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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004412 More actions · Answer 1

swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.

I checked your SSC login for previous posts and haven't found any so I don't actually know what statement you've made. Do you have a link on "The Heap" (sorry, don't know what that is, either) that you'd like me to take a look at?

--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)

Doug J. SSC Eights! Points: 832 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff-

This:

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2014)
Just dropped over to the Heap Consultancy and I see a comment from Bill in KC about me staring at him from the login banner and then this:
"Steve is cool"
Maybe I should visit SO/SE more often 😀

-Doug

http://xkcd.com/327/

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182916 More actions · Answer 3

SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
Eirikur Eiriksson (7/31/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
William J. Fellows (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, Steve stares at my legs a lot. 😛
Well, you have good looking legs.
:exclamation:Unwanted details:sick:
Task achieved!!

Jason, you are a real gentleman, thanks!

😎

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 4

William J. Fellows (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, Steve stares at my legs a lot. 😛

Me too! Va-va-va-voom!

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

Author of:
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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182916 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (7/31/2014)
swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.
I checked your SSC login for previous posts and haven't found any so I don't actually know what statement you've made. Do you have a link on "The Heap" (sorry, don't know what that is, either) that you'd like me to take a look at?

On Sql Server 2014, the new verbosity estimator returns this:

Syntax error: the statement should be:

select isnull(posts,(select random from Heap))

from previous

where culprit = 'swasheck'

😎

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 6

SQLRNNR (7/30/2014)
Grant Fritchey (7/30/2014)
Early in this discussion the people who posted some sophomoric comments
Let's just call a spade a spade. Yes my comment was less than mature, but I think sophomoric is a bit too kind. I might call my comment a bit "jr high".;-)

to be farther off-topic, I usually call a spade a shovel, but what do I know

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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."

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

Sean Lange (7/31/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.
Bahaha
Jeff is personable in person.:-D:-D

BAHAHA

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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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Doug J. (7/31/2014)
Jeff-
This:
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2014)
Just dropped over to the Heap Consultancy and I see a comment from Bill in KC about me staring at him from the login banner and then this:
"Steve is cool"
Maybe I should visit SO/SE more often 😀

yeah jeff will need to put his pants back on if he goes there. His legs aren't as sexy.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004412 More actions · Answer 9

Doug J. (7/31/2014)
Jeff-
This:
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2014)
Just dropped over to the Heap Consultancy and I see a comment from Bill in KC about me staring at him from the login banner and then this:
"Steve is cool"
Maybe I should visit SO/SE more often 😀

Thanks, Doug. I wonder why I might get a "chilly reception".

--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)

Doug J. SSC Eights! Points: 832 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (7/31/2014)
Doug J. (7/31/2014)
Jeff-
This:
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2014)
Just dropped over to the Heap Consultancy and I see a comment from Bill in KC about me staring at him from the login banner and then this:
"Steve is cool"
Maybe I should visit SO/SE more often 😀
Thanks, Doug. I wonder why I might get a "chilly reception".

Only one way to find out!

-Doug

http://xkcd.com/327/

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.
Bahaha
Jeff is personable in person.:-D:-D

Yeah, I'd say so. In fact, some might go so far as to say he's nice, but don't spread that around too much. 😉

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 12

SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
Eirikur Eiriksson (7/31/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
William J. Fellows (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, Steve stares at my legs a lot. 😛
Well, you have good looking legs.
:exclamation:Unwanted details:sick:
Task achieved!!

Surely there are pictures floating around of Steve and Grant in their kilts.

__________________________________________________

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (7/31/2014)

Doug J. (7/31/2014)

Jeff-

This:

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2014)
Just dropped over to the Heap Consultancy and I see a comment from Bill in KC about me staring at him from the login banner and then this:
"Steve is cool"
Maybe I should visit SO/SE more often 😀
Thanks, Doug. I wonder why I might get a "chilly reception".

I doubt that you would Jeff. This is very out of context. This is their version of "the thread" and that comment in context was actually kind of funny. Nothing meant derogatory by it at all from the way I read it. I am sure they would welcome you with open arms. I mean they accepted me easily enough. And Jason...err SQLRNNR...just showed up over there too. There are a few other SSC regulars in there I have seen too.

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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/

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 14

Ed Wagner (7/31/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.
Bahaha
Jeff is personable in person.:-D:-D
Yeah, I'd say so. In fact, some might go so far as to say he's nice, but don't spread that around too much. 😉

Well to be fair, he *has* helped hundreds if not thousands of people over the years. He straightened me out by banging my head against the floor until I got the point... but he was very kind about it. It was for my own good really.

Why am I suddenly thinking about the Piranha Brothers skit from Monty Python?

__________________________________________________

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

The Dixie Flatline (7/31/2014)
Ed Wagner (7/31/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/31/2014)
swasheck (7/31/2014)
To qualify my statement, I have no personal context for anything involving Jeff Moden and I'd welcome him. I've only perused SSC forums in the past and have just noticed trends - especially vis a vis a string splitting function. Just making an observation. I do hope that Jeff wanders over to The Heap and everyone proves me incorrect.
Bahaha
Jeff is personable in person.:-D:-D
Yeah, I'd say so. In fact, some might go so far as to say he's nice, but don't spread that around too much. 😉
Well to be fair, he *has* helped hundreds if not thousands of people over the years. He straightened me out by banging my head against the floor until I got the point... but he was very kind about it. It was for my own good really.
Why am I suddenly thinking about the Piranha Brothers skit from Monty Python?

Because you just had two pina coladas?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events