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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Lynn Pettis (2/5/2010)
< .... Running screaming to my tent in the desert ......>
Why is it that when you ask someone to SHOW you want they are trying to do they never do?

Two reasons

1. Requires work

2. They haven't done anything yet

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 2

Maybe we could turn this into an April Fool question of the day.
Which of these methods can be used to restore a damaged database to the state it was before the damage using a backup taken after the damage occurred? (Choose all that apply)
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - All of the above
6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, but not 5
7 - None of the above
8 - 5 and 7

I actually wrote but never submitted a question very similar to this. It stated "Please click the correct answer. Only 1 answer is correct and there is a correct answer." Then there were four answers, each with descriptive text: Answer 1, Answer2, etc. The "correct answer" text in the question was actually a javascript link that selected the radio button for one of the answers listed. If you actually clicked on the text, it would mark the correct answer for you. :-D. With the rash of "This question is the worst ever" posts, I decided the audience wouldn't appreciate it and never submitted it.

Chad

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 3

Alvin Ramard (2/5/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (2/5/2010)
I am sending a rock to St. Lynn, who can cast the first stone at Alvin, before a Threadinator is sent from the near future.
Careful about casting stones. You still going to be our March presenter? I hope nobody brings anything to throw. hehehe

Ooh maybe I'll make a trip to Memphis. I'll set aside the tomatoes now!

Jack Corbett
Consultant - Straight Path Solutions
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

Jack Corbett (2/5/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/5/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (2/5/2010)
I am sending a rock to St. Lynn, who can cast the first stone at Alvin, before a Threadinator is sent from the near future.
Careful about casting stones. You still going to be our March presenter? I hope nobody brings anything to throw. hehehe
Ooh maybe I'll make a trip to Memphis. I'll set aside the tomatoes now!

We'd be happy to have you as a guest, and I'd be even happier to meet you in person.

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Jack Corbett (2/5/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/5/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (2/5/2010)
I am sending a rock to St. Lynn, who can cast the first stone at Alvin, before a Threadinator is sent from the near future.
Careful about casting stones. You still going to be our March presenter? I hope nobody brings anything to throw. hehehe
Ooh maybe I'll make a trip to Memphis. I'll set aside the tomatoes now!

maniacal laughter abounds

I think I will make a trip too!!!

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Chad Crawford (2/5/2010)
Maybe we could turn this into an April Fool question of the day.
Which of these methods can be used to restore a damaged database to the state it was before the damage using a backup taken after the damage occurred? (Choose all that apply)
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - All of the above
6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, but not 5
7 - None of the above
8 - 5 and 7
I actually wrote but never submitted a question very similar to this. It stated "Please click the correct answer. Only 1 answer is correct and there is a correct answer." Then there were four answers, each with descriptive text: Answer 1, Answer2, etc. The "correct answer" text in the question was actually a javascript link that selected the radio button for one of the answers listed. If you actually clicked on the text, it would mark the correct answer for you. :-D. With the rash of "This question is the worst ever" posts, I decided the audience wouldn't appreciate it and never submitted it.
Chad

I think you should submit it. It would be a riot.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

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

CirquedeSQLeil (2/5/2010)
Chad Crawford (2/5/2010)
Maybe we could turn this into an April Fool question of the day.
Which of these methods can be used to restore a damaged database to the state it was before the damage using a backup taken after the damage occurred? (Choose all that apply)
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - All of the above
6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, but not 5
7 - None of the above
8 - 5 and 7
I actually wrote but never submitted a question very similar to this. It stated "Please click the correct answer. Only 1 answer is correct and there is a correct answer." Then there were four answers, each with descriptive text: Answer 1, Answer2, etc. The "correct answer" text in the question was actually a javascript link that selected the radio button for one of the answers listed. If you actually clicked on the text, it would mark the correct answer for you. :-D. With the rash of "This question is the worst ever" posts, I decided the audience wouldn't appreciate it and never submitted it.
Chad
I think you should submit it. It would be a riot.

And the only ones who will get it right are the denizens of The Thread!

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 8

Lynn Pettis (2/5/2010)
And the only ones who will get it right are the denizens of The Thread!

Quick, go delete what you said earlier!!! Hide the answer!!!!

😀

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004353 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (2/5/2010)
Luke L (2/5/2010)
Yes, but you'll have to wait for Gail's Blog post on DBCC TimeWarp to make certain you get all 137 non-optional parameters correct.
btw, as an aside, in case anyone's wondering why 137...
The fine structure constant, a constant that is central to the theory of QED (quantum electrodynamics) has a value very close to 1/137
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_structure_constant
137 and 42 are values that I tend to use when making stuff like this up

Heh... that was my mug number at the beer club. 137. And, yes, it did help time fly. 😛

--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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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 10

Listen all ye to the voice of the THREAD

http://s0.ilike.com/play#Ella+Fitzgerald:After+You've+Gone:452011:s75875.8175768.13456156.1.2.94%2Cstd_60a18528a0e144b69be14c7363ff75e3

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

Ron

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Before posting a performance problem please read[/url]

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 11

CirquedeSQLeil (2/5/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/5/2010)
< .... Running screaming to my tent in the desert ......>
Why is it that when you ask someone to SHOW you want they are trying to do they never do?
Two reasons
1. Requires work
2. They haven't done anything yet

Heh, Exactly!

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (2/5/2010)
I'm contemplating a blog post on the recovering historically deleted data with DBCC TimeWarp (with all 137 non-optional parameters). Maybe for the beginning of April...

Hey Steve... If us "Thread-izens" can collaborate and get an article together on this, would you publish it on 4/1? Of course, it would have to have a completely reasonable, yet bogus author...

It would probably make for a good, entertaining diversion for a lot of us! 😀

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

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 13

I loved the touch of Ella, bb.

Wayne, and anyone else, I've taken the liberty of creating a forum specifically for DBCC TIMEWARP here.

"SSC ... it's not a cult. It's a technical forum."

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 14

The Dixie Flatline (2/5/2010)
I loved the touch of Ella, bb.
Wayne, and anyone else, I've taken the liberty of creating a forum specifically for DBCC TIMEWARP here.
"SSC ... it's not a cult. It's a technical forum."

It's gonna get interesting...:hehe:

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

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 15

How the @#%&^#! do I go back and find the original posts? It's vital if are to avoid disrupting the space/time continuum. I know Gail came up with DBCC TIMEWARP, but I've forgotten the name of the stored procedure it supersedes.

Steve... we need a special search that goes through The Thread only.

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Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills