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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246993 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.

I had to look this word up, just to double check whether a baseball bat and a man's sensitive region were involved.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 2

Phil Parkin - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:37 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.
I had to look this word up, just to double check whether a baseball bat and a man's sensitive region were involved.

The OP would probably benefit from some of this therapy.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99134 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.

They clearly didn't like you telling them that Jeff.:hehe:

Thom~

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

Thom A - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:06 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.
They clearly didn't like you telling them that Jeff.:hehe:

Yeah, but did you read the reply? :crazy: He's never seen Jeff solving technical questions??? WOW!

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004435 More actions · Answer 5

Phil Parkin - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:37 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.
I had to look this word up, just to double check whether a baseball bat and a man's sensitive region were involved.

Heh... you know me too well but a baseball bat would be too much work. Point blank shot with a pork chop cannon would be much more fun.

That sot is even more in gracious than Celko. Join me in shrouding that clown. Let him die on the vine.

--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.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Beatrix Kiddo - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:20 AM
Shouldn't they be banned or something? (Edit: too slow.)

There needs to be an option for "rude/offensive" in the flag reasons. I have seen some people lose their minds on the forums but that is a whole new level.

And seriously Jeff...you need to start helping people instead of just trolling. 😀

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 7

Sean Lange - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:17 AM
Beatrix Kiddo - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:20 AM
Shouldn't they be banned or something? (Edit: too slow.)
There needs to be an option for "rude/offensive" in the flag reasons. I have seen some people lose their minds on the forums but that is a whole new level.
And seriously Jeff...you need to start helping people instead of just trolling. 😀

Well, trolled him as well. I have helped (tried to help?) in the past but after this, it is a pass.

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182920 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:14 AM
Phil Parkin - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:37 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.
I had to look this word up, just to double check whether a baseball bat and a man's sensitive region were involved.
Heh... you know me too well but a baseball bat would be too much work. Point blank shot with a pork chop cannon would be much more fun.
That sot is even more in gracious than Celko. Join me in shrouding that clown. Let him die on the vine.

I granted that OP the "Honorary Title" of Persona Non Grata a while back and as a generous gesture, for life :exclamation:
😎

Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 9

Wow. I've been away from here for a while. Reading that thread certainly makes for a bizarre re-entry to SSC.

I remembered his posts always being difficult, but I hadn't seen anything approaching that level of hostility.

The bit about Jeff's never helping people out with technical questions was...something :Whistling:

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182920 More actions · Answer 10

Jacob Wilkins - Friday, August 10, 2018 9:10 AM
Wow. I've been away from here for a while. Reading that thread certainly makes for a bizarre re-entry to SSC.
I remembered his posts always being difficult, but I hadn't seen anything approaching that level of hostility.
The bit about Jeff's never helping people out with technical questions was...something :Whistling:

His posts are easy, it is him who is difficult:pinch:
😎

BTW, good to see you're back, you alright?

ZZartin SSC-Dedicated Points: 30921 More actions · Answer 11

Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:14 AM
Phil Parkin - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:37 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 6:32 AM
I personally blackballed that monstrosity a long time ago.
I had to look this word up, just to double check whether a baseball bat and a man's sensitive region were involved.
Heh... you know me too well but a baseball bat would be too much work. Point blank shot with a pork chop cannon would be much more fun.
That sot is even more in gracious than Celko. Join me in shrouding that clown. Let him die on the vine.

At least it can safely be assumed that Celko is just actively trolling.

Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 12

Eirikur Eiriksson - Friday, August 10, 2018 9:14 AM
Jacob Wilkins - Friday, August 10, 2018 9:10 AM
Wow. I've been away from here for a while. Reading that thread certainly makes for a bizarre re-entry to SSC.
I remembered his posts always being difficult, but I hadn't seen anything approaching that level of hostility.
The bit about Jeff's never helping people out with technical questions was...something :Whistling:
His posts are easy, it is him who is difficult:pinch:
😎
BTW, good to see you're back, you alright?

Heh, that is indeed probably a better way of describing his posts.

Thanks for asking! I am doing well; it was just that life got a bit busier, and I slipped out of the habit of carving out time for SSC.

Glad to see all the great folks like yourself are still here!

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 13

ZZartin - Friday, August 10, 2018 9:22 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:14 AM
Heh... you know me too well but a baseball bat would be too much work. Point blank shot with a pork chop cannon would be much more fun.
That sot is even more in gracious than Celko. Join me in shrouding that clown. Let him die on the vine.
At least it can safely be assumed that Celko is just actively trolling.

Speaking of that,
@Lynn don't feed the troll. You just make him feel important.
I know that you get frustrated from the horrible posts by JC, but we should try to ignore him as much as possible.

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 14

Luis Cazares - Friday, August 10, 2018 1:42 PM
ZZartin - Friday, August 10, 2018 9:22 AM
Jeff Moden - Friday, August 10, 2018 7:14 AM
Heh... you know me too well but a baseball bat would be too much work. Point blank shot with a pork chop cannon would be much more fun.
That sot is even more in gracious than Celko. Join me in shrouding that clown. Let him die on the vine.
At least it can safely be assumed that Celko is just actively trolling.
Speaking of that,
@Lynn don't feed the troll. You just make him feel important.
I know that you get frustrated from the horrible posts by JC, but we should try to ignore him as much as possible.

Easier said than done.

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99134 More actions · Answer 15

Don't mind me, just blowing off steam here.

This is on a different site, but it really annoys me when someone tells me that "this or that method" is better than mine, because their/that method doesn't have the problem mine does, when in fact, it does. Not only that, but when you try to educate them on why, they refuse to believe it.

Had someone telling me that a CURSOR was an awful solution for something (without going into detail, it's not as it's repeating on objects not rows), however, that a self referencing variable isn't RBAR, and far better. A self referencing variable is RBAR. ARGH!!!!

/Rant over.

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
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