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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004410 More actions · Answer 1

I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.

--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
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.

Nice!!! Steve is the only threadizen I have had the opportunity to meet in person so far.

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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/

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6613 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.

...ominous music playing...

got notifications again for El Threado, Steve, even after you deleted it. Does it come back every time you add a new post?

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

Sean Lange (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
Nice!!! Steve is the only threadizen I have had the opportunity to meet in person so far.

Yes, that was a very good lunch. The food way okay, but the company was better.

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

jonathan.crawford (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
...ominous music playing...
got notifications again for El Threado, Steve, even after you deleted it. Does it come back every time you add a new post?

If your default setting under Post Options (which you see when writing a response) says "Immediate Notification of New Posts by Email", then yes, you get re-subscribed when you post again. If you change your notification setting to nothing on the Manage subscription page, then this setting does not override your existing subscription setting.

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 6

Sean Lange (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
Nice!!! Steve is the only threadizen I have had the opportunity to meet in person so far.

Sean, if I ever make it over to your neck of the woods, we're going to have to go out for barbeque. 😉

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 7

Ed Wagner (5/1/2015)
Sean Lange (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
Nice!!! Steve is the only threadizen I have had the opportunity to meet in person so far.
Sean, if I ever make it over to your neck of the woods, we're going to have to go out for barbeque. 😉

Better bring some saddlebags...we have a LOT of choices around here. The best part is we can wash it all down with some great local beer.

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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/

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182916 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.

Brilliant, you're going for high speed pork chops in chipotle? 😛

😎

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 9

Sean Lange (5/1/2015)
Ed Wagner (5/1/2015)
Sean Lange (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
Nice!!! Steve is the only threadizen I have had the opportunity to meet in person so far.
Sean, if I ever make it over to your neck of the woods, we're going to have to go out for barbeque. 😉
Better bring some saddlebags...we have a LOT of choices around here. The best part is we can wash it all down with some great local beer.

I know there's lots of choices...why do you think I'm looking forward to it? 😀

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String Splitting with True Performance
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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.

It was my pleasure to meet both of you. I hope to start scratching names off my bucket list now that I'll be traveling on this side of the border. 😀

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 11

Luis Cazares (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
It was my pleasure to meet both of you. I hope to start scratching names off my bucket list now that I'll be traveling on this side of the border. 😀

If you (or anybody else) is anywhere near Kansas City let me know. There is lots of bbq and beer around here. 😀

_______________________________________________________________

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/

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 12

Luis Cazares (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
It was my pleasure to meet both of you. I hope to start scratching names off my bucket list now that I'll be traveling on this side of the border. 😀

There's plenty of good bbq and local beer here in Chicago this time of the year. Just sayin'.

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

Just came across some outrageous sexist claptrap. From what I can see, a reviewer for a journal wrote a totally biased sexist review of a scientific paper, there is an account in THE here; a slightly shorter account appeared on sciencemag.org here and some of the comments provoked by that article provide an absolutely amazing display of male chauvinistic sexism.

Tom

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

TomThomson (5/1/2015)
and some of the comments provoked by that article provide an absolutely amazing display of male chauvinistic sexism.

Doesn't come as any surprise at all.

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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 15

jonathan.crawford (5/1/2015)
Jeff Moden (5/1/2015)
I had a rare and wonderful opportunity, today. Luis is in town and I finally got to meet him and have lunch with both him and Ed Wagner. What a treat and I get to scratch another name off my bucket list.
...ominous music playing...
got notifications again for El Threado, Steve, even after you deleted it. Does it come back every time you add a new post?

Yes, when you post, you set the notification level. If you have notification set, it subscribes you to the thread