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

Innocent victim of the spam filter?

Someone apparently tried to post an attachment to a thread.

I got this notification in my email, which is a dead end:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1653774.aspx

In the thread itself someone is wondering what happened with his post.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1653794.aspx

Need an answer? No, you need a question
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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 2

Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 3

WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!

Not at the moment. But I am going to Vegas in June. @=)

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

Brandie Tarvin (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!
Not at the moment. But I am going to Vegas in June. @=)

Which part of June and which conference (assuming conference)?

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: 1004363 More actions · Answer 5

WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!

I've need seen you since you got your MCM. I'm presenting in Cleveland again this year. See you there. Ed Wagner will be with me, as well.

--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)

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 6

SQLRNNR (1/22/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!
Not at the moment. But I am going to Vegas in June. @=)
Which part of June and which conference (assuming conference)?

Early-mid June. Licensing Expo[/url].

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 7

Jeff Moden (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!
I've need seen you since you got your MCM. I'm presenting in Cleveland again this year. See you there. Ed Wagner will be with me, as well.

It'll be my first time in Cleveland. I'll be looking forward to seeing both of you.

And, drats. I see that we are presenting at the same time - I'd really like to see your session.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 8

WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!

I'd like to do both, but can't do either.

In fact, I have no SQL Sats this quarter.

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 9

I'm hoping that anyone with knowledge of older versions of .Net Framework and Crystal Reports might be able to help me with this one:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1653942-391-1.aspx

Thanks in advance for taking a look.

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

... Mark one off, 36 days on the calendar to go. 36 days on the calendar to go, 36 days to go, ...

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 11

WayneS (1/22/2015)
Jeff Moden (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!
I've need seen you since you got your MCM. I'm presenting in Cleveland again this year. See you there. Ed Wagner will be with me, as well.
It'll be my first time in Cleveland. I'll be looking forward to seeing both of you.
And, drats. I see that we are presenting at the same time - I'd really like to see your session.

I'm honored, ol' friend. If you'd like, I could send you Part 1. With your level of knowledge, you would easily make it through that on your own. The important parts are animated to add some revelation to the slides.

I also see that they're scheduled Colleen Morrow's "Enterprise-level auditing on a Standard Edition budget" session at the same time as mine. Considering her subject, I'd love to sit in on that one and then follow hers as a segue and even refer to it or vice versa.

I've seen your good presentation before and the article that preceded it. That's one of those articles/presentations that should be required for anyone beginning to learn much more advanced SQL because knowing the benefits and differences can really make or break Divide'n'Conquer code and you do a really good job of explaining it all.

--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)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

Luis Cazares (1/22/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (1/22/2015)
rodjkidd (1/22/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/21/2015)
So....
What's the superhero costume of choice here? SQL Bits is a month+ away, with the theme of superheroes for the Friday night party.
Need to get ordering something to take with me.
Steve, drawing a blank on Cowboy Super Heroes, there must be one that had a penchant for wearing Hawaiian shirts when not as the Super Hero ? 🙂
Rodders...
I don't know that Jonah Hex ever wore Hawaiian shirts, but he's a cowboy comics hero. (Not sure about the "super" part either).
Does it have to be from the comics? What about 80's cartoons like Bravestarr or the Galaxy Rangers?

I haven't got any clue for a costume. Maybe cheat, buy a green hoodie and go as Arrow (but without a bow due to airline luggage restrictions)

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (1/23/2015)
Luis Cazares (1/22/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (1/22/2015)
rodjkidd (1/22/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/21/2015)
So....
What's the superhero costume of choice here? SQL Bits is a month+ away, with the theme of superheroes for the Friday night party.
Need to get ordering something to take with me.
Steve, drawing a blank on Cowboy Super Heroes, there must be one that had a penchant for wearing Hawaiian shirts when not as the Super Hero ? 🙂
Rodders...
I don't know that Jonah Hex ever wore Hawaiian shirts, but he's a cowboy comics hero. (Not sure about the "super" part either).
Does it have to be from the comics? What about 80's cartoons like Bravestarr or the Galaxy Rangers?
I haven't got any clue for a costume. Maybe cheat, buy a green hoodie and go as Arrow (but without a bow due to airline luggage restrictions)

Flight and accomodation booked for SQLBits!

It's going to be my first time at Bits and I hope to enjoy it as much as I can.

Also, I hope to finally shake hands with (some of) you Threadizens! I know your faces and I will try to find you on saturday (yes, saturday only for me this year...).

If you want to meet me, just look for a 2 mt. tall curly man with a lost look in his eyes! 😀

-- Gianluca Sartori

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 14

Jeff Moden (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Jeff Moden (1/22/2015)
WayneS (1/22/2015)
Any Threadizens going to either the Austin or Cleveland SQL Saturday? I'd love to meet up with you!
I've need seen you since you got your MCM. I'm presenting in Cleveland again this year. See you there. Ed Wagner will be with me, as well.
It'll be my first time in Cleveland. I'll be looking forward to seeing both of you.
And, drats. I see that we are presenting at the same time - I'd really like to see your session.
I'm honored, ol' friend. If you'd like, I could send you Part 1. With your level of knowledge, you would easily make it through that on your own. The important parts are animated to add some revelation to the slides.
I also see that they're scheduled Colleen Morrow's "Enterprise-level auditing on a Standard Edition budget" session at the same time as mine. Considering her subject, I'd love to sit in on that one and then follow hers as a segue and even refer to it or vice versa.
I've seen your good presentation before and the article that preceded it. That's one of those articles/presentations that should be required for anyone beginning to learn much more advanced SQL because knowing the benefits and differences can really make or break Divide'n'Conquer code and you do a really good job of explaining it all.

Yep - I'll be there and am looking forward to it. There are several sessions I'm looking forward to seeing. There were a couple I would have enjoyed that didn't make the cut, but I think that's how it always goes.

I look forward to meeting you, Wayne. It's nice when you can put a face with a name.

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andrew gothard SSChampion Points: 12314 More actions · Answer 15

Ed Wagner (1/22/2015)
andrew gothard (1/22/2015)
Argh. Coffee on my keyboard, dammit.
I hope it wasn't good coffee that you spilled. Oh yeah, and that your keyboard is okay. 😀 If you're typing that, I presume that it's okay.

It was very good coffee, pure Guatemalan Arabica. Keyboard not too bad as it was unsweetened black, nose was a bit sore as that was mostly the exit point, due to unexpected laughter in response to Siobhan's previous post.

That hurt.

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I'm not paid to solve problems. I'm paid to prevent them.