Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • jasona.work (11/9/2012)


    Koen Verbeeck (11/9/2012)


    The Dixie Flatline (11/9/2012)


    Hey, does anyone realize that in 8-9 days, The Thread will have been running strong for 4 consecutive years now?

    Will there be cake?

    The cake is a lie!

    (too old?)

    It will never be too old.

    Never!

    Haven't played Portal 2 though.

    Need an answer? No, you need a question
    My blog at https://sqlkover.com.
    MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

  • Brandie Tarvin (11/6/2012)


    Matt Miller (#4) (11/6/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/6/2012)


    For my next SQL Saturdays blog post, I'm coming up with a list of acronyms & definitions for accidental / rookie DBAs.

    Anyone have any suggestions for me to add?

    ACID

    Wow. I can't believe I forgot that one. Thanks, Matt.

    Forgot that one in a job interview :w00t:

    Still got the job.

  • The Dixie Flatline (11/4/2012)


    Just arrived in Seattle. No chest pains, no shortness of breath. So far so good. πŸ˜›

    Glad your health was good upon arrival and that you survived an encounter with me πŸ˜‰

    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

  • <sigh>

    First day back at work after a wonderful week at Summit. Very happy to have run into several regulars here, and to have met Bob and Paul for the first time. Fantastic week of #sqllearning. I could have handled another week of this.

    <heavy sigh> Now it's all over until next year </heavy sigh>

    <Best moment>Presenting to 235 people in a room with chairs for 217. Packed solid. Need to post pics of audience that I took just before I started.</Best moment>

    </sigh>

    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

  • My fiancee saw a joke on Twitter and she didn't get it (she's not in IT), so she told it to me to see if it was funny.

    A programmer is at the supermarket and his wife texts him.

    While at the supermarket, get eggs.

    He never comes home.

    After I finished laughing I explained it to her.

    I think this joke should be told at the start of job interviews. If the interviewee doesn't laugh, the interview is over.

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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

  • Stefan Krzywicki (11/12/2012)


    My fiancee saw a joke on Twitter and she didn't get it (she's not in IT), so she told it to me to see if it was funny.

    A programmer is at the supermarket and his wife texts him.

    While at the supermarket, get eggs.

    He never comes home.

    After I finished laughing I explained it to her.

    I think this joke should be told at the start of job interviews. If the interviewee doesn't laugh, the interview is over.

    See, she should've texted him:

    While at the supermarket

    Get eggs = +1

    If eggs >= 12 go to cash register

    (OK, it took me a minute to get the joke...)

  • anthony.green (11/9/2012)


    Gianluca Sartori (11/9/2012)


    I vote Beer.

    No, wait... SQL Beer!

    Or even Red-Gate's beer, now to get Steve to ship everyone a bottle or two

    But I've always heard Select * is bad...

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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

  • This SELECT * wasn't bad, but not as good as last year's. πŸ˜›

    Bob, great to see you last week, even if it was for 2 min.

  • The pleasure was mutual, Steve. I also enjoyed getting to see Gail, and meeting Jason and Wayne and Paul for the first time. I guess that any PASS Summit that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

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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

  • The Thread's a little slow, so I'll chime in.

    It was good to meet you last night at the Boulder UG Steve. It may have taken about a year, but finallly I got to meet you.

    The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

  • Mark,

    Good to meet you as well.

  • BTW, we are looking for some articles on deployment if any of you are interested. Not large ones, but small pieces. A few topics:

    How do you track the changes for stored procs?

    How do you move them to QA?

    How do you rollback changes?

    Do you document changes in a way that works (or doesn't)?

    How can you deploy new SSIS packages? How do you handle changing connections?

    Issues with deploying SSIS/SSRS/Linked Servers/ Service Broker and testing?

    We're looking to try and educate people on what works or doesn't work when moving database changes (or software changes) througn environments.

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/14/2012)


    BTW, we are looking for some articles on deployment if any of you are interested. Not large ones, but small pieces. A few topics:

    How do you track the changes for stored procs?

    How do you move them to QA?

    How do you rollback changes?

    Do you document changes in a way that works (or doesn't)?

    How can you deploy new SSIS packages? How do you handle changing connections?

    Issues with deploying SSIS/SSRS/Linked Servers/ Service Broker and testing?

    We're looking to try and educate people on what works or doesn't work when moving database changes (or software changes) througn environments.

    QA? What's that? πŸ˜›

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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.
    --------------------------------------
    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • Stefan Krzywicki (11/14/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/14/2012)


    BTW, we are looking for some articles on deployment if any of you are interested. Not large ones, but small pieces. A few topics:

    How do you track the changes for stored procs?

    How do you move them to QA?

    How do you rollback changes?

    Do you document changes in a way that works (or doesn't)?

    How can you deploy new SSIS packages? How do you handle changing connections?

    Issues with deploying SSIS/SSRS/Linked Servers/ Service Broker and testing?

    We're looking to try and educate people on what works or doesn't work when moving database changes (or software changes) througn environments.

    QA? What's that? πŸ˜›

    Isn't QA the step that immediately follows implementation?;-)

  • OCTom (11/14/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/14/2012)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/14/2012)


    BTW, we are looking for some articles on deployment if any of you are interested. Not large ones, but small pieces. A few topics:

    How do you track the changes for stored procs?

    How do you move them to QA?

    How do you rollback changes?

    Do you document changes in a way that works (or doesn't)?

    How can you deploy new SSIS packages? How do you handle changing connections?

    Issues with deploying SSIS/SSRS/Linked Servers/ Service Broker and testing?

    We're looking to try and educate people on what works or doesn't work when moving database changes (or software changes) througn environments.

    QA? What's that? πŸ˜›

    Isn't QA the step that immediately follows implementation?;-)

    Wait... after Implementation? I thought it was the Step just after "Deployment" and just before "Unemployment"...

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