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

Phil Parkin (4/6/2016)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2016)
And now the attitude arrives.
Check out the most recent 'I am proficient ...' comment. I nearly regurgitated my breakfast cereal.

Yeah, that was an interesting comment. Luckily, I don't eat breakfast. 😛 I still wont' post...must resist the urge.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
What are we having for breakfast today?

Well it's lunch time, so

Lentil, chicken, bacon and feta salad(also contains cucumber, spring onion and pepperdew)

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djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (4/6/2016)
Well it's lunch time, so
Lentil, chicken, bacon and feta salad(also contains cucumber, spring onion and pepperdew)

Had to look up pepperdew, sounds good. Breakfast time here, blueberry muffin at my desk.

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 4

Breakfast was chocolate shreddies, blood orange juice, some very nice ground coffee from the owners of the house (I'd left my at home on Sunday for my three days in the office). Lunch was falafel, hummus, salad and pitta.

So Brandie it's not me eating the pancakes!

Rodders...

BLOB EATER SSChampion Points: 14609 More actions · Answer 5

rodjkidd (4/6/2016)
Breakfast was chocolate shredded wheat, blood orange juice, some very nice ground coffee from the owners of the house (I'd left my at home on Sunday for my three days in the office). Lunch was falafel, hummus, salad and pitta.
So Brandie it's not me eating the pancakes!
Rodders...

I might need to pop into my local Tescos to find chocolate shredded wheat

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 6

BL0B_EATER (4/6/2016)
rodjkidd (4/6/2016)
Breakfast was chocolate shredded wheat, blood orange juice, some very nice ground coffee from the owners of the house (I'd left my at home on Sunday for my three days in the office). Lunch was falafel, hummus, salad and pitta.
So Brandie it's not me eating the pancakes!
Rodders...
I might need to pop into my local Tescos to find chocolate shredded wheat

I do apologise they were chocolate shreddies (thought that typed wheat! Freudian slip)

Breakfast isn't included where I am staying so I bought the variety selection from both Kellogg's and Nestle!

Rodders...

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 7

Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.

Waffles with the real stuff was Saturday.

If you are ever coming to Minnesota in the spring, get in touch.

My cousin actually started making syrup.

You could probably take part.

Would you expect wages with custom labels?

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 8

Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.

Coffee, lots of...

Eventually I have a Clif bar to tide me over until lunch...

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 9

Greg Edwards-268690 (4/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.
Waffles with the real stuff was Saturday.
If you are ever coming to Minnesota in the spring, get in touch.
My cousin actually started making syrup.
You could probably take part.
Would you expect wages with custom labels?

Depends on how much work. For a couple of days, probably not as I could finagle a "writing research" expense on my taxes.

I actually have a planned book with a character that taps for syrup. But internet research only gets one so far.

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Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 10

Greg Edwards-268690 (4/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.
Waffles with the real stuff was Saturday.
If you are ever coming to Minnesota in the spring, get in touch.
My cousin actually started making syrup.
You could probably take part.
Would you expect wages with custom labels?

I have a serious French Toast recipe which involves making my own syrup. It makes everyone happy.

"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

Michael L John One Orange Chip Points: 27056 More actions · Answer 11

Alan.B (4/6/2016)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.
Waffles with the real stuff was Saturday.
If you are ever coming to Minnesota in the spring, get in touch.
My cousin actually started making syrup.
You could probably take part.
Would you expect wages with custom labels?
I have a serious French Toast recipe which involves making my own syrup. It makes everyone happy.

Coffee and Marlboro's

Michael L John
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 12

Phil Parkin (4/6/2016)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2016)
And now the attitude arrives.
Check out the most recent 'I am proficient ...' comment. I nearly regurgitated my breakfast cereal.

Link? I'd just like to see.

--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)

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246962 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (4/6/2016)
Phil Parkin (4/6/2016)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2016)
And now the attitude arrives.
Check out the most recent 'I am proficient ...' comment. I nearly regurgitated my breakfast cereal.
Link? I'd just like to see.

You bet.

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The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 14

Michael L John (4/6/2016)
Alan.B (4/6/2016)
Greg Edwards-268690 (4/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (4/6/2016)
Good morning, peeps.
What are we having for breakfast today?
Mine was oatmeal with purple honey (from North Carolina) and assorted fruit. But for some reason I have pancakes and waffles with real maple syrup on my mind and I can't figure out why. So I'm pre-emptively accusing someone on The Thread of having the Good Stuff for breakfast and making me hungry again.
Waffles with the real stuff was Saturday.
If you are ever coming to Minnesota in the spring, get in touch.
My cousin actually started making syrup.
You could probably take part.
Would you expect wages with custom labels?
I have a serious French Toast recipe which involves making my own syrup. It makes everyone happy.
Coffee and Marlboro's

Coffee & Camel Blue's.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 15

Phil Parkin (4/6/2016)
Jeff Moden (4/6/2016)
Phil Parkin (4/6/2016)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2016)
And now the attitude arrives.
Check out the most recent 'I am proficient ...' comment. I nearly regurgitated my breakfast cereal.
Link? I'd just like to see.
You bet.

Heh... I just knew.

--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)