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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

stormsentinelcammy (2/19/2014)
A life long dream to reach that status?

to become insane - absolutely :w00t:

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 2

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:

Congratulations, Jason, on your new-found insanity. What happens when you add the insanity to the pain in your signature? In pain and insane? 😉

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736222 More actions · Answer 3

And here I thought you were already insane, Jason.

Congrats

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
stormsentinelcammy (2/19/2014)
A life long dream to reach that status?
to become insane - absolutely :w00t:

Inpainly Sane?

Thanks

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/19/2014)
And here I thought you were already insane, Jason.
Congrats

Ask me again in five minutes and I might have already forgotten, you know how that insanity thing works:-D

Thanks Steve

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stormsentinelcammy SSCrazy Points: 2493 More actions · Answer 6

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February 19, 2014 at 2:42 pm

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haha, you are out of control 🙂

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736222 More actions · Answer 7

My kid is studying GIS and starting to learn SQL. He actually had some good questions last night about how to translate some questions into SQL. Neat to see him learning.

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 8

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:

Hearty congratulations on this accomplishment!

I'm struggling to get to 4000 posts because of all the inane questions being asked lately. 😛

My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
[url url=http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/St

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dwain.c (2/19/2014)
SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:
Hearty congratulations on this accomplishment!
I'm struggling to get to 4000 posts because of all the inane questions being asked lately. 😛

Yeah but you do a very good job with your answers.:cool:

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
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Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 10

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
dwain.c (2/19/2014)
SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:
Hearty congratulations on this accomplishment!
I'm struggling to get to 4000 posts because of all the inane questions being asked lately. 😛
Yeah but you do a very good job with your answers.:cool:

Thank you sir! I like to think I get in a good one or two every now and then. So far I think I've only gotten like one or two of those "this solved my problem" clicks though.

Always looking to contribute more.

My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
[url url=http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/St

mickyT SSChampion Points: 10360 More actions · Answer 11

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/19/2014)
My kid is studying GIS and starting to learn SQL. He actually had some good questions last night about how to translate some questions into SQL. Neat to see him learning.

Nice to see people getting into the GIS field 🙂 I hope he enjoys it as much as I have over the years.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 12

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:

Very cool! Congratulations!

--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
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (2/19/2014)
SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:
Very cool! Congratulations!

Thanks Jeff

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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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 14

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
Yay - I'm finally insane!!! :hehe::w00t:

Most of those points were insanely well earned, congratulations Jason.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15915 More actions · Answer 15

SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
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rodjkidd (2/19/2014)
SQLRNNR (2/19/2014)
rodjkidd (2/19/2014)
Koen just say you are a Holistic SQL Server Consultant - you'll be fine then 😀
Rodders...
Just wondering if a holistic consultant does spinal adjustments??:cool:
Jason, not sure about that but you can defiantly claim lying on a beach in the Bahamas as work related
Rodders...
Dude, that's just another day at the office.
Wait, that was St. Thomas not the Bahamas:-D
Warm... Beach... Drink... Working terribly hard.... What's the difference?
Ok - fair point.

To keep the Douglas Adams references going...

Grant - Arh I see Redgate have finally got the beach into the office on the 15th floor 🙂

Rodders...