Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Jan Van der Eecken SSCrazy Eights Points: 9029 More actions · Answer 1

Roy Ernest (5/12/2009)
Thank you Thank you.... 🙂
I wish I was even 50% as good as some of you folks are...:-)

Roy, congrats to you from me as well. And no worry, we are all here to learn. That's what SSC is all about, isn't it? And if you earn a couple of points along the way? Makes you feel good, and guilty as well if you don't put something back into the community. I'm still having probs with that coz I don't feel confident enough. Guess I'll get there sometime. With a litlle help from the friends on SSC.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Can we trap Bob in the transporter buffer next time?

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 3

Bob Hovious (5/12/2009)
...
You know I love the ladies: silver, gold, blue or green,
Hot pink, fluorescent purple, and some shades in between.
I charm them and disarm them, if you know what I mean.
But if they want commitment, then I just split the scene.
...

Hmm, for some reason, that sounds like Snoop to me.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 4

(appears briefly due to a temporal anomaly)

Snoop with a banjo??

The tune is original, like the lyrics. I'm making this up as I go along. 😉

(suddenly sucked back into the vortex)

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 5

Bob Hovious (5/12/2009)
Snoop with a banjo??
The tune is original, like the lyrics. I'm making this up as I go along. 😉

Well I can only read the words from here. 🙂

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 6

(message found inside a magnetic bottle drifting between the stars)

Barry: Consider yourself fortunate. - bh

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 7

Duplicate post :blush:

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 8

How many points for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM_fpspCq2c

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 9

How many point will I get if I post that video of Bob playing the banjo and signing his song?

😀

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john.arnott SSChampion Points: 11882 More actions · Answer 10

It's an interesting series of posts from the latest pork chop target. I'm starting to think that the hijacking of that "you no wanna ans, don't ask" thread may be fully justified.

First thread ends with someone offering an alternative solution and getting reply

thx for ur suggession but i knw tht very well:)

Then on 4/22 a question whether it's possible to create a table with a reference to a non-existent table, tagged "is urgent pls do reply early".

On 5/1, posted some ugly stuff:DECLARE @VARIABLE VARCHAR(30)

DECLARE @QUERY VARCHAR(5)

SELECT @VARIABLE='TEST'

SELECT @QUERY='SELECT'+'''@VARIABLE'''

EXEC (@QUERY)

Which I responded to with step-by step disection and the comment that it looked like a "find the error" exercise. No response yet.

"yesterday" 2:20PM

Hi all
I want to knw how i can retrieve the second highest value from the table which has some data
like the detail of employe and i want to retrieve the name of the employe who has second highest salary in the detail table
pls its very urgent
reply soon
thanks in advance/

From the looks of these, I'm starting to think that this is homework. Goodness, what actual real-world job has a programmer identifying the employee with the second-highest salary?

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 11

Alvin Ramard (5/12/2009)
How many point will I get if I post that video of Bob playing the banjo and signing his song?
😀

Minus 50 😀

--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.

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

john.arnott (5/12/2009)
It's an interesting series of posts from the latest pork chop target.

What's the link for that one, John?

--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)

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (5/12/2009)
Alvin Ramard (5/12/2009)
How many point will I get if I post that video of Bob playing the banjo and signing his song?
😀
Minus 50 😀

Even if it had a flying pork chop in it?

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

All my SSC forum answers come with a money back guarantee. If you didn't like the answer then I'll gladly refund what you paid for it.

For best practices on asking questions, please read the following article: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help[/url]

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (5/12/2009)
Jeff Moden (5/12/2009)
Alvin Ramard (5/12/2009)
How many point will I get if I post that video of Bob playing the banjo and signing his song?
😀
Minus 50 😀
Even if it had a flying pork chop in it?

Now, THAT might be interesting... who's the target? 😛

--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)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 15

Heh... I finally found a video to use at the beginning of any seminars I may have the good fortune to speak at...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amICZ1aVaCg

--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)