January 12, 2017 at 6:08 am
jasona.work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:40 AMMy first thought when I brought up the forums today was, "What the HECK did the network guys change last night to break the rendering of the forums?"
Then I realized the new forums must've rolled out over night...Thus far, it seems OK, it might take a bit of getting used to, but not much. Not sure I like the various buttons not showing what they are (Share post / Subscribe / etc) although that could be due to the lockdowns applied to IE here at work, I'll have to see how it behaves at home on Chrome.
So far, thought, kudos to the team!
jasona.work brings up a good point...
KUDOS to the team!!!
January 12, 2017 at 6:14 am
Unrelated to the forums upgrade...
Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
January 12, 2017 at 6:23 am
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMAnd that was my morning. How is yours going?
Trying to diagnose why a PDW spent 17 hours running a query, while the step marked as running had completed on all nodes.
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January 12, 2017 at 6:28 am
Koen Verbeeck - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:26 AMThomasRushton - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:23 AMWe can change font and write questions in Comic Sans? Really?Never mind, found it 🙂
Interesting. Oh, we're going to be spamming the heck out of each other today.
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January 12, 2017 at 6:32 am
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMUnrelated to the forums upgrade...Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
The rain-before-the-snow has started here – but not before the rain began IN the office. Just after 9am I heard water trickling, coming from behind a panel near me. I’d not heard it before. A few other folk listened but couldn’t hear anything, but when we came out of our morning standup, water was coming down from the ceiling in streams. It took building services about 4 hours to locate the issue and stop the flow. The worst of it was about five feet from where I'm sitting. Narrow escape for my desktop.
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January 12, 2017 at 6:55 am
Hey, guys. Not sure how much you value your privacy, but you might want to check out this Washington Post article about FamilyTreeNow. Instruction on opting out are in the second link.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01/12/youve-probably-never-heard-of-this-creepy-genealogy-site-but-its-heard-all-about-you/?utm_term=.c036abd9dd37
January 12, 2017 at 7:05 am
ChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:32 AMBrandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMUnrelated to the forums upgrade...Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
The rain-before-the-snow has started here – but not before the rain began IN the office. Just after 9am I heard water trickling, coming from behind a panel near me. I’d not heard it before. A few other folk listened but couldn’t hear anything, but when we came out of our morning standup, water was coming down from the ceiling in streams. It took building services about 4 hours to locate the issue and stop the flow. The worst of it was about five feet from where I'm sitting. Narrow escape for my desktop.
This morning shortly after I got in to work, they issued a freezing rain advisory for the area...
The wife leaves after I do, hopefully there hasn't been any yet (while the office has windows, they're about 30ft from me, with a lot of trees just outside, so I can't tell what it's doing unless it's obvious like snow, or the rain is hard enough it's coating the windows...)
January 12, 2017 at 7:06 am
Interesting.
While typing up my previous reply, I got a HTTP 403 Forbidden message, but the reply obviously posted.
January 12, 2017 at 7:08 am
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:55 AMHey, guys. Not sure how much you value your privacy, but you might want to check out this Washington Post article about FamilyTreeNow. Instruction on opting out are in the second link.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01/12/youve-probably-never-heard-of-this-creepy-genealogy-site-but-its-heard-all-about-you/?utm_term=.c036abd9dd37
OK, reading that article now, and that is frankly scary...
Going to have to check it out (and opt-out) when I get home.
January 12, 2017 at 7:15 am
jasona.work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:05 AMChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:32 AMBrandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMUnrelated to the forums upgrade...Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
The rain-before-the-snow has started here – but not before the rain began IN the office. Just after 9am I heard water trickling, coming from behind a panel near me. I’d not heard it before. A few other folk listened but couldn’t hear anything, but when we came out of our morning standup, water was coming down from the ceiling in streams. It took building services about 4 hours to locate the issue and stop the flow. The worst of it was about five feet from where I'm sitting. Narrow escape for my desktop.
This morning shortly after I got in to work, they issued a freezing rain advisory for the area...
The wife leaves after I do, hopefully there hasn't been any yet (while the office has windows, they're about 30ft from me, with a lot of trees just outside, so I can't tell what it's doing unless it's obvious like snow, or the rain is hard enough it's coating the windows...)
We have a freezing rain advisory starting at noon on Friday and not ending until midnight Sunday. Of course the freezing rain happens over the weekend....and it was 63 here yesterday. GAH!!!!
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January 12, 2017 at 7:17 am
jasona.work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:05 AMChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:32 AMBrandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMUnrelated to the forums upgrade...Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
The rain-before-the-snow has started here – but not before the rain began IN the office. Just after 9am I heard water trickling, coming from behind a panel near me. I’d not heard it before. A few other folk listened but couldn’t hear anything, but when we came out of our morning standup, water was coming down from the ceiling in streams. It took building services about 4 hours to locate the issue and stop the flow. The worst of it was about five feet from where I'm sitting. Narrow escape for my desktop.
This morning shortly after I got in to work, they issued a freezing rain advisory for the area...
The wife leaves after I do, hopefully there hasn't been any yet (while the office has windows, they're about 30ft from me, with a lot of trees just outside, so I can't tell what it's doing unless it's obvious like snow, or the rain is hard enough it's coating the windows...)
Nasty. That stuff can be really dangerous on the roads. Good luck.
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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
January 12, 2017 at 8:26 am
Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:14 AMUnrelated to the forums upgrade...Some of you know I was working on a project to find illegal characters in a alphanumeric field last week. I got it up and running (so I thought) and then added an underscore search. The job step failed because there was too much data to fit in the text file I was trying to email. Well, turns out I forgot underscore is a wildcard and forgot to include it in square brackets for the LIKE to treat it literally. DUH.
And that was my morning. How is yours going?
Afternoon, actually.
One of the SSRS reports that normally loads in 1-2 minutes now took much longer. I had to kill it because it blocked all other activity,
I extracted the offending query and, after verifying that the estimated plan didn't show me the problem, included some nolock hints so that I could test performance without causing locking and fired it off to get an actual execution plan. But I am impatient so while it was running I started looking in more detail at the estimated plan, running other queries to get a feel for the data sizes, etc.
Long story short: I just deployed a new version of the report. Query runs in 5-10 seconds, total rendering time about 15 seconds.
And the original query? That still sits in one of my windows, chugging happily along. Run time now over 2 hours and counting.
January 12, 2017 at 8:29 am
Not sure if it's just me or not. Under forums, the "Latest" posts don't ever appear for me. I just get an hour glass. I "live" by the "Latest Posts".
I also think that it's terrible that we now have to click on "Notify me of replies to this post" instead of it defaulting to that like on the old forum. I don't understand why anyone would not want to be notified of a reply to their post but that should be an option to opt out rather than a requirement to opt in for something that should be a default.
Also, where'd the "REPORT" a post button go?
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January 12, 2017 at 8:31 am
Jeff Moden - Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:29 AMAlso, where'd the "REPORT" a post button go?
It's the little flag icon.
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January 12, 2017 at 8:31 am
Jeff Moden - Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:29 AMNot sure if it's just me or not. Under forums, the "Latest" posts don't ever appear for me. I just get an hour glass. I "live" by the "Latest Posts".I also think that it's terrible that we now have to click on "Notify me of replies to this post" instead of it defaulting to that like on the old forum. I don't understand why anyone would not want to be notified of a reply to their post but that should be an option to opt out rather than a requirement to opt in for something that should be a default.
Also, where'd the "REPORT" a post button go?
"REPORT" is the flag icon right under the last line of your sig on the lhs.
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
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