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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 1

SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

jcrawf02 (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D
I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.

No, that was a failure to strike the 't' hard enough on the keyboard.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
jcrawf02 (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D
I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.
No, that was a failure to strike the 't' hard enough on the keyboard.

I thought a picure was 3.1415926% of a remedy.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

Stefan Krzywicki (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
jcrawf02 (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D
I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.
No, that was a failure to strike the 't' hard enough on the keyboard.
I thought a picure was 3.1415926% of a remedy.

nah it is just 2/3 of a

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093

Okay, you're right. This person is in over their head.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Okay, you're right. This person is in over their head.

OH MY!!! I hadn't looked at that train wreck in a day or so. That is going to be a long painful ride to say the least.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 7

I guess we are supposed to be miracle workers here and know just what went wrong given minimal information.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/4/2012)
OK, not my day. Not sure how to break the news here that this person is in way, way, over their head.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1353224-2799-2.aspx#bm1354093
Okay, you're right. This person is in over their head.

Yup

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 9

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
I guess we are supposed to be miracle workers here and know just what went wrong given minimal information.

I saw that post and got very quiet as I tiptoed towards the exit. Seems they don't even know what the question is let alone where to begin to solve it.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 10

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
I guess we are supposed to be miracle workers here and know just what went wrong given minimal information.

With login failures the state is enough to diagnose the cause most of most cases.

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Jan Van der Eecken SSCrazy Eights Points: 9029 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
jcrawf02 (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D
I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.
No, that was a failure to strike the 't' hard enough on the keyboard.
I thought a picure was 3.1415926% of a remedy.
nah it is just 2/3 of a

Don't say you baked a pie and didn't have the decency to calculate past the 27th decimal?

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Fal Hall of Fame Points: 3143 More actions · Answer 12

Jan Van der Eecken (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
jcrawf02 (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
SQLRNNR (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why do people think that they will get a different answer to the same problem if they post it in the correct forum?
What is the circle of life?
And they appear to be ignoring the advice they had been given in the other thread. What is wrong with this picure (and please, don't say the painter or the photographer)?
The illustrator?:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D
I was going to say "what the heck is a picure?", but then I figured it was just that English thing again.
No, that was a failure to strike the 't' hard enough on the keyboard.
I thought a picure was 3.1415926% of a remedy.
nah it is just 2/3 of a
Don't say you baked a pie and didn't have the decency to calculate past the 27th decimal?

It's just an urban legend that pi has more than 27 decimal places. The Illuminati propagated the myth centuries ago in order to control the internet.

Now don't you read too closely into what I say. It makes me nervous. :ermm:

Steve.

P.S. It's Friday morning and I haven't had coffee yet. :blink:

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 13

Why does he have to be so anal all the time? It gets real tiring reading it day after day. I wish SQLTeam would take him back.

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 14

Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why does he have to be so anal all the time? It gets real tiring reading it day after day. I wish SQLTeam would take him back.

Pretend you're floating on calm seas with the sound of whales singing in the background.

Works for me.

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 15

dwain.c (9/6/2012)
Lynn Pettis (9/6/2012)
Why does he have to be so anal all the time? It gets real tiring reading it day after day. I wish SQLTeam would take him back.
Pretend you're floating on calm seas with the sound of whales singing in the background.
Works for me.

Even better, pretend you're floating on calm, singing whales!

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams