Are the posted questions getting worse?

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

Ray K (2/1/2010)
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Have you folks seen the latest response to this?!?
I resisted the urge to reply. If you can't say anything nice . . .

I was less restrained than you.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 2

That was a pretty strong reply.... 🙂

Hope he learns...

-Roy

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 3

I've been in a similar situation as that user. I'm not saying it's right, but I do understand his frustration. He thinks that something can be done and a lot of folks are saying it cannot without an alternative. He also doesn't know much about SQL Server or he'd have it done by now because a 314 column table of INT's a million rows long only takes about 1.2 GB. Log file will take a beating if done all in one step.

His biggest problem seems to be that he's trying to do it all outside of T-SQL and his RS is eating the face off of memory in his desktop/server/whatever.

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (2/1/2010)
Maybe if we fly around the world really fast we can turn back time. :w00t::w00t:
I wouldn't mind regaining a couple of months.

If anyone can do it, it's the guy with wings on his shoes and hat.

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

jcrawf02 (2/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/1/2010)
Maybe if we fly around the world really fast we can turn back time. :w00t::w00t:
I wouldn't mind regaining a couple of months.
If anyone can do it, it's the guy with wings on his shoes and hat.

The guy from FTD Flowers???

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 6

Ray K (2/1/2010)
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic854826-23-1.aspx#bm857301
Have you folks seen the latest response to this?!?
I resisted the urge to reply. If you can't say anything nice . . .

....then you must be the OP :-P:hehe:

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 7

Alvin Ramard (2/1/2010)
jcrawf02 (2/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/1/2010)
Maybe if we fly around the world really fast we can turn back time. :w00t::w00t:
I wouldn't mind regaining a couple of months.
If anyone can do it, it's the guy with wings on his shoes and hat.
The guy from FTD Flowers???

Yes, they routinely take the blame when I forget my anniversary and they 'deliver the flowers late' damn them! 😉

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 8

just found out that I may get to work (indirectly) with Andy Leonard! Small world after all...

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 9

jcrawf02 (2/1/2010)
Ray K (2/1/2010)
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic854826-23-1.aspx#bm857301
Have you folks seen the latest response to this?!?
I resisted the urge to reply. If you can't say anything nice . . .
....then you must be the OP :-P:hehe:

Damn. I was hoping nobody would find out. :Whistling:

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 10

I'm struggling with a little ethical issue:

Let's assume you find the contact information of a company a friend of yours is working for in some sample data posted on the net in a forum (let's say SSC) by someone who could be guessed to be a consultant working for a vendor.

What would you do (beside of taking care that information is removed from the forum)?

a) inform your friend what you've noticed unofficially (private mail, phone call)

b) inform your friend what you've noticed officially (office mail, fax)

c) do nothing, because it was a coincidence to find that information

d) do something else

Any correlation between this question and anything I've posted in this thread or in other threads today or in the past or what I'm going to post in the future here or somewhere else would be pure coincidence...

Lutz
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 11

lmu92 (2/1/2010)
I'm struggling with a little ethical issue:
Let's assume you find the contact information of a company a friend of yours is working for in some sample data posted on the net in a forum (let's say SSC) by someone who could be guessed to be a consultant working for a vendor.
What would you do (beside of taking care that information is removed from the forum)?
a) inform your friend what you've noticed unofficially (private mail, phone call)
b) inform your friend what you've noticed officially (office mail, fax)
c) do nothing, because it was a coincidence to find that information
d) do something else
Any correlation between this question and anything I've posted in this thread or in other threads today or in the past or what I'm going to post in the future here or somewhere else would be pure coincidence...

I would go with option a

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 12

I would go for option 1. It is just a friendly warning saying that your company details are out and you took care of it for now. But to keep an eye out for it so that it does not happen again. 🙂

-Roy

Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 13

at the very least A) but it depends...

part of it would depend on if it was a question posted showing an absolute lack of knowledge on what that vendor is supposed to be an expert of...

if it was data that could compromise the security of the company (ip ranges, usernames, password etc. or company specific "secrets") then it is a much more serious offense. But even then I'd still begin with A) and see how your friend wants to pursue it. Also I think it depends a lot on what your friend's job is... worker bee vs. manager etc.

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

Lynn Pettis

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February 1, 2010 at 2:02 pm

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Agree I must with Alvin and Roy.

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 15

If I were that friend of yours I would hope that you would

a) inform your friend what you've noticed unofficially (private mail, phone call)

Now this might be 'cause the company I worked for handled a great deal of Navy data, that at the very least was classified as "Confidential", but most of programmers, myself included had to have "Secret" clearance.

But commercial data classified or not is normally considered "Company confidential" and could be used to a competitors advantage to the great disadvantage of your friend, i.e., lowering of company sales ... etc... ending in layoffs of workers.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Ron

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