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  • April 30, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    #987033

    Hmm. That blunted the intended impact somewhat :doze:

    Fixed now - I must not put underline tags inside the url tags it seems!

    Thanks everyone for letting me know.

    Paul

    Paul White
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  • April 30, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    #987034

    New non off topic for this thread...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic706693-361-1.aspx?Update=1

  • April 30, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    #987037

    john.arnott (4/30/2009)

    RBarryYoung (4/30/2009)

    ... I would have had him two feet off the ground, grasping at his own throat.

    ...as you sardonically tell him "I find your lack of respect for forum etiquette disturbing."

    Heh, good line, John. I might use it in the future... 🙂

    And thanks to all for the "Welcome Backs", just trying to take it easy for now.

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  • April 30, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    #987040

    Florian Reischl (4/30/2009)

    New non off topic for this thread...

    :laugh:

    Saw that yesterday and figured Steve had sorted it. He's a braver man than I.

    Seems I underestimated the OP.

    Ho hum.

    Paul

    Paul White
    SQLPerformance.com
    SQLkiwi blog
    @SQL_Kiwi

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    #987063

    Paul White (4/30/2009)

    Florian Reischl (4/30/2009)

    New non off topic for this thread...

    :laugh:

    Saw that yesterday and figured Steve had sorted it. He's a braver man than I.

    Seems I underestimated the OP.

    Ho hum.

    Paul

    I don't think this one's carrying a squeegee. I got the impression from his syntax and use of "Ja..." that perhaps English is not his first language. Yes, Steve gave code samples, but the guy just (mis)read the post. I posted a reiteration of the advice and we'll see whether he comes back with an "oops. Now I get it".

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    #987069

    John,

    Good point - I feel as though I was harsh now.

    However, I suspect that expecting behaviour to change simply by deleting a comment is the same in any language 😉

    Paul

    Paul White
    SQLPerformance.com
    SQLkiwi blog
    @SQL_Kiwi

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    #987073

    Gail - can you give a good answer to this? I kinda thought along these line also.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic707743-338-1.aspx

    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

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    #987076

    WayneS (4/30/2009)

    Gail - can you give a good answer to this?

    Offhand, no, but I suspect it has something to do with Statement level recompile and/or temp table caching. I wonder if he'd see the same behaviour if two different connections were running the proc alternately.

    Past bedtime (1am). Will look in tomorrow

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • April 30, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    #987077

    Lynn Pettis (4/29/2009)

    Roy Ernest (4/29/2009)

    I am reaching that magic figure of 1000. But that does not mean I know anything. But I try to learn from reading the solutions to different problems others have posted. I do not have that much knowledge to help others, but I try to learn from the Gurus here. 🙂

    And when ever I post an answer I say that this is what comes to my mind. But maybe others here have a better solution than mine.

    And that, Roy, is what most of us do. The answers we post are the ones that come to our mind as well. The beauty of this site is that we get to see a variety of ways to accomplish the same task. Some are better than others, that's true. But you also hit the nail on the head when you say you try to learn from Gurus here; so do I. I have learned more here on SSC than I have from just doing my job. Everything I have learned I have also been able to apply in some way as well.

    Edit: How does it go? The more I know, the more I know I don't know.

    I think both of you'll are dead-on here. especially

    I have learned more here on SSC than I have from just doing my job.

    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

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    #987078

    Roy Ernest (4/29/2009)

    Its not a secret...Lots of people have written about it in different sites. I have tried my best. Hope it is good. It is about Transparent Data Encryption.

    Sounds pretty interesting. Always looking for things that others have tried that I haven't (yet).

    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

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    #987079

    Bruce W Cassidy (4/29/2009)

    Roy Ernest (4/29/2009)

    I finished my article and it is on the way for publication... May 4th is the D-Day for me....

    [font="Verdana"]Well done, Roy! International Star Wars day... "May the 4th be with you."[/font]

    LOL :w00t:

    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

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    #987082

    WayneS (4/30/2009)

    Gail - can you give a good answer to this? I kinda thought along these line also.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic707743-338-1.aspx

    I think Gail nailed it. I sure hope so since I posted that as a possible answer before I saw what she thought.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
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  • April 30, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    #987083

    Lynn Pettis (4/29/2009)

    [quote-0How many people, besides myself, here on The Thread saw the original theatrical release of Star Wars when it was first released?

    [/quote-0]

    Whatcha trying to do, find out how old I... errrr.... we are?

    Yeah, I'm one.

    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

  • April 30, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    #987084

    Hi John

    I'm quiet sure that English is not her/his first language (due to the "Ja" I think he is German) but this is not the problem. I would never finger point at somebody because of bad English.

    If I post a 200 line question to an international forum and I get a four line answer (two lines text) which I don't understand I have to investigate what was meant. I'm also German and I know that my English is not the best so LEO is always one of the tabs in Firefox when I'm here.

    Greets

    Flo

  • April 30, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    #987087

    RBarryYoung (4/30/2009)[hrThe operation was entirely successful and I am home.

    Glad to hear you're home, and good to see you back here! How long of a recovery period are they telling you?

    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

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