Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Stefan Krzywicki (10/31/2013)


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    Jeff Moden (10/31/2013)


    GilaMonster (10/31/2013)


    Last day of freedom. Starting dev job tomorrow. Hopefully will go well...

    I'm unlikely to be around much during the week from now on (at least for a while), so could someone else please watch for and field corruption-related questions?

    Heh.... don't forget to study for the urine test. πŸ˜€

    Wrong country, I'm not in the USA πŸ™‚

    It's not a federal mandate or anything, but everyone I've ever worked for does drug testing.

    Really? I only had that happen once, 20 years ago and the testing facility lost my sample. So very reliable these companies are.

    No drug testing for my last few jobs (2 FTE and 3 contract). When I was on the IT staff at a manufacturing company I was drug tested as part of the process and there were random drug tests after employment as well. The random drug testing was part of the safety program since the machinery could kill you pretty easily. I was only tested once over 7-8 years I think.

  • I challenge any of you who do presentations, just for giggles, to switch your font to something goofy (at least for a couple minutes at the start.)

    Maybe Broadway or Comic Sans (shudder)

    :hehe:

  • jasona.work (11/1/2013)


    So, here's a goofy question:

    What font and size do you have your SSMS text set to?

    I'm trying to come up with one that I like for both readability and how much can fit on-screen at once.

    I tried Times New Roman at 8point, couldn't read it (20yrs ago, probably, now...)

    I just set SSMS to use Terminal at 9point, which might be the happy medium in terms of size and readability for me...

    I thought about using WingDings, but I don't need to obfuscate my code like that...

    Although it'd be fun to have someone looking over my shoulder and wondering what the heck I'm doing...

    :hehe:

    I'm another one who's using the default. I know it sounds trivial, but the fixed-width font lines up nicely and helps me keep things organized.

  • [font="Wingdings"]Now you're all just being silly.[/font]

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  • Am I the only one that can't change the font on SSMS to Wingdings or something similar?

    Luis C.
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  • Luis Cazares (11/1/2013)


    Am I the only one that can't change the font on SSMS to Wingdings or something similar?

    No, I can't either.

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  • [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

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  • The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

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    Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

  • The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


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    The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe. πŸ˜‰ How long do you think we can keep this up before someone gets annoyed at us? Obfuscation is my life.

    [/font]

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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 Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


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    The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe. πŸ˜‰ How long do you think we can keep this up before someone gets annoyed at us? Obfuscation is my life.

    [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]I think they are just ignoring it

    [/font] :hehe:

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


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    The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe. πŸ˜‰ How long do you think we can keep this up before someone gets annoyed at us? Obfuscation is my life.

    [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"] It's not really annoying as long as you have a notepad open.

    The dropdown list on SSMS won't show Wingdings or any other symbol's font[/font]

    Luis C.
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    Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

    How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2
  • Luis Cazares (11/1/2013)


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    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe. πŸ˜‰ How long do you think we can keep this up before someone gets annoyed at us? Obfuscation is my life.

    [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"] It's not really annoying as long as you have a notepad open.

    The dropdown list on SSMS won't show Wingdings or any other symbol's font[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Welcome to the party [/font]

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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  • Luis Cazares (11/1/2013)


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    The Dixie Flatline (11/1/2013)


    [font="Wingdings"]It should be the last font on the dropdown, Luis.[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]How sure are you about that?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Pretty sure, I don't think there is but one interface. Or are they language specific?[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe there is a locale difference. The south v. the North. πŸ˜‰ [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Maybe. πŸ˜‰ How long do you think we can keep this up before someone gets annoyed at us? Obfuscation is my life.

    [/font]

    [font="Wingdings"] It's not really annoying as long as you have a notepad open.

    The dropdown list on SSMS won't show Wingdings or any other symbol's font[/font]

    [font="Wingdings"]Or you can just hit the "quote" button and read it. πŸ˜€ But Wingdings shows up in my dropdown list as a valid font. This may be a question for Steve.[/font]

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