Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • GilaMonster - Friday, August 11, 2017 3:23 PM

    "I don't understand."
    "What don't you understand?"
    "I don't understand."
    "I don't understand."
    "What don't you understand?"
    "I don't understand."

    Sadly, I understand what you mean. 😛  Sorry, I couldn't resist.

  • Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    "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

  • Grant Fritchey - Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 AM

    Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    One day I hope to participate in one of those cruises just so I can say I did.

  • Grant Fritchey - Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 AM

    Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    Have a great time, Grant.  Are you speaking, attending or both?  No matter what, take the time and enjoy yourself.  Don't worry...we'll be here when you get back. 😉

  • Grant Fritchey - Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 AM

    Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    Sooo jealous.  Have fun

  • Ed Wagner - Saturday, August 12, 2017 2:33 PM

    Grant Fritchey - Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 AM

    Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    Have a great time, Grant.  Are you speaking, attending or both?  No matter what, take the time and enjoy yourself.  Don't worry...we'll be here when you get back. 😉

    Speaking. Session on execution plans, one on devops and one on PowerShell to manage Azure.

    "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

  • Grant Fritchey - Sunday, August 13, 2017 12:27 PM

    Ed Wagner - Saturday, August 12, 2017 2:33 PM

    Grant Fritchey - Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:13 AM

    Off on Tech Outbounds SQL Cruise this week. I'll probably be very light on the forums.

    Have a great time, Grant.  Are you speaking, attending or both?  No matter what, take the time and enjoy yourself.  Don't worry...we'll be here when you get back. 😉

    Speaking. Session on execution plans, one on devops and one on PowerShell to manage Azure.

    Speaking on a cruise...nice.  My compliments on a great gig.  Have a blast.

  • I have to ask because I don't know... the cost of the cruise is something like $1,500 but that does NOT, apparently, cover the cost of being on the boat and having a stateroom.  So my questions are...
    1.  How much is the cost of the boat ride/stateroom and...
    2.  Where does the ~$1,500 go to?

    --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 - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:22 PM

    I have to ask because I don't know... the cost of the cruise is something like $1,500 but that does NOT, apparently, cover the cost of being on the boat and having a stateroom.  So my questions are...
    1.  How much is the cost of the boat ride/stateroom and...
    2.  Where does the ~$1,500 go to?

    1. Varies. If I recall correctly, my room is $600 for the week.
    2. To the organizer, like other private events.

    "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

  • Jeff Moden - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:22 PM

    I have to ask because I don't know... the cost of the cruise is something like $1,500 but that does NOT, apparently, cover the cost of being on the boat and having a stateroom.  So my questions are...
    1.  How much is the cost of the boat ride/stateroom and...
    2.  Where does the ~$1,500 go to?

    2. I should clarify #2. We have a room for holding classes that has to be paid for. Coffee, shirts, all that stuff. There are a bunch of costs for the organizer.

    "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

  • Grant Fritchey - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:54 PM

    Jeff Moden - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:22 PM

    I have to ask because I don't know... the cost of the cruise is something like $1,500 but that does NOT, apparently, cover the cost of being on the boat and having a stateroom.  So my questions are...
    1.  How much is the cost of the boat ride/stateroom and...
    2.  Where does the ~$1,500 go to?

    2. I should clarify #2. We have a room for holding classes that has to be paid for. Coffee, shirts, all that stuff. There are a bunch of costs for the organizer.

    I notice there's a break for 6 or more.  How many people typically attend an SQL Cruise?

    --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)

  • I need a pint or at least a beer popsicle ( without the dust Bunny's, no offence Jeff ), in an M S European Tiger Team and the challenges, one could not even make them up, good fun though 😀
    😎

  • Jeff Moden - Sunday, August 13, 2017 8:52 PM

    Grant Fritchey - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:54 PM

    Jeff Moden - Sunday, August 13, 2017 3:22 PM

    I have to ask because I don't know... the cost of the cruise is something like $1,500 but that does NOT, apparently, cover the cost of being on the boat and having a stateroom.  So my questions are...
    1.  How much is the cost of the boat ride/stateroom and...
    2.  Where does the ~$1,500 go to?

    2. I should clarify #2. We have a room for holding classes that has to be paid for. Coffee, shirts, all that stuff. There are a bunch of costs for the organizer.

    I notice there's a break for 6 or more.  How many people typically attend an SQL Cruise?

    That's a group of >= six registering together, not six total.

    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

  • One of those minor irritations. If you do a 'View History' for a SQL Agent job which is failing, why do you always have to resize the window at the bottom of the screen to see the error message? Why don't they make it just a little bit taller?
    From this

    To this

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
    Martin Rees

    You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
    Stan Laurel

  • Phil Parkin - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 6:54 AM

    One of those minor irritations. If you do a 'View History' for a SQL Agent job which is failing, why do you always have to resize the window at the bottom of the screen to see the error message? Why don't they make it just a little bit taller?
    From this

    To this

    Agreed.  The same thing applies to the Event Viewer.  It seems like no matter how big the window is, the data we're after is in this tiny little area.

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