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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 1

Sean Lange (4/15/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/15/2015)
http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/04/rebooting-a-1970s-satellite-with-modern-software-and-hardware.html
That's pretty awesome!!!

MAN! Now I wanna wake up a few satellites.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 2

So apparently I can beat "politics define the workplace[/url]" with "engineers splain it all."

So, how do you like dem apples[/url]?

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 3

Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2015)
So apparently I can beat "politics define the workplace[/url]" with "engineers splain it all."
So, how do you like dem apples[/url]?

"Binary Underpants" - Love it.

Rodders...

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 4

Sean Lange (4/15/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/15/2015)
http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/04/rebooting-a-1970s-satellite-with-modern-software-and-hardware.html
That's pretty awesome!!!

It is indeed.

The comments on the article are also pretty awesome: they include some of the best examples of blindly ignorant and uneducated pedantry I've ever seen. I've always wondered why people think a nasty little pocket dictionary can tell them what a word means in perhaps two lines of text when any decent dictionary will devote a page or more to it.

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 5

Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2015)
So apparently I can beat "politics define the workplace[/url]" with "engineers splain it all."
So, how do you like dem apples[/url]?

Dem apples look like fun - in fact I'd be willing to play as long as I could be Melody - maybe Steve could volunteer to be the mediator (can't be much worse than looking after these forums) but who could we cast as Richard?

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 6

TomThomson

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April 18, 2015 at 5:29 pm

#1791832

Has the thread died? No posts for two days!

Tom

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 7

Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.

Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?

-- Gianluca Sartori

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 8

spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?

Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.

😎

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 9

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎

I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?

"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:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 10

Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?

It's here.

😎

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?
It's here.
😎

Yeah, nothing wrong with the comments there.

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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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 12

SQLRNNR (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?
It's here.
😎
Yeah, nothing wrong with the comments there.

Too much talk on that thread. Someone needs to build a large test table there. Only the code knows what will really happen. Let the code do the talking.

--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)

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (4/19/2015)
SQLRNNR (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?
It's here.
😎
Yeah, nothing wrong with the comments there.
Too much talk on that thread. Someone needs to build a large test table there. Only the code knows what will really happen. Let the code do the talking.

Already on it;-)

😎

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 14

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Jeff Moden (4/19/2015)
SQLRNNR (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?
It's here.
😎
Yeah, nothing wrong with the comments there.
Too much talk on that thread. Someone needs to build a large test table there. Only the code knows what will really happen. Let the code do the talking.
Already on it;-)
😎

Excellent. And help that young fellow learn how to wear asbestos underwear when everyone is trying to burn him at the stake. You know what I mean. You're really good at it. You even manage to put up with me. 😀

--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)

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 15

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (4/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (4/19/2015)
spaghettidba (4/19/2015)
Has anyone seen the last comments for Friday's featured article? I'm sorry for provoking such a bad reaction, I didn't mean to do that.
Did I say something wrong? Was my comment too harsh?
Nothing wrong with your comment, in fact I was about to post almost exactly the same comment when I saw yours.
😎
I looked but couldn't find the post. Link?
It's here.
😎

I saw it but didn't notice it was a republish. Didn't comment though because I expected the author wouldn't like what I had to say. I like what Jeff has added to the thread about the proof being in the performance test.

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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