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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛

Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?

^{“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

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50097 More actions · Answer 2

ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?

Come!

Join us on the Isle!

Shoes are optional!

Shirts are optional!

Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!

:hehe:

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:

Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.

_______________________________________________________________

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/

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

Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.

Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50097 More actions · Answer 5

Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.
Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀

Considering what you two have discussed here, I'll kick Grant off to make room...

😀

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

jasona.work (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.
Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀
Considering what you two have discussed here, I'll kick Grant off to make room...
😀

Keep Grant around...we need some help to eat it all.

_______________________________________________________________

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/

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183701 More actions · Answer 7

Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.
Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀
Considering what you two have discussed here, I'll kick Grant off to make room...
😀
Keep Grant around...we need some help to eat it all.

Did someone ask for help to eat? Where do I start?

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

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 8

Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.

Me neither. Wish I could do more than just report it and have it hang around for hours afterwards.

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

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004190 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wish I could do more than just report it and have it hang around for hours afterwards.

I see how they got rid of the small spamming problem on Simple-Talk... is it just me or have the forums disappeared from Simple-Talk?

--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)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004190 More actions · Answer 10

Wryan138 (10/31/2016)
I think that Jeff was politely saying that the best way to not see the SPAM is to
put ME on the Ignore List. To date 99% of my posts have gone into the bit bucket.

Nope. Not suggesting that we put you on any kind of an ignore list. Your SPAM notifications help a lot and, besides, you might jump in on a post to help someone with some of your own goodies.

As for your posts alerting folks to SPAM, they're simply hidden. You still get a point for making each one. Just to mark things, you have 3,625 points so far.

--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)

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 11

Luis Cazares (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.
Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀
Considering what you two have discussed here, I'll kick Grant off to make room...
😀
Keep Grant around...we need some help to eat it all.
Did someone ask for help to eat? Where do I start?

Haha!

I can hunt, fish, forage and cook and I have a gazebo thingy and couple of tents (but no hippo). Got any room?

^{“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

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22977 More actions · Answer 12

ChrisM@Work (11/1/2016)
Luis Cazares (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
jasona.work (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
ChrisM@Work (10/31/2016)
Sean Lange (10/31/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/31/2016)
ThomasRushton (10/31/2016)
Wryan138 (10/30/2016)
So in lieu of some marvelous SQL wizardry, I'm just trying to help out a little.
Wayne
Welcome aboard. I must admit, I do use your posts as a tool for hunting spam - like Jeff, I am able to remove it from some parts of SSC...
So am I, and I also appreciate the reports. For a while, it appeared that the spammers were adapting because they were posting lots of spam to the forums I can't delete from. That changed last night, when they spread it out over lots of different forums again.
What is this ability to delete spam some of you are talking about? I guess I am not part of that club.
Me neither. Wrong shoes?
Wait you have shoes on? I knew I was doing it wrong. 😛
Ooh you made it to JasonA's funky island then?
Come!
Join us on the Isle!
Shoes are optional!
Shirts are optional!
Rum punches are not optional, you have to have at least one with lunch!
:hehe:
Make room in the sand and count me in for three. I am already half way there.
Me too. Sean and I will bring the food. 😀
Considering what you two have discussed here, I'll kick Grant off to make room...
😀
Keep Grant around...we need some help to eat it all.
Did someone ask for help to eat? Where do I start?
Haha!
I can hunt, fish, forage and cook and I have a gazebo thingy and couple of tents (but no hippo). Got any room?

I've got a barrel of cider maturing in the cellar, can I come?

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64790 More actions · Answer 13

BWFC (11/1/2016)
I've got a barrel of cider maturing in the cellar, can I come?

Just send the barrel. We'll review your application later. :Whistling:

Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server/Data Platform MVP (2006-2016)
Visit my SQL Server blog: https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/
SQL Server Execution Plan Reference: https://sqlserverfast.com/epr/

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398821 More actions · Answer 14

Hugo Kornelis (11/1/2016)
BWFC (11/1/2016)
I've got a barrel of cider maturing in the cellar, can I come?
Just send the barrel. We'll review your application later. :Whistling:

SECOND!

All in favor?

"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

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22977 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (11/1/2016)
Hugo Kornelis (11/1/2016)
BWFC (11/1/2016)
I've got a barrel of cider maturing in the cellar, can I come?
Just send the barrel. We'll review your application later. :Whistling:
SECOND!
All in favor?

One barrel coming up. I'll keep the contents though 😛

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537