy)

    OpenRowSet (Security be damned)

    CLR with External Access permissions

    sp_OA* (for those who find CLR too safe)

    Custom written .NET app that goes out and fetches the required data then loads it into a table

    Invoke a SQLAgent job that bcps the required data out to a file which can be BULK INSERTed

    Silly enough towards the end?

    No. The end is too close to reality.

    Okay, read the thread and I'm walking away quietly. Hey! Party at the Tent in the Desert! I'm sure the Guard Hippo is lonely.

  • jcrawf02 (3/14/2012)


    IT'S A BOY!!!

    I won't get to meet him for a few months still, but very excited!

    So now the important question is, do we let him watch Star Wars in the episode order, or the real order?

    Congrats!

    Release order.

    Otherwise the big "Luke, I'm your father" moment is reduced to duuuuh.

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  • Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    I actually laughed out loud.

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  • GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    jcrawf02 (3/14/2012)


    I don't know, that's always bothered me because he never went back before then to even check on her (at least we're not told that) but he's got this immense attachment that he's hiding somewhere.

    Jedi aren't supposed to have attachments. Their loyalties are the the Force, the Order, the Republic and to themselves and no other. "A Jedi is a Jedi, first, foremost and only. For a Jedi to divide his attentions between the will of the Force and the will of others is to invite disaster" Master Hoche Trit ~1000 BBY

    Hence he would have been encouraged not to check up on her.

    It's worth noting that the prohibition of attachments was a reasonably late rule of the Order, it was only in effect from the time of the battle of Rusaan (~1000 BBY) until the destruction of the Order by Palpatine and Vader. So 1000 years out of the 25 000 year history.

    Sorry, when I play in Starwars RPGs I tend to play Jedi, so I can spout off portions of the Code

    I suppose that makes more sense.

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  • Koen Verbeeck (3/14/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/14/2012)


    Back on topic, yes, they definitely are: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1266924.aspx

    I actually laughed out loud.

    Well it's one of our old friends, so are you that surprised?

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    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • GilaMonster (3/14/2012)


    jcrawf02 (3/14/2012)


    I don't know, that's always bothered me because he never went back before then to even check on her (at least we're not told that) but he's got this immense attachment that he's hiding somewhere.

    Jedi aren't supposed to have attachments. Their loyalties are the the Force, the Order, the Republic and to themselves and no other. "A Jedi is a Jedi, first, foremost and only. For a Jedi to divide his attentions between the will of the Force and the will of others is to invite disaster" Master Hoche Trit ~1000 BBY

    Hence he would have been encouraged not to check up on her.

    It's worth noting that the prohibition of attachments was a reasonably late rule of the Order, it was only in effect from the time of the battle of Rusaan (~1000 BBY) until the destruction of the Order by Palpatine and Vader. So 1000 years out of the 25 000 year history.

    Sorry, when I play in Starwars RPGs I tend to play Jedi, so I can spout off portions of the Code

    I'm sorry, I have to ask. If they could have attachments for the first 24,000 years why did this one Jedi Master decide it was bad? Seems like it could create tensions that might add to a young Jedi falling prey to the Dark Side.

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