March 29, 2017 at 10:18 am
Thom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:26 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMHAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.That's sounds like a barrel of laughs :hehe: It does, however, make me wonder why Dev was linked to the live AD 😛 Lessons learned from your mistakes I suppose 🙂
It wasn't dev. They actually asked me to do that in production my very first week there. I was still wet behind the ears and didn't realize the completely stupid request.
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March 29, 2017 at 10:42 am
Brandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:54 AMGrant Fritchey - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:51 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:26 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:12 AMConcerning that someone who has probably created at least 100 topics on this forum is now asking what ISNULL, MAX and CAST "means".Thom, I urgently need your help with something. Can you explain what SELECT is and why I need it?
:Whistling:
Um, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:
UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';The bosses were saying something today about there being problems with this weeks payroll and we might not get paid...
Does what I did have anything to do with it?
:crazy::hehe:I think the fact that it didn't error is the biggest problem. WHOOP!
How the heck did you get into our database, Jason?
Grant, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it didn't error. I needed to update some salaries to "BAZILLION" and the money datatypes don't go that high.
Yours? I was trying to get to payroll.NSA.gov!
Well, I hope they don't mind getting paid potatoes this week...
March 29, 2017 at 10:49 am
jasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:42 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:54 AMGrant Fritchey - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:51 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:26 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:12 AMConcerning that someone who has probably created at least 100 topics on this forum is now asking what ISNULL, MAX and CAST "means".Thom, I urgently need your help with something. Can you explain what SELECT is and why I need it?
:Whistling:
Um, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:
UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';The bosses were saying something today about there being problems with this weeks payroll and we might not get paid...
Does what I did have anything to do with it?
:crazy::hehe:I think the fact that it didn't error is the biggest problem. WHOOP!
How the heck did you get into our database, Jason?
Grant, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it didn't error. I needed to update some salaries to "BAZILLION" and the money datatypes don't go that high.
Yours? I was trying to get to payroll.NSA.gov!
Well, I hope they don't mind getting paid potatoes this week...
he he, not bad
😎select abs(checksum('POTATO'))
$1877332705 ???
March 29, 2017 at 11:01 am
Eirikur Eiriksson - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:49 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:42 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:54 AMGrant Fritchey - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:51 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:26 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:12 AMConcerning that someone who has probably created at least 100 topics on this forum is now asking what ISNULL, MAX and CAST "means".Thom, I urgently need your help with something. Can you explain what SELECT is and why I need it?
:Whistling:
Um, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:
UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';The bosses were saying something today about there being problems with this weeks payroll and we might not get paid...
Does what I did have anything to do with it?
:crazy::hehe:I think the fact that it didn't error is the biggest problem. WHOOP!
How the heck did you get into our database, Jason?
Grant, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it didn't error. I needed to update some salaries to "BAZILLION" and the money datatypes don't go that high.
Yours? I was trying to get to payroll.NSA.gov!
Well, I hope they don't mind getting paid potatoes this week...
he he, not bad
😎select abs(checksum('POTATO'))$1877332705 ???
Umm...
Excuse me for a few minutes, I need to, um...
Fix something, yeah, that's it, fix something...
/me scurries off to make my annual salary POTATO...
:hehe::Whistling:😀
Anyone want to get flown out to SUMMIT this year on my new salary?
:hehe:
March 29, 2017 at 11:11 am
BrainDonor - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 1:46 AMdrew.allen - Monday, March 27, 2017 10:17 AMNow that I'm officially unemployed, I finally got around to downloading SQL 2016 developer edition to play around with. Right now, the two most frustrating things are that they changed the syntax for regex search and replace (without changing the documentation to match) and I no longer have RedGate SQL Prompt.Drew
I had SQL Prompt on my 2014 installation but had to re-install SQL Prompt after installing SSMS for 2016 and it was all fine.
I had it through my former employer, not on my personal computer. Buying a license for personal use isn't in my current budget.
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Philadelphia, PA
March 29, 2017 at 11:46 am
jasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:42 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:54 AMGrant Fritchey - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:51 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMBrandie Tarvin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:26 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:12 AMConcerning that someone who has probably created at least 100 topics on this forum is now asking what ISNULL, MAX and CAST "means".Thom, I urgently need your help with something. Can you explain what SELECT is and why I need it?
:Whistling:
Um, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:
UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';The bosses were saying something today about there being problems with this weeks payroll and we might not get paid...
Does what I did have anything to do with it?
:crazy::hehe:I think the fact that it didn't error is the biggest problem. WHOOP!
How the heck did you get into our database, Jason?
Grant, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it didn't error. I needed to update some salaries to "BAZILLION" and the money datatypes don't go that high.
Yours? I was trying to get to payroll.NSA.gov!
Well, I hope they don't mind getting paid potatoes this week...
If you want that, just look on your phone. Their software might have run in reverse due to the recent increased demands for potatoes. 😉
March 29, 2017 at 2:53 pm
Someone who knows more than me about clustering, please weigh in?
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1867482/2016-Cluster-Questions-For-Always-On-but-also-with-other-services
What he's thinking sounds like a bad idea, and if I saw a client doing that I would be advising against in in the strongest possible manner, but since that's a test lab he's talking about, it'll work, but...
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March 30, 2017 at 1:50 am
Sean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:56 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMUm, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';OH don't get me started on that. Someone was asked to update the name of someone last week, as it had been entered incorrectly. The SQL?
UPDATE misys_users
SET surname = 'Lapine';
Yeah... That took that software off line for good 30 minutes. We were scrambling to work out why no one could login, and they finally piped up 20 minutes later to tell us they may have "made a mistake"... To add insult to injury, Lapine was also not the correct spelling. :pinch:HAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.
