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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

jasona.work (5/16/2016)
Somedays, I envy you folks living in places that don't have "weather" like what we've had these past couple weeks...
Last weekend, we had the windows of the house opened up, letting in the fresh air...
This weekend, we turned the furnace back on and saw a few scattered snowflakes...

It's winter here.

The highveld is a summer rainfall region.

It rained all weekend.

Gail Shaw
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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173095 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (5/16/2016)
GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (5/16/2016)
Interview time!
So has anyone had anything along these lines before?
My favourite was the candidate who addressed every answer to my team lead, even though I was asking the questions. When my team lead quizzed him on that (on the way out of the building), he said he'd assumed I was from HR. 🙁
I would be terribly annoyed at that. Did he get the job?
The position he was interviewing for was my assistant/replacement. 😀

OUCH!

😛

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182938 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
jasona.work (5/16/2016)
Somedays, I envy you folks living in places that don't have "weather" like what we've had these past couple weeks...
Last weekend, we had the windows of the house opened up, letting in the fresh air...
This weekend, we turned the furnace back on and saw a few scattered snowflakes...
It's winter here.
The highveld is a summer rainfall region.
It rained all weekend.

Sounds like London (on a good weekend)

😎

djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 4

Eirikur Eiriksson (5/16/2016)
GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
jasona.work (5/16/2016)
Somedays, I envy you folks living in places that don't have "weather" like what we've had these past couple weeks...
Last weekend, we had the windows of the house opened up, letting in the fresh air...
This weekend, we turned the furnace back on and saw a few scattered snowflakes...
It's winter here.
The highveld is a summer rainfall region.
It rained all weekend.
Sounds like London (on a good weekend)
😎

70F a week or so ago, frost last two nights, 70F end of week. Many people have 1) colds, or 2) allergies, or 3) unknown sinus/throat/chough problem.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 5

I know most of you don't even want to spell SSIS, but for those that like it, I'd appreciate some help in here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1786539-364-1.aspx

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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 737204 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin (5/16/2016)
Interview time!
So has anyone had anything along these lines before?

Had a guy tell me one of his most interesting projects was using the telephony API in Windows (94/95 timeframe) to write an app that he could ping to page his boss constantly when his boss annoyed him.

Needless to say, I wasn't interested in hiring him.

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31168 More actions · Answer 7

djj (5/16/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (5/16/2016)
GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
jasona.work (5/16/2016)
Somedays, I envy you folks living in places that don't have "weather" like what we've had these past couple weeks...
Last weekend, we had the windows of the house opened up, letting in the fresh air...
This weekend, we turned the furnace back on and saw a few scattered snowflakes...
It's winter here.
The highveld is a summer rainfall region.
It rained all weekend.
Sounds like London (on a good weekend)
😎
70F a week or so ago, frost last two nights, 70F end of week. Many people have 1) colds, or 2) allergies, or 3) unknown sinus/throat/chough problem.

When I went to school in central New York, we had (at least) a couple of weather-related sayings:

"The four seasons here are winter, June, July, and August."

and . . .

"If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes."

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 8

Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.

I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.

I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

Lowell

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182938 More actions · Answer 9

Lowell (5/16/2016)
Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.
I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.
I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

Congrats,

Good job!

😎

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173095 More actions · Answer 10

Lowell (5/16/2016)
Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.
I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.
I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

YAY! Good job.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286601 More actions · Answer 11

Lowell (5/16/2016)
Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.
I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.
I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

Awesome. Well done Lowell.

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David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65144 More actions · Answer 12

Lowell (5/16/2016)
Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.
I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.
I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

Nice 😀

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004534 More actions · Answer 13

Lowell (5/16/2016)
Complete non-sequitur here guys, but I'm rather pleased with myself.
I just got my MCSA after taking 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse in SQL Server 2012/2014.
I had set a mental goal for myself to get it by January of this year, and while the date slipped a bit, i finally got it all done.

Awesome, Lowell. Congratulations!

--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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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
Sigh. Via PM: "Can you access my computer via Teamviewer to fix the firewall settings"
Can, yes. Will, not a bloody chance in hell.

Sign the following Attachments and contractual agreement. (Attach an NDA, No Compete, Non-liability, and a Contract)

Rates defined in the contract = $750/hr. Minimum 2hrs for this change.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50141 More actions · Answer 15

SQLRNNR (5/16/2016)
GilaMonster (5/16/2016)
Sigh. Via PM: "Can you access my computer via Teamviewer to fix the firewall settings"
Can, yes. Will, not a bloody chance in hell.
Sign the following Attachments and contractual agreement. (Attach an NDA, No Compete, Non-liability, and a Contract)
Rates defined in the contract = $750/hr. Minimum 2hrs for this change.

And of course make sure the contract explicitly spells out exactly what sort of post-work support will be provided and for how long. (Believe me, you want to avoid the "you touched it, you support *everything* on it now!" situation. My old employer ran into this more time than I care to count)