Are the posted questions getting worse?
- Sean Lange - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:13 AMLuis Cazares - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 6:13 AMWell, you need to specify what kind of link do you want. There are so many kinds of them, going from 8-bit to full-HD technologies. For example, here's a Link with a link to many Links.
But at least it is a link, not a screenshot of the address bar. 🙂
They could have provided you with a "Phishing" Link. :hehe:
Thom~
Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk - Thom A - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:23 AMSean Lange - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:13 AMLuis Cazares - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 6:13 AMWell, you need to specify what kind of link do you want. There are so many kinds of them, going from 8-bit to full-HD technologies. For example, here's a Link with a link to many Links.
But at least it is a link, not a screenshot of the address bar. 🙂
That could have provided you with a "Phishing" Link. :hehe:
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So, I haven't posted in this topic, but started following it because it had a decent amount of activity...
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1889617/Need-help-in-SQL-table-for-updating-NULLS?PageIndex=1
At this point, it's starting to read like your typical "I need to do this thing I told the bosses I could do but I don't know how to do it so will you consult for me for free and tell me how to do it" type topics...I don't mind helping, although my level of tolerance for what seem to be homework or people looking for free consulting has gotten so high I think I'm even skipping "real" topics...
- jasona.work - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 12:27 PM
Good grief if that isn't a classic X-Y problem I don't know what one is. They have complete garbage for data, nothing resembling normalization, no ability to explain what they want and determined to use a certain technology to solve it. Run away....fast. I think it is a real topic but the OP doesn't know what they want, only the technology to solve it.
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I looked at that one a while back and figured it would turn into a fiasco. They don't know what they want and, to this point, can't seem to get past needing an ORDER BY if they want an order. There's a lot missing there.
- Ed Wagner - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:11 PM
Agreed. I think the biggest thing missing is on the other side of the internet. Wait I think I know where it is...right there between the chair and the keyboard. AKA PEBKAC
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Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/ - jasona.work - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 12:27 PM
They finally posted a field that can be used as an order and I just posted two almost identical solutions. It does involve several layers of complexity, and I can see them not being able to untangle those layers given their difficulty in even describing the problem.
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Another one looking for free consulting: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1890051/Cursor
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This one is clearly a homework questions: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1890108.aspx
What is truly "amusing" though, is they posted their homework question in Jeff's Forum Etiquette article on how to post questions. :hehe:
Thom~
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Larnu.uk - Thom A - Thursday, August 3, 2017 2:10 AM
It's a question from one of the practice exams for certifications.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass - Lynn Pettis - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 3:06 PM
Couldn't help myself. Had to ask.
- Brandie Tarvin - Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:15 AM
Well, your question is more than valid. If he's already done the work without a cursor, why try to figure out how to do it with one? Here's hoping he gets your point.
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I just got an email containing this:
Luis,
Do you have any update on adding the indexes on production.- Task # 1
- Add more indexing to the SQL DBA
Don't you love when the requirements are so vague that they look like part of a job posting?
BTW, I'm a dev DBA, not system DBA. I shouldn't touch production. - Luis Cazares - Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:29 AM
Don't you love when the requirements are so vague that they look like part of a job posting?
BTW, I'm a dev DBA, not system DBA. I shouldn't touch production.I'm not so sure that DBAs like being indexed.
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Hmmm...add indexing to the DBA? I guess you can write on yourself... 🙂
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