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Florian Reischl SSC-Dedicated Points: 37301 More actions · Answer 1

Well I think it's time to join...

Maybe I oversight, but some classics are still missing in my opinion

Lord of the threads

Pulp threadtion

Hell Threader

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 2

One Thread to rule them all.

One Thread to find them.

One Thread to bring them all

and in the darkness bind them....

Glad you could join us, Flo.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 3

RBarryYoung (4/16/2009)

Bruce W Cassidy (4/16/2009)
[font="Verdana"]On another site I frequented, this was known as the "coke spew". You got extra points if it was a nasal coke spew.[/font]
Ow, now that burns!

Try it with Vernor's Ginger Ale, sometime. The cheap stuff Pepsico now makes isn't quite as exciting as the stuff that used to be aged in wooden barrels for 7 years, but it'll still clear the sinuses.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Jeff, I still have the PM where you said something about spewing soup as well. Remember the comment? She who walked on water because she knew where the rocks are.

john.arnott SSChampion Points: 11882 More actions · Answer 5

Am I so obsessed with big round numbers that I would post to The Thread just as an attempt to be number 3500?

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 6

Yes, John, you were.... and you were.

(applause, thunderous applause)

But now we're at 3501 and moving on towards 4,000... the moment was just too good to last.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 7

Jeff Moden (4/16/2009)

RBarryYoung (4/16/2009)
Bruce W Cassidy (4/16/2009)
[font="Verdana"]On another site I frequented, this was known as the "coke spew". You got extra points if it was a nasal coke spew.[/font]
Ow, now that burns!
Try it with Vernor's Ginger Ale, sometime. The cheap stuff Pepsico now makes isn't quite as exciting as the stuff that used to be aged in wooden barrels for 7 years, but it'll still clear the sinuses.

Hah. When I was in college I once sneezed while eating a hot Italian sausage. I didn't lose that "burning ice pick up your nostrils" feeling for days. *ow!*

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 8

john.arnott (4/16/2009)
Am I so obsessed with big round numbers that I would ...

Coincidentally, that's also how I got my first date... :w00t:

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65142 More actions · Answer 9

To Thread or not to Thread, that is the question;

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The angst and flames of outrageous posters,

Or to take arms against a sea of Threads,

And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep;

No more; and by a sleep to say we end.

(with apologies to Shakespeare)

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 10

RBarryYoung (4/16/2009)
john.arnott (4/16/2009)
Am I so obsessed with big round numbers that I would ...
Coincidentally, that's also how I got my first date... :w00t:

C'mon Barry ya can't just leave this one hanging! Oh wait, you're not saying she was a big round number are ya? 😛

^{“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

StarNamer SSCrazy Eights Points: 8746 More actions · Answer 11

David Burrows (4/17/2009)
To Thread or not to Thread, that is the question;
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The angst and flames of outrageous posters,
Or to take arms against a sea of Threads,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end.
(with apologies to Shakespeare)

There is no question.

Resistance is futile.

You will be Threaded.

Derek

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 12

Chris Morris (4/17/2009)
RBarryYoung (4/16/2009)
john.arnott (4/16/2009)
Am I so obsessed with big round numbers that I would ...
Coincidentally, that's also how I got my first date... :w00t:
C'mon Barry ya can't just leave this one hanging! Oh wait, you're not saying she was a big round number are ya? 😛

Exactly!

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

There's nothing wrong with being a chubbychaser!

Dammit, where are those screenwipes? 😀

^{“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

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 14

Note to self: Only drink water... in small sips... while reading The Thread.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 15

RBarryYoung (4/17/2009)
Chris Morris (4/17/2009)
RBarryYoung (4/16/2009)
john.arnott (4/16/2009)
Am I so obsessed with big round numbers that I would ...
Coincidentally, that's also how I got my first date... :w00t:
C'mon Barry ya can't just leave this one hanging! Oh wait, you're not saying she was a big round number are ya? 😛
Exactly!

No way Darth, I've seen the movie, can't fool me. You got your first date when your pedophilic girlfriend was running for her life and stopped by the junk shop you were enslaved to. 😛

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