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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 1

Grant Fritchey (10/16/2012)
It is hard to figure out how to deal with wildly deviant feedback. "Best session of the day" and "Whiny dick" were two of the feedback I got in OKC at SQL Saturday. How do you reconcile that? You don't. But you can't simply ignore the stuff you don't like and why would you ignore the stuff you like?
I try not to let the really negative stuff get me down, but I try to figure out if there is a grain of truth in it. The OKC presentation, I did spend too much time on a section of the presentation that should have only been 10-15 minutes. I think that put the presentation off and at least somewhat contributed to the bad remarks (from only two people, but still). Without the bad comments, I don't know that I would have done the belly-button gazing that, potentially, means I can improve this presentation.

I don't see why the best session of the day can't be given by a "whiny dick". : -)

I think people who focus on things like the presenter's voice or personality or other peripheral things like that tend to be people who didn't understand the material and are looking for a way of expressing frustration where they don't have to admit they didn't understand.

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 2

Grant Fritchey (10/16/2012)
It is hard to figure out how to deal with wildly deviant feedback. "Best session of the day" and "Whiny dick" were two of the feedback I got in OKC at SQL Saturday. How do you reconcile that? You don't. But you can't simply ignore the stuff you don't like and why would you ignore the stuff you like?
I try not to let the really negative stuff get me down, but I try to figure out if there is a grain of truth in it. The OKC presentation, I did spend too much time on a section of the presentation that should have only been 10-15 minutes. I think that put the presentation off and at least somewhat contributed to the bad remarks (from only two people, but still). Without the bad comments, I don't know that I would have done the belly-button gazing that, potentially, means I can improve this presentation.

Just remember, that person decided to stay and listen to the whiny dick's session when he could have left and gone to another session.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Grant Fritchey (10/16/2012)
It is hard to figure out how to deal with wildly deviant feedback. "Best session of the day" and "Whiny dick" were two of the feedback I got in OKC at SQL Saturday. How do you reconcile that? You don't. But you can't simply ignore the stuff you don't like and why would you ignore the stuff you like?
I try not to let the really negative stuff get me down, but I try to figure out if there is a grain of truth in it. The OKC presentation, I did spend too much time on a section of the presentation that should have only been 10-15 minutes. I think that put the presentation off and at least somewhat contributed to the bad remarks (from only two people, but still). Without the bad comments, I don't know that I would have done the belly-button gazing that, potentially, means I can improve this presentation.

I didn't put my name on the comment card did I?;-)

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 4

Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.

It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.

--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)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.
It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.

Umm - easy one. It is called Timex:hehe:

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 6

Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time

Perhaps he was so focused on the future he's never interested in the temporal currency. 😛

My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]
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INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 7

dwain.c (10/16/2012)
Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time
Perhaps he was so focused on the future he's never interested in the temporal currency. 😛

He's not an "in" member of the SQL Conspiracy, so doesn't know the truth about DBCC TimeWarp. Don't hold it against him.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 8

Brandie Tarvin (10/17/2012)
dwain.c (10/16/2012)
Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time
Perhaps he was so focused on the future he's never interested in the temporal currency. 😛
He's not an "in" member of the SQL Conspiracy, so doesn't know the truth about DBCC TimeWarp. Don't hold it against him.

Wait, I thought DBCC TimeWarp was being deprecated in favor of SP_Flux_Capacitor_1.21GW?

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 9

Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.
It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.

Hopefully it was just a phone interview...

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 10

WayneS (10/17/2012)
Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.
It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.
Hopefully it was just a phone interview...

Nope... I always do these things in person. If someone is skilled at Google, it's too darned easy for them to do a quick lookup during a phone interview. Didn't really take any more time than it would have during a phone interview.

--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)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (10/16/2012)
Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.
It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.
Umm - easy one. It is called Timex:hehe:

BWWAAA-HAAAA!!!! If the candidate actually had a sense of humor like that, the interview may have lasted longer! 😀

--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)

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 12

jasona.work (10/17/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (10/17/2012)
dwain.c (10/16/2012)
Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time
Perhaps he was so focused on the future he's never interested in the temporal currency. 😛
He's not an "in" member of the SQL Conspiracy, so doesn't know the truth about DBCC TimeWarp. Don't hold it against him.
Wait, I thought DBCC TimeWarp was being deprecated in favor of SP_Flux_Capacitor_1.21GW?

No the new version of DBCC TimeWarp call that as a CLR. 😀

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (10/16/2012)
Wow... recent interview of a Web Developer interviewee just set a new record. Interviewee claimed 14 years experience in SQL (mostly Oracle) and 5 years recent experience with SQL Server... and he couldn't name the function to get the current date and time in either. The resume also had on it that he had created stored procedures but then admitted that he never really created any... he just supposedly fixed them.
It was one of the shortest interviews I've ever conducted with anyone for any job.

Jeff how dare you question somebody about the contents of their resume to see if it is actually true. What is this world coming to?? At least you didn't have to waste much time.

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Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 14

It's a disgrace, a disgrace I say. Why do you want to know what I know I know? It's a disgrace, a disgrace I say.

Young fella, do you even know what a chicken hawk is?

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

Brandie Tarvin (10/17/2012)
It's a disgrace, a disgrace I say. Why do you want to know what I know I know? It's a disgrace, a disgrace I say.
Young fella, do you even know what a chicken hawk is?

As long as I know you know, it doesn't matter if you know you know. You knowing I know you know should satisfy you since if I know you know, even if I know you don't know you know, you get the job, you know?

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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