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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

Then I think it is official, the is the "Water Cooler" thread.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398911 More actions · Answer 2

I grew up on Redneck. I can mostly understand it, but I can't really speak it much any more (except the occasional y'all that comes out every now & then).

"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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Ronald H SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4053 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (12/18/2008)
r.hensbergen (12/18/2008)
You know both internet and SQL Server are international? On forums like these people visit from all over world.
Nah... really? I thought the internet was just the U.S. :D:P;):):hehe: Heh, no offense but just a bit obvious, Ron.

I know it was obvious, it was meant ironic.

Of course you can try to find your answer on a forum in your native language, but it's just that the best are in english.
Exactly... let's think about why that is and what I just said. 😉
The reason we've been able to do so many fascinating things successfully is because we all spoke the same language. Sure, we have groups of people that speak some other language, but everyone knew a common language here... that's no longer going to be the case... 1 "Tower of Babble" coming up...

It's not people are going to post in dutch or in spanish in the near future on this forum.

Ronald HensbergenHelp us, help yourself... Post data so we can read and use it: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/-------------------------------------------------------------------------2+2=5 for significant large values of 2

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

r.hensbergen (12/18/2008)
Jeff Moden (12/18/2008)
r.hensbergen (12/18/2008)
You know both internet and SQL Server are international? On forums like these people visit from all over world.
Nah... really? I thought the internet was just the U.S. :D:P;):):hehe: Heh, no offense but just a bit obvious, Ron.
I know it was obvious, it was meant ironic.
Of course you can try to find your answer on a forum in your native language, but it's just that the best are in english.
Exactly... let's think about why that is and what I just said. 😉
The reason we've been able to do so many fascinating things successfully is because we all spoke the same language. Sure, we have groups of people that speak some other language, but everyone knew a common language here... that's no longer going to be the case... 1 "Tower of Babble" coming up...
It's not people are going to post in dutch or in spanish in the near future on this forum.

Actually, I have seen a couple of posts on this site that weren't in english. Not sure what language, but heck, its all "Greek" to me if it ain't english. Unfortunately, that's my ownly language.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

Steve Jones - Editor (12/18/2008)
Well, this is officially the longest thread on the site.

We win! :hehe:

r.hensbergen (12/18/2008)
It's not people are going to post in dutch or in spanish in the near future on this forum.

Hoekom nie? Ek het eek vraag in Fraans geseen. Nie maklik to antwoord nie.

Gail Shaw
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SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (12/18/2008)
Hoekom nie? Ek het eek vraag in Fraans geseen. Nie maklik to antwoord nie.

Like I said, it's all Greek to me! 😛

Ronald H SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4053 More actions · Answer 7

Hoekom nie? Ek het eek vraag in Fraans geseen. Nie maklik to antwoord nie.

Oh no, my ancestors went to your country and.... We're family! 😉

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 8

r.hensbergen (12/18/2008)
Oh no, my ancestors went to your country and.... We're family! 😉

Hehehe :hehe:

Actually I'm originally from the UK, so you don't have to worry. :w00t:

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

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 9

Gail,

Hoekom nie?

Attempted to use Google to translate this and all it would turn up was an Amazon page with the translation to Japanese.

I give up ? What is it in U.S. English

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Ron

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

bitbucket (12/18/2008)
I give up ? What is it in U.S. English

Hoekom nie? Ek het eek vraag in Fraans geseen. Nie maklik to antwoord nie.

Why not? I've seen one question in French. Not easy to answer.

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

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (12/18/2008)
bitbucket (12/18/2008)
I give up ? What is it in U.S. English
Hoekom nie? Ek het eek vraag in Fraans geseen. Nie maklik to antwoord nie.
Why not? I've seen one question in French. Not easy to answer.

I'll take care of the French questions if you get stuck.

Of course - if we all just spoke T-SQL - we'd all understand each other:)

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398911 More actions · Answer 12

Yeah, I'm not so sure about that one. I was helping someone from Spain and the Spanish column names made things more than a bit confusing.

"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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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 13

Matt Miller (12/18/2008)
I'll take care of the French questions if you get stuck.

Aragato Gozimasta

With the french question, it wasn't so much the question. The OP translated into passable english on request. But the entire error log and error messages were in French too.

Of course - if we all just spoke T-SQL - we'd all understand each other:)

What would 'Thank you' be in T-SQL? :hehe:

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

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (12/18/2008)
Matt Miller (12/18/2008)
I'll take care of the French questions if you get stuck.
Aragato Gozimasta
With the french question, it wasn't so much the question. The OP translated into passable english on request. But the entire error log and error messages were in French too.
Of course - if we all just spoke T-SQL - we'd all understand each other:)
What would 'Thank you' be in T-SQL? :hehe:

Easy:

Query Executed Successfully.

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736568 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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December 18, 2008 at 2:32 pm

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😛

That's great.