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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Bru Medishetty (2/12/2010)
GilaMonster (2/12/2010)
Google's english to afrikaans translator's not that great either apparently...
Lalani kahle abantu bonke.
A e be boroko lena bohle.
Rhonantini.
Now I don't find Zulu translator, all I know about Zulu was when back in 1999 when I read about Lance Klusener's nick name.

That wasn't all Zulu anyway. 😀

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 2

Way too much detail Barry :sick: 😀

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 3

Paul White (2/12/2010)
Way too much detail Barry :sick: 😀

... and no pictures, PLEASE!!

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D.Oc SSCrazy Points: 2875 More actions · Answer 4

RBarryYoung (2/12/2010)
GSquared (2/12/2010)
WayneS (2/12/2010)
[physic]Hmmm.... with Barry, Gail and Lynn involved, I sense an article in the future[/physic]
I'm not sure that's the tag you wanted, Wayne.
Dictionary definition: physic noun: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Heh. Well, I did have a Colonoscopy yesterday (seriously), so Wayne was more accurate than he may have thought! 😀

Ouch, I've almost had that too, my doctor send me to do Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy, I did Gastroscopy and refused to do a Colonoscopy :w00t:

All I have to say to you Barry is "you're a brave man"

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 5

Alvin Ramard (2/12/2010)
Paul White (2/12/2010)
Way too much detail Barry :sick: 😀
... and no pictures, PLEASE!!

So video is OK? :-D:-P

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 6

D.Oc (2/13/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/12/2010)
GSquared (2/12/2010)
WayneS (2/12/2010)
[physic]Hmmm.... with Barry, Gail and Lynn involved, I sense an article in the future[/physic]
I'm not sure that's the tag you wanted, Wayne.
Dictionary definition: physic noun: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Heh. Well, I did have a Colonoscopy yesterday (seriously), so Wayne was more accurate than he may have thought! 😀
Ouch, I've almost had that too, my doctor send me to do Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy, I did Gastroscopy and refused to do a Colonoscopy :w00t:
All I have to say to you Barry is "you're a brave man"

Well, since at my age the alternative is risking not finding colon cancer in time, I see folks like yourself as the brave ones. Besides, I always ask them to put me asleep, there's nothing about the experience that I want to remember anyway. 🙂

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 7

RBarryYoung (2/13/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/12/2010)
Paul White (2/12/2010)
Way too much detail Barry :sick: 😀
... and no pictures, PLEASE!!
So video is OK? :-D:-P

Sure. Send it to Steve to use in his podcast: "Legacy apps, what does the backend really look like?" :w00t:

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

D.Oc (2/13/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/12/2010)
GSquared (2/12/2010)
WayneS (2/12/2010)
[physic]Hmmm.... with Barry, Gail and Lynn involved, I sense an article in the future[/physic]
I'm not sure that's the tag you wanted, Wayne.
Dictionary definition: physic noun: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Heh. Well, I did have a Colonoscopy yesterday (seriously), so Wayne was more accurate than he may have thought! 😀
Ouch, I've almost had that too, my doctor send me to do Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy, I did Gastroscopy and refused to do a Colonoscopy :w00t:
All I have to say to you Barry is "you're a brave man"

Had one done a few years ago. So doped up I really don't remember much. Get to do it again in another couple of years. Doc only gave me the 5 year warrenty due to family history.

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (2/9/2010)
J-F Bergeron (2/9/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/9/2010)
I guess it's time for me to start a personal black-list
Ehh, I wish I would've seen that comment before I posted the solution,
Why be so rude anyway, I mean, people are just trying to help!
Unfortunately the solution only works in some of the databases. I was ready to post another reply to that thread when I tested it some more. I found a few databases that still show dtproperties and sysdiagrams.
Still looking for an alternative answer.

Not that we should dilute the fun in here with actual technical discussions, the bottom line is that there's a fiarly sizeable difference betweeen what is flagged as "system" and what appears under "system tables". Not that the initial request wasn't reasonable enough, but the bottom line is - it's damn near impossible to consistently exclude all of those things.

I am curious why no one mentioned trying IsSystemTable, but after the "love note" I wasn't going to chime in. Finally - for what it's worth - there are several entries @ support.microsoft about both dtproperties and sysdiagrams randomly "losing" they system flag (they don't call it random, but it's beyond the user's control, so it seems random).

I went through a water rescue class a while back, and one of the thing they taught you was to go for the ones that work with you. If someone is struggling and "fighting" you, or grabbing at you, you tend to have two choices: a. help someone else, or b. knock the "fighter" out so you CAN help him. In this case, I chose option a.......

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 10

Lynn Pettis (2/13/2010)
...Doc only gave me the 5 year warrenty...

You actually have doctors over there that'll give you any kind of warranty? Wow!

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 11

RBarryYoung (2/13/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/12/2010)
Paul White (2/12/2010)
Way too much detail Barry :sick: 😀
... and no pictures, PLEASE!!
So video is OK? :-D:-P

Gives a whole new meaning to "deep dive"....

:-D:sick:

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

lmu92 (2/13/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/13/2010)
...Doc only gave me the 5 year warrenty...
You actually have doctors over there that'll give you any kind of warranty? Wow!

Not really. That was his way of telling me I needed to come back in 5 years instaed of the normal 10 years. Thought it funning, though.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

The thread needs redirection.

Please no more plumbing in the thread.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (2/13/2010)
"Legacy apps, what does the backend really look like?" :w00t:

ALVIN!!!!

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 15

Paul White (2/13/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/13/2010)
"Legacy apps, what does the backend really look like?" :w00t:
ALVIN!!!!

What?

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