Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Stefan Krzywicki (7/1/2013)


    GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Where did I leave my crystal ball?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1469066-5-1.aspx

    I think the OP doesn't know enough to know they aren't answering your questions.

    Take a look at his posting history. Also, if error log and backups are too complex... 🙁

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (7/1/2013)


    GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Where did I leave my crystal ball?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1469066-5-1.aspx

    I think the OP doesn't know enough to know they aren't answering your questions.

    Take a look at his posting history. Also, if error log and backups are too complex... 🙁

    I made an attempt. Not holding my breath.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

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  • GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Stefan Krzywicki (7/1/2013)


    GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Where did I leave my crystal ball?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1469066-5-1.aspx

    I think the OP doesn't know enough to know they aren't answering your questions.

    Take a look at his posting history. Also, if error log and backups are too complex... 🙁

    Just checked the posting history. Lordy. That person is WAY over their head, and with very basic stuff too. No fundamentals at all. Sad, but mostly dangerous for whatever organization they're working for.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    You know, reading the end result of this topic: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1468850-2799-1.aspx, I'm wondering why MS doesn't provide a pair of radio buttons in several different places...

    Radio button 1 -> MB

    Radio button 2 -> GB

    I could understand it if servers with a couple hundred MB were still the norm, but now-a-days being able to get servers with a few hundred GB...

    Where would I put these buttons?

    The memory settings, and when setting the size of files for MDF / LDF / NDFs, at least.

    I agree. We need these in a few places. Already bytes and kb are meaningless measures. It won't be long before MB are as well.

  • Lynn Pettis (6/29/2013)


    At Arifjan in Kuwait. Tired but not felling like sleeping.

    Hope things are well.

  • GilaMonster (7/1/2013)


    Where did I leave my crystal ball?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1469066-5-1.aspx

    SQL-In-The-City?

    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

  • OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

  • jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

    Ah, that sounds like Southern England in July - and of course air conditioning adjusted according to the usual southern Sasunnach policy. Some advice: the armpits are usually much better for warming fingers than the exhaust from a PC. Now if you had a Ferranti Mark 1 or a Deuce or a Univac 1 or an IBM 701 or even a Cray 1 to warm you up that might be a bit more effective than a PC, although it might not provide quite as much compute power as the PC.

    Tom

  • jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

    I had that problem at one place I worked. They did nothing about it when I complained. I even suggested an easy fix would be a snap-attach diverter. No good. No one did a thing.

    So, I brought in a rather large umbrella and duct-taped it to the back of my chair which also cut out some of the nasty glare from the new lights. They eventually got the hint and put a diverter in the vent and the bonus was they put diffusers on the lights, too!

    I don't know who the people are that design many of the offices that I've had to work in but they need to work in some of the places they designed or go back to school.

    --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
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  • Just dropping by to let you know where I am.

    I made it to Bagram last night but looks like I get to hang out here another day (at least) before heading on to Kabul.

    Just a piece of advice for those you have never travelled military air, you really have nothing to complain about. When you have to load and unload your own baggage from the plane you begin to appreciate what they do for you.

  • New layout of SQL Server Central Newsletter is too small. I don't want to read it on my mobile, make it wider please!

  • Jeff Moden (7/1/2013)


    jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

    I had that problem at one place I worked. They did nothing about it when I complained. I even suggested an easy fix would be a snap-attach diverter. No good. No one did a thing.

    So, I brought in a rather large umbrella and duct-taped it to the back of my chair which also cut out some of the nasty glare from the new lights. They eventually got the hint and put a diverter in the vent and the bonus was they put diffusers on the lights, too!

    I don't know who the people are that design many of the offices that I've had to work in but they need to work in some of the places they designed or go back to school.

    Duct tape + umbrella -- I think I have some bright pink duct tape....

    Some of those offices designers must know the road designers around here.

    They must walk to the office and never visit some of their masterpieces.

  • Jeff Moden (7/1/2013)


    jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

    I had that problem at one place I worked. They did nothing about it when I complained. I even suggested an easy fix would be a snap-attach diverter. No good. No one did a thing.

    So, I brought in a rather large umbrella and duct-taped it to the back of my chair which also cut out some of the nasty glare from the new lights. They eventually got the hint and put a diverter in the vent and the bonus was they put diffusers on the lights, too!

    I don't know who the people are that design many of the offices that I've had to work in but they need to work in some of the places they designed or go back to school.

    This reminds of the building I worked in on the job immediately prior to my current post. It had been completely renovated (formerly the campus library) and the floor I worked on (the top floor) used to be part of the stacks. When the designers planned the lighting for our space (a large open room), they specified ceiling fixtures that would provide the full amount of light required, apparently forgetting about the several very large, south-facing windows that alone provided most of the necessary light on sunny days. With white surfaces on our workstations, we had to wear welding helmets to avoid being blinded until we removed the fluorescent tubes from every other ceiling fixture. Brilliant!

    Jason Wolfkill

  • wolfkillj (7/2/2013)


    Jeff Moden (7/1/2013)


    jasona.work (7/1/2013)


    OK, where I work, it seems that when they were remodelling (before I started) they "fixed" the air conditioning...

    As in, one of the old hands stated where I'm sitting used to be the hottest part of the office in the summer because it had no vents overhead. Now it has vents, I sit right below one, and I'm putting my hand by the exhaust of the PC to try to warm up the fingers!

    Going to be bringing in a bloody sweater to try to keep warm soon...

    I had that problem at one place I worked. They did nothing about it when I complained. I even suggested an easy fix would be a snap-attach diverter. No good. No one did a thing.

    So, I brought in a rather large umbrella and duct-taped it to the back of my chair which also cut out some of the nasty glare from the new lights. They eventually got the hint and put a diverter in the vent and the bonus was they put diffusers on the lights, too!

    I don't know who the people are that design many of the offices that I've had to work in but they need to work in some of the places they designed or go back to school.

    This reminds of the building I worked in on the job immediately prior to my current post. It had been completely renovated (formerly the campus library) and the floor I worked on (the top floor) used to be part of the stacks. When the designers planned the lighting for our space (a large open room), they specified ceiling fixtures that would provide the full amount of light required, apparently forgetting about the several very large, south-facing windows that alone provided most of the necessary light on sunny days. With white surfaces on our workstations, we had to wear welding helmets to avoid being blinded until we removed the fluorescent tubes from every other ceiling fixture. Brilliant!

    Actually, they knew it was going to be an IT shop, and they figured that they needed enough lights to handle all of the night work (devs fixing stuff that broke the app, dba head-slapping the devs for breaking the database, etc). Unfortunately, the electricians didn't get this word, so they didn't see the need to wire up the lights so that every other one would be controlled by different light switches...

    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

  • Brandie, you can be sooo evil. 🙂

    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
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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