Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Elliott Whitlow SSC Guru Points: 102402 More actions · Answer 1

Bru Medishetty (2/16/2010)
Now Gail's got an Interview question from the poster.

I think I do too, I'm writing that down..

That whole chain made me laugh.. I can't believe he held on so tightly to the data extraction method.. His solution went from bad to worse.

I hope he doesn't work for my company..

CEWII

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

Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
FYI, we still have not heard anything from the OP.

He's probably sitting on the sidelines saying WTF?

Bru Medishetty SSC-Insane Points: 23606 More actions · Answer 3

Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
I'm waiting for him to respond to my last comment.

You might get the same question as I got with a small change, "Alvin tell me what you have done if you had a database in suspect mode"

A : Post in SQL Server Central

B : Look for error messages in the error log

C : Bring it to Emergency Mode

D : None of these.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Elliott W (2/16/2010)
Bru Medishetty (2/16/2010)
Now Gail's got an Interview question from the poster.
I think I do too, I'm writing that down..
That whole chain made me laugh.. I can't believe he held on so tightly to the data extraction method.. His solution went from bad to worse.
I hope he doesn't work for my company..
CEWII

Well, I know he doesn't work for me. 😉

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Elliott W (2/16/2010)
Bru Medishetty (2/16/2010)
Now Gail's got an Interview question from the poster.
I think I do too, I'm writing that down..
That whole chain made me laugh.. I can't believe he held on so tightly to the data extraction method.. His solution went from bad to worse.
I hope he doesn't work for my company..
CEWII

Is the answer to your question "Polish my resume and start job hunting"?

😀

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Bru Medishetty SSC-Insane Points: 23606 More actions · Answer 6

Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
FYI, we still have not heard anything from the OP.

He must be busy reading Who's Who with respect to Gail Shaw, GT and Pual Randal, and whose suggestion to follow :w00t:

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

Lynn Pettis (2/16/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
FYI, we still have not heard anything from the OP.
He's probably sitting on the sidelines saying WTF?

He probably is.

I couldn't resist at the point of the interview question. I wanted to watch from the sidelines and laugh to myself. Great spectacle today. Also looks like you guys helped improve Elliotts week 🙂

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 8

Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/16/2010)
Chad Crawford (2/16/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/16/2010)
Just knowing that I am helping someone is what makes it all worthwhile.
(if that doesn't make sense, then note closely the dates & times in the thread above, and at the one he links to... :angry:)
I think the time on the MSDN Server is off or it doesn't know what timezone I'm in, which comes out to be about the same. I watched a thread that was "Last Reply 23 hours 49 minutes ago" and when it ticked over to 24 hours it changed to Monday, February 15, 2010 8:28 PM. It's 1:30 PM here, so the date on MSDN is off by 7 hours for me. His original post on MSDN was at 5:37 PM, which would be 10:37 AM for me and your first reply to his thread was at 10:45. So I think yes, he was posting multiple places, but I think he might have posted out there just a few minutes before being able to see your reply.
Chad
Rats! You are right, they are five hours off for me, so he actually posted at the same time... gotts go eat crow, I'll be back... 🙁
Quoting an IT manager from a TN State Agency: "I like my crow with lots of BBQ sauce."

Heh. I prefer mine fresh and still warm. Letting it sit out there just increases the smell, in my experience.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 9

RBarryYoung (2/16/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/16/2010)
Chad Crawford (2/16/2010)
RBarryYoung (2/16/2010)
Just knowing that I am helping someone is what makes it all worthwhile.
(if that doesn't make sense, then note closely the dates & times in the thread above, and at the one he links to... :angry:)
I think the time on the MSDN Server is off or it doesn't know what timezone I'm in, which comes out to be about the same. I watched a thread that was "Last Reply 23 hours 49 minutes ago" and when it ticked over to 24 hours it changed to Monday, February 15, 2010 8:28 PM. It's 1:30 PM here, so the date on MSDN is off by 7 hours for me. His original post on MSDN was at 5:37 PM, which would be 10:37 AM for me and your first reply to his thread was at 10:45. So I think yes, he was posting multiple places, but I think he might have posted out there just a few minutes before being able to see your reply.
Chad
Rats! You are right, they are five hours off for me, so he actually posted at the same time... gotts go eat crow, I'll be back... 🙁
Quoting an IT manager from a TN State Agency: "I like my crow with lots of BBQ sauce."
Heh. I prefer mine fresh and still warm. Letting it sit out there just increases the smell, in my experience.

To each his own. 😀

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 10

CirquedeSQLeil (2/16/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/16/2010)
Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)
FYI, we still have not heard anything from the OP.
He's probably sitting on the sidelines saying WTF?
He probably is.
I couldn't resist at the point of the interview question. I wanted to watch from the sidelines and laugh to myself. Great spectacle today. Also looks like you guys helped improve Elliotts week 🙂

I hope he didn't like my response.

Alvin Ramard
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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 11

Lynn Pettis (2/16/2010)
Then, after a quick "conversation" with Gail, and not knowing what errors occurred to put the databases in suspect mode, he recommends putting them in Emergency mode then extract the data?

Heh. That was Face-Saving Attempt #3. #4 was trying to trump Gail by pointing the OP to Paul Randal's blog.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

I'm going to bed. Had enough for tonight (actually it's already tomorrow morning)

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

Looks like he's stepping aside.

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (2/16/2010)
I'm getting quite sick and tired of people posting answers to corruption/suspect DB questions when it's obvious they don't have a blithering clue what they're talking about.

Hang in there Gail. Without you, some of these folks in trouble would end up having to listen to them.

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Elliott Whitlow SSC Guru Points: 102402 More actions · Answer 15

Elliott Whitlow

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February 16, 2010 at 3:17 pm

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I hope he enjoys that analogy..