Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Florian Reischl SSC-Dedicated Points: 37301 More actions · Answer 1

Paul White (6/22/2009)
Florian Reischl (6/22/2009)
Payment for solutions on a forum? Sounds like experts-exchange 😛
Who paid for an expert sex change?
Or did I misread that?
😀

... 😛

BTW, if you ever search something and become refered to this page. All answers are shown at the bottom of the page, without any payment. 😉 I'm not sure if everybody knows. Just figured out some weeks ago.

Just a little sample:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/JavaScript/Q_24093563.html

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis

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June 22, 2009 at 3:56 pm

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And we have another one who can't seem to read.

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis (6/22/2009)
And we have another one who can't seem to read.

That is genuinely funny.

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 4

Florian Reischl (6/22/2009)
All answers are shown at the bottom of the page

True. Most aren't worth finding however. Sad, but also true.

I didn't realise people got paid on that site though :blink:

See y'all! I'm off to get rich rich rich... :laugh:

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

How about this one? 😛

Now I'm being called a troll.

Really now, shouldn't that be Saint Troll?? 😉

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (6/22/2009)
How about this one? 😛
Now I'm being called a troll.
Really now, shouldn't that be Saint Troll?? 😉

Absolutely. As anyone that has followed Lynn will know, any reference to him, by any other name, should still carry the "Saint" honorific that he has so earned.

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

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 7

Jack Corbett (6/19/2009)
Another week, another few hundred posts to read through. At least we found out Roy isn't as fat as Jabba the Hut and Barry isn't a lawyer.

Almost was. It was either lawyering or mathematics. Fortunately, I made the right choice.

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (6/22/2009)
How about this one? 😛
Now I'm being called a troll.
Really now, shouldn't that be Saint Troll?? 😉

Actually, I suspect that that's little Snarky trying to tip-toe around,,, 🙂

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 9

Now, if you want to see some truly hideous code, try this. 🙂

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 10

RBarryYoung (6/23/2009)
Now, if you want to see some truly hideous code, try this. 🙂

Actually, that looks pretty awesome!

I'd like to try it for myself - but has the posted code lost something in the translation?

The initial SET seems fine, but that is followed by ASCII(@s)99SELECT...?

Help?

Paul

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 11

RBarryYoung (6/23/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/22/2009)
How about this one? 😛
Now I'm being called a troll.
Really now, shouldn't that be Saint Troll?? 😉
Actually, I suspect that that's little Snarky trying to tip-toe around,,, 🙂

I'm not sure, just looked at his profile:

Joined: 1/15/2008 7:40:25 AM (15 visits since)

D.Oc SSCrazy Points: 2875 More actions · Answer 12

RBarryYoung (6/23/2009)
Now, if you want to see some truly hideous code, try this. 🙂

Impressive Bio Mr. Young

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"It takes 15 minutes to learn the game and a lifetime to master"
"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."

David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65142 More actions · Answer 13

:ermm: The THREAD is practising medicine now :blink:

Get therapy and vent your spleen all at the same time :w00t:

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 14

Paul White (6/23/2009)
RBarryYoung (6/23/2009)
Now, if you want to see some truly hideous code, try this. 🙂
Actually, that looks pretty awesome!
I'd like to try it for myself - but has the posted code lost something in the translation?
The initial SET seems fine, but that is followed by ASCII(@s)99SELECT...?
Help?
Paul

Nope, that's right. Run it and see. 😉

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 15

Doc (6/23/2009)
RBarryYoung (6/23/2009)
Now, if you want to see some truly hideous code, try this. 🙂
Impressive Bio Mr. Young

Heh, Thanks Doc. One of the benefits of a long career as a medium & short term consultant: I've been almost everywhere and done almost everything. Once anyway :-). For instance, that NASA Space Shuttle programming team that Steve mentioned in one of his editorials [/url]recently? I actually worked with them peripherally (contracted by DEC to their Primary Contractor) for several months back in 1993 doing emergency performance troubleshooting on the Ground Station Monitoring systems that were about to be delivered.

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc. [/font][font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]