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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

Stefan Krzywicki (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
It'd be great if someone posted a query with no question and when asked "What's your question?" the reply was "Oh, no question, I'm just proud of this one."

Yeah. I had this happen once in the SSIS forums. Some guy posted a solution for refreshing the metadata of the data flow. He was apparently pretty proud of that. When I pointed out there was an alternative that was easier and linked to a few blog post of a SQL Server MVP, he accussed me of shamelessly promoting that blog (which wasn't my own btw) and that I should leave his post alone (although it is a public forum).

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 2

Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Yeah. I had this happen once in the SSIS forums. Some guy posted a solution for refreshing the metadata of the data flow.

At runtime?

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 3

Evil Kraig F (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Yeah. I had this happen once in the SSIS forums. Some guy posted a solution for refreshing the metadata of the data flow.
At runtime?

No, at design time. Not exactly rocket science 😀

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 4

Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.

Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 5

Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx

Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx
Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!

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

Sean Lange (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
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Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx
Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!

Cute!

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (6/25/2014)
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Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx
Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!
Cute!

It's from the Lego Movie. You probably haven't had much chance to keep up with that sort of stuff. 😉 As usual though, about the only movies worth seeing are the kids ones. Thankfully we have 2 little ones so we have an excuse.

_______________________________________________________________

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/

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 9

Sean Lange (6/25/2014)
Lynn Pettis (6/25/2014)
Sean Lange (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx
Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!
Cute!
It's from the Lego Movie. You probably haven't had much chance to keep up with that sort of stuff. 😉 As usual though, about the only movies worth seeing are the kids ones. Thankfully we have 2 little ones so we have an excuse.

After seeing what Lynn was doing with his mystic abillities of long range mind reading, I figured I'd attempt my own mystic arts... so I made sure I got put into the front of the list via my psyonic abilities. However, I apparently blew the memory fuse when I did that...

...I've once again lost my pants. Usually it's just my shirt at the casino, but my pants after 2 weeks without a day off apparently took a hike without me.

At least my clothing is getting exercise. 😀

- Craig Farrell

Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

Really? Just because SQL Server setup defaults to a CI collation that makes it the "DEFAULT" collation?

I give up.

x SSC-Insane Points: 23660 More actions · Answer 11

Lynn Pettis (6/25/2014)
Really? Just because SQL Server setup defaults to a CI collation that makes it the "DEFAULT" collation?

That would be my guess. You want to lean toward "least surprise" if you in fact don't actually check, and since the question really didn't allow the check, CI it is.

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 12

Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
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SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
ChrisM@Work (6/25/2014)
djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.

Ok, I'll bite, what's your baseline for the crystal ball tests?

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 13

Sean Lange (6/25/2014)
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SQLRNNR (6/25/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (6/25/2014)
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djj (6/25/2014)
Just saw a post (on another site) that the person had part of a query list but no quest was asked. Someone posted "What is your question?" and the post back "It's in my original post." It was not.
That happens here too. And developers are always whingeing that the specs they are given don't contain sufficient information to complete the task. Gaaah!
Right.
Or when you propose a solution and they go like "Aaaah yes. But actually in my real-life scenario I need to do it like this..."
That's why we pass the crystal ball around. But it seems somebody has been hogging it of late.:hehe:
Yeah sorry, I dropped it. It's in the shop for repairs.
Likely story. Now we know how you are able to zip through the forums so fast.
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Apparently Craig has it (in his other pants):
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1586022-2799-1.aspx
Ah hah! Now all he has to do is find his pants. :w00t: It's time for a rotation!
Cute!
It's from the Lego Movie. You probably haven't had much chance to keep up with that sort of stuff. 😉 As usual though, about the only movies worth seeing are the kids ones. Thankfully we have 2 little ones so we have an excuse.

Except that movie was definitely not for kids.

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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 14

jcrawf02 (6/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (6/25/2014)
Yeah, really. When it gets out of the shop, I'd like to be added to the rotation. I'll even volunteer do the testing to make sure it still works well.
Ok, I'll bite, what's your baseline for the crystal ball tests?

The unit tests should be interesting to see.

Assert.IsEqual(this.Prediction, Reality.ActualEvent)

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 15

Lynn Pettis (6/25/2014)
Really? Just because SQL Server setup defaults to a CI collation that makes it the "DEFAULT" collation?
I give up.

I gotta say "Yes." to that one, Lynn. Default = "What is setup with the minimum input from the user/installer", at least to me.

- Craig Farrell

Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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For index/tuning help, follow these directions.[/url] |Tally Tables[/url]
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