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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 1

Lynn Pettis (2/22/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/22/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/21/2015)
... Mark one off, 6 days on the calendar to go. 6 days on the calendar to go, 6 days to go, ...
And for the geeks out there:
... Mark one off, 110 days on the calendar to go. 110 days on the calendar to go, 110 days to go, ...
Under a week...you're really close. I'll bet you're beyond ready to come home.
Just hoping that the weather clears up for my homecoming.

Do you mean the weather there or here? It seems like different parts of this country have been locked in a holding pattern of really cold or really snowy. There are some areas that are nice, but what's been making the news lately is the deep freeze and mountains of snow. It's cold again here in Michigan this morning at -4 F. Yesterday felt like a heat wave at 28 F.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Ed Wagner (2/23/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/22/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/22/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/21/2015)
... Mark one off, 6 days on the calendar to go. 6 days on the calendar to go, 6 days to go, ...
And for the geeks out there:
... Mark one off, 110 days on the calendar to go. 110 days on the calendar to go, 110 days to go, ...
Under a week...you're really close. I'll bet you're beyond ready to come home.
Just hoping that the weather clears up for my homecoming.
Do you mean the weather there or here? It seems like different parts of this country have been locked in a holding pattern of really cold or really snowy. There are some areas that are nice, but what's been making the news lately is the deep freeze and mountains of snow. It's cold again here in Michigan this morning at -4 F. Yesterday felt like a heat wave at 28 F.

As of right now (about 8:00 PM Afghan time); here, in route (Dubai will probably be okay but I won't be leaving the Airport), and upon arriving at home.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis (2/23/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/23/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/22/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/22/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/21/2015)
... Mark one off, 6 days on the calendar to go. 6 days on the calendar to go, 6 days to go, ...
And for the geeks out there:
... Mark one off, 110 days on the calendar to go. 110 days on the calendar to go, 110 days to go, ...
Under a week...you're really close. I'll bet you're beyond ready to come home.
Just hoping that the weather clears up for my homecoming.
Do you mean the weather there or here? It seems like different parts of this country have been locked in a holding pattern of really cold or really snowy. There are some areas that are nice, but what's been making the news lately is the deep freeze and mountains of snow. It's cold again here in Michigan this morning at -4 F. Yesterday felt like a heat wave at 28 F.
As of right now (about 8:00 PM Afghan time); here, in route (Dubai will probably be okay but I won't be leaving the Airport), and upon arriving at home.

I forget what part of the country you're flying home to, but it looks like in around 6 days the temps will start going up and staying up.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Sioban Krzywicki (2/23/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/23/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/23/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/22/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/22/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/21/2015)
... Mark one off, 6 days on the calendar to go. 6 days on the calendar to go, 6 days to go, ...
And for the geeks out there:
... Mark one off, 110 days on the calendar to go. 110 days on the calendar to go, 110 days to go, ...
Under a week...you're really close. I'll bet you're beyond ready to come home.
Just hoping that the weather clears up for my homecoming.
Do you mean the weather there or here? It seems like different parts of this country have been locked in a holding pattern of really cold or really snowy. There are some areas that are nice, but what's been making the news lately is the deep freeze and mountains of snow. It's cold again here in Michigan this morning at -4 F. Yesterday felt like a heat wave at 28 F.
As of right now (about 8:00 PM Afghan time); here, in route (Dubai will probably be okay but I won't be leaving the Airport), and upon arriving at home.
I forget what part of the country you're flying home to, but it looks like in around 6 days the temps will start going up and staying up.

Here is the itinerary: Bagram to Dubai to Atlanta, GA to Salt Lake City, UT to Colorado Springs, CO.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

... Mark one off, 4 days on the calendar to go. 4 days on the calendar to go, 4 days to go, ...

And for the geeks out there:

... Mark one off, 100 days on the calendar to go. 100 days on the calendar to go, 100 days to go, ...

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (2/23/2015)
Mark one off, 100 days on the calendar to go. 100 days on the calendar to go, 100 days to go, ...[/i]

Careful, now. Someone might read that 97 years from now and think the world is coming to an end in 2112. 😛 You're not, by any chance, Mayan, are you? :hehe:

--Jeff Moden

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Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 7

Lynn Pettis (2/23/2015)
... Mark one off, 4 days on the calendar to go. 4 days on the calendar to go, 4 days to go, ...
And for the geeks out there:
... Mark one off, 100 days on the calendar to go. 100 days on the calendar to go, 100 days to go, ...

Short-timer!

My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]
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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.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173061 More actions · Answer 8

Safe travels, Lynn. There's a lot of weather in the U.S. that could be crimping your flight style after you hit Atlanta. Hopefully it'll clear up by the time you come in.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 9

Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.

--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: 173061 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.

Sorry, Jeff. We use TFS.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

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

Brandie Tarvin (2/24/2015)
Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.
Sorry, Jeff. We use TFS.

Actually, that's good feedback, Brandie. Thanks.

--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)

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.

We use RedGate Compare to build the upgrade schema scripts. It works well, but if you ever need to do a line by line check of the code it is a real pain in that related database objects aren't always together. This could be a result of the database design itself. I won't go into details other than to say a Database Developer/DBA was not involved in its development.

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.

I have in the past, similar to what Lynn is doing. At my current job we don't have a process, but are looking to move toward SSDT database projects and the publish model that it provides which is very similar to using RedGate SQL Compare. We used SSDT Database Projects in my previous position.

If you are looking for a method to deploy database changes I'd definitely take the time to talk to RedGate about what they are doing in the database deployment and continuous integration space.

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

Thanks folks. Has anyone any particular pleasantries that have occurred from Dev to Stage to Prod with RedGate Compare?

@Lynn...

Are you saying that you had to make some tweaks to the RedGate code?

--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)

SqlSanctum Ten Centuries Points: 1229 More actions · Answer 15

Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Thanks folks. Has anyone any particular pleasantries that have occurred from Dev to Stage to Prod with RedGate Compare?
@Lynn...
Are you saying that you had to make some tweaks to the RedGate code?

My last company purchased Redgate Compare after initially trying to go with XSQL Compare. XSQL Compare was significantly cheaper, and did most of what we were looking for. The idea was to promote Development Code to QA without having to do a restore and wipe test data. XSQL had some issues with compatibility that we did not notice originally. Basically it would fail to script out correctly because of constraints, and the software could not get past that no matter what we tried. We may have all missed the right settings to fix this, but it became such an annoyance that they decided to buy Redgate's version instead. Redgate could drop and recreate constraints to get the data where it belonged. I didn't get a lot of use out of the program before I moved to another company, but it seemed very effective. Just use the trial time heavily before you buy.