Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

Okay, post a question then a few minutes later post an "answer" that they say works and not to post to that thread. Fine, except what was posted doesn't solve the problem posted.

Just had to post the right answer.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
Okay, post a question then a few minutes later post an "answer" that they say works and not to post to that thread. Fine, except what was posted doesn't solve the problem posted.
Just had to post the right answer.

I saw the thread. At least he tried.

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

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 3

We aren't the only site getting hit. The following was in the Code Project EMail newsletter I get:

It's been a messy week with the spammers trying to muddy up the boards, but I'm guessing most readers would never have noticed a thing. Dozens of our higher-level members have been working overtime to help block and remove this nuisance and so we wanted to say thank you. What's impressed me the most is the care they take in ensuring it's spam, and not merely a misguided post. False positives happen but are rare, and that takes a lot of work.

drew.allen SSC Guru Points: 76985 More actions · Answer 4

Okay, we run our dataloads through a third party software that takes a config file with the processes to run and any parameters required for procedures. One of the procedures takes a string that contains a comma-separated list of integers, and the config contained a single integer, but we needed to add another value. I specifically told them that they would have to pass it in as a single string containing a comma separated list, but they just added the value without making it a string, so now the second value is being passed as the value for the second optional parameter which says where to restart that process if we have to restart for some reason, and of course the value is such that it skips everything. And they wonder why the procedure no longer works. SMH.

Drew

J. Drew Allen
Business Intelligence Analyst
Philadelphia, PA

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 5

Ed Wagner (10/3/2016)
WayneS (9/30/2016)
SQLRNNR (9/30/2016)
WayneS (9/30/2016)
GilaMonster (9/30/2016)
WayneS (9/30/2016)
Oh, what a fun day this is turning out to be. (Check out the attachment)
Whaaaaaa???
How many sessions involved there?
666 sessions
This appears to be related to an auto-update stats kicking off.
had to fix the typo
ROFL
That is, without a doubt, the busiest deadlock graph I've ever seen. I guess it provides some perspective the next time I look at one in my environment.

I had to look at the graph when my shredder script took > 2 minutes to shred this one.

Which brings up... anyone know how to optimize xquery?

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 7

Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?

Why would want something like that? It's overrated. Especially when you have a bunch of experts at your service handling crystal balls.

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

SQLBill SSC Guru Points: 51440 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?

Basic Problem Solving Skills checklist:

1. post issue on SQL Server Central without examples or all the details

2. if you don't get satisfaction there, post in another forum on the site

3. if there is still no satisfaction, post on another website

4. repeat until you finally get a solution.

5. don't thank anyone for their help.

-SQLBill

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 9

SQLBill (10/3/2016)
Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?
Basic Problem Solving Skills checklist:
1. post issue on SQL Server Central without examples or all the details
2. if you don't get satisfaction there, post in another forum on the site
3. if there is still no satisfaction, post on another website
4. repeat until you finally get a solution.
5. don't thank anyone for their help.
-SQLBill

You forgot the sporadic interviews for high paying Senior DBA positions while waiting for someone to answer the question for you. 😛

--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 10

Jeff Moden (10/3/2016)
SQLBill (10/3/2016)
Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?
Basic Problem Solving Skills checklist:
1. post issue on SQL Server Central without examples or all the details
2. if you don't get satisfaction there, post in another forum on the site
3. if there is still no satisfaction, post on another website
4. repeat until you finally get a solution.
5. don't thank anyone for their help.
-SQLBill
You forgot the sporadic interviews for high paying Senior DBA positions while waiting for someone to answer the question for you. 😛

I want a high paying Senior DBA position, just don't want to move at the moment.

Oh, my daughter, the one going to college in Providence RI, can't see me living any where but here in Colorado. Says I'd miss the mountains too much and would lose my sense of direction.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 11

Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
...just don't want to move at the moment.

Seems odd to hear you say that since you voluntarily re-upped for your overseas gig in the past, IIRC.

--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 (10/3/2016)
Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
...just don't want to move at the moment.
Seems odd to hear you say that since you voluntarily re-upped for your overseas gig in the past, IIRC.

That was different, I still knew I was coming home to Colorado. That was NOT a permanent move and I would willing go back to Afghanistan for a 6 (maybe 8) month deployment. In the end, I come back here.

Oh, and I extended twice over there because I was working on the assumption when I came home it would be to unemployment, not a continuing position with my company (that was a welcome treat).

Now, consider this, I have been looking at ex-pat retirement as a possibility when I finally decide to retire (which will most like be when I am 70 or older).

djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 13

Luis Cazares (10/3/2016)
Lynn Pettis (10/3/2016)
What ever happened to basic problem solving skills?
Why would want something like that? It's overrated. Especially when you have a bunch of experts at your service handling crystal balls.

Is that anything like Goldmember[/url]?

I'll get my helmet.

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 14

Well, it seems my personal laptop has bought the farm...

A couple months back, the battery wouldn't hold enough of a charge to keep the laptop on, closely followed by the power switch being "wonky" and not always working...

This afternoon, it seems, the power switch has said "I'm dead."

So now I'm trying to decide if I want to think about getting another laptop, or go to something a bit more portable like a Surface Pro. Regardless, right now, any replacement is on hold for a couple months...

At least for SQL stuff, I've got my home lab to putter around with and my desktop PC.

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 15

Eirikur Eiriksson

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Points: 182911

October 5, 2016 at 2:56 am

#1904828

Any upgrades available for the Crystal Ball?

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