This sounds like actual hell on toast for you, but I enjoyed reading about it.
March 30, 2017 at 1:50 am
... is what a sadist would write.
March 30, 2017 at 7:25 am
Beatrix Kiddo - Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:50 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:56 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMUm, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';OH don't get me started on that. Someone was asked to update the name of someone last week, as it had been entered incorrectly. The SQL?
UPDATE misys_users
SET surname = 'Lapine';
Yeah... That took that software off line for good 30 minutes. We were scrambling to work out why no one could login, and they finally piped up 20 minutes later to tell us they may have "made a mistake"... To add insult to injury, Lapine was also not the correct spelling. :pinch:HAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.
This sounds like actual hell on toast for you, but I enjoyed reading about it.
haha yeah it was pretty embarrassing that I single handedly took down the entire company. But like I say it was probably my first or second week out of college at my first dev job. Shame on them for turning me loose on a production server with no experience.
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March 30, 2017 at 7:28 am
Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:55 AMThe Colorado Springs SQL Server Users Group held its SQL Saturday this past Saturday (2017-03-25). Our fearless SSC Leader was there and held two outstanding sessions (yes, I am kissing up a bit), and while I had the opportunity to talk to him I asked if it would be okay to ask for some help from this awesome community. So here it goes, my daughter would like some help so she doesn't have to depend on me to make this great opportunity happen. What opportunity you ask? This one: Daughter seeking help Awesome Internship Opportunity Abroad in Ireland.
Yes, I benefit as well, as I save some money that can go to continuing to pay for her college.
Thank you.
Thanks, Lynn
March 30, 2017 at 7:29 am
Beatrix Kiddo - Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:50 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:56 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMUm, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';OH don't get me started on that. Someone was asked to update the name of someone last week, as it had been entered incorrectly. The SQL?
UPDATE misys_users
SET surname = 'Lapine';
Yeah... That took that software off line for good 30 minutes. We were scrambling to work out why no one could login, and they finally piped up 20 minutes later to tell us they may have "made a mistake"... To add insult to injury, Lapine was also not the correct spelling. :pinch:HAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.
This sounds like actual hell on toast for you, but I enjoyed reading about it.
That does sound pretty brutal. I suppose the bright side is that there was at least one user left in AD that could update accounts. 😉
March 30, 2017 at 8:09 am
Ed Wagner - Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:29 AMBeatrix Kiddo - Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:50 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:56 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMUm, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';OH don't get me started on that. Someone was asked to update the name of someone last week, as it had been entered incorrectly. The SQL?
UPDATE misys_users
SET surname = 'Lapine';
Yeah... That took that software off line for good 30 minutes. We were scrambling to work out why no one could login, and they finally piped up 20 minutes later to tell us they may have "made a mistake"... To add insult to injury, Lapine was also not the correct spelling. :pinch:HAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.
This sounds like actual hell on toast for you, but I enjoyed reading about it.
That does sound pretty brutal. I suppose the bright side is that there was at least one user left in AD that could update accounts. 😉
Yeah there were a couple of admin AD service accounts that were not in the database....phew!!! Would probably have been the end of my still fledgling career if we would have had to build a brand new domain because all the users got disabled. :w00t:
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March 30, 2017 at 9:31 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:28 AMLynn Pettis - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:55 AMThe Colorado Springs SQL Server Users Group held its SQL Saturday this past Saturday (2017-03-25). Our fearless SSC Leader was there and held two outstanding sessions (yes, I am kissing up a bit), and while I had the opportunity to talk to him I asked if it would be okay to ask for some help from this awesome community. So here it goes, my daughter would like some help so she doesn't have to depend on me to make this great opportunity happen. What opportunity you ask? This one: Daughter seeking help Awesome Internship Opportunity Abroad in Ireland.
Yes, I benefit as well, as I save some money that can go to continuing to pay for her college.
Thank you.
Thanks, Lynn
And thank you, Steve.
March 30, 2017 at 9:44 am
Sean Lange - Thursday, March 30, 2017 8:09 AMEd Wagner - Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:29 AMBeatrix Kiddo - Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:50 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:10 AMThom A - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:56 AMjasona.work - Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:45 AMUm, is it bad if I ran this in production a week ago:UPDATE ANNUALSALARY SET SALARY = 'POTATO';OH don't get me started on that. Someone was asked to update the name of someone last week, as it had been entered incorrectly. The SQL?
UPDATE misys_users
SET surname = 'Lapine';
Yeah... That took that software off line for good 30 minutes. We were scrambling to work out why no one could login, and they finally piped up 20 minutes later to tell us they may have "made a mistake"... To add insult to injury, Lapine was also not the correct spelling. :pinch:HAHA!!! This reminds me of very first job as a dev. I had to update the employee table to change somebody's name. I ran a very similar update statement without a where clause that was supposed to disable one users account but instead disabled the whole table. To pour salt on the wound they had a trigger on that table that checked to see if the account was disabled and if so, it used some sp_OACreate stuff (sql 7) and disable their AD account. I managed to disable the entire company's AD accounts. Close to 5,000 employees nation wide. It was a bit of a nightmare to say the least that took almost two days for the whole IT staff to unravel.
This sounds like actual hell on toast for you, but I enjoyed reading about it.
That does sound pretty brutal. I suppose the bright side is that there was at least one user left in AD that could update accounts. 😉
Yeah there were a couple of admin AD service accounts that were not in the database....phew!!! Would probably have been the end of my still fledgling career if we would have had to build a brand new domain because all the users got disabled. :w00t:
I sure hope they removed the sp_OACreate right after that. Talk about bass-ackward processes.
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