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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736544 More actions · Answer 1

Grant Fritchey (4/1/2014)
GilaMonster (4/1/2014)
I don't have too much beef with the language, but the way the fans talk about it, you'd think it was about to end poverty and bring about world peace.
That's just crazy talk. Everyone knows that Git is going to end poverty, bring about world peace and make coffee in the morning.

Ah, I have Git and no coffee made.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 3

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/2/2014)
Grant Fritchey (4/1/2014)
GilaMonster (4/1/2014)
I don't have too much beef with the language, but the way the fans talk about it, you'd think it was about to end poverty and bring about world peace.
That's just crazy talk. Everyone knows that Git is going to end poverty, bring about world peace and make coffee in the morning.
Ah, I have Git and no coffee made.

Great. Just read that and now I have an urge to go git some coffee.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

The Dixie Flatline (4/2/2014)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/2/2014)
Grant Fritchey (4/1/2014)
GilaMonster (4/1/2014)
I don't have too much beef with the language, but the way the fans talk about it, you'd think it was about to end poverty and bring about world peace.
That's just crazy talk. Everyone knows that Git is going to end poverty, bring about world peace and make coffee in the morning.
Ah, I have Git and no coffee made.
Great. Just read that and now I have an urge to go git some coffee.

I don't need a language for that. I usually want coffee. 😀

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 5

Brilliant.

http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-engineer-in-a-business-meeting/

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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

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 6

The Dixie Flatline (4/3/2014)
Brilliant.
http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-engineer-in-a-business-meeting/

I feel the poor guy's pain. Thank you for the laugh. The only sad part is that's it's so very true.

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String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 7

The Dixie Flatline (4/3/2014)
Brilliant.
http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-engineer-in-a-business-meeting/

http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-engineer-in-a-business-meeting/

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (4/3/2014)
The Dixie Flatline (4/3/2014)
Brilliant.
http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-engineer-in-a-business-meeting/
http://laughingsquid.com/the-expert-a-hilarious-sketch-about-the-pain-of-being-the-only-one-who-knows-how-to-use-the-url-tag/[/url]

FTFY

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 9

When Marketing meets with Engineering, nothing is impossible. 😀

Reminds me of a meeting where the business wanted something built, but when you started asking some questions, it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.

But finish it by Friday.

A data dump and a couple weeks passed, and they came back to us.

What evolved was predicting inventory $ and Qty on Hand for the end of the month.

Almost half the items showed no demand in MRP, so the first thing was determining what they needed to see for these items.

When we were done, they only used a fraction of what they had us build.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 10

Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.

This is an everyday occurrence at my job.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 11

Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.
This is an everyday occurrence at my job.

That's OK as long as there is sufficient padding in the budget.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 12

Revenant (4/3/2014)
Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.
This is an everyday occurrence at my job.
That's OK as long as there is sufficient padding in the budget.

Budget? That would indicate some form of planning or forethought. That doesn't happen either. They just want everything right now.

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Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 13

Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Revenant (4/3/2014)
Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.
This is an everyday occurrence at my job.
That's OK as long as there is sufficient padding in the budget.
Budget? That would indicate some form of planning or forethought. That doesn't happen either. They just want everything right now.

"As long as ..." 😉

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736544 More actions · Answer 14

Revenant (4/3/2014)
Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.
This is an everyday occurrence at my job.
That's OK as long as there is sufficient padding in the budget.

You can have it fast or cheap...

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 15

Sean Lange (4/3/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/3/2014)
it was clear they had no idea what they wanted or needed.
But finish it by Friday.
This is an everyday occurrence at my job.

You have until Friday? Geez, you're spoiled! 😀

Wayne
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