Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 1

GilaMonster (2/18/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/17/2010)
Has anyone noticed the success/failure rate on the QOD today?
74% incorrect for Paul Randal's question on Checksum. Numbers are similar to his question the other day.
I got the checksum one right, but I had to think about it a bit.

Ditto for me. If I didn't read Paul's blog I wouldn't have known for sure.

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 2

Paul White (2/18/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/18/2010)
I must stink at my job because I've got BOL open most of the time. I'm just not smart enough to remember everything. Must be why I'm not certified.
+1 to everything there!
I feel bad every time I have to look up the CREATE FUNCTION syntax...:crying:

+1 me too.

What about all the options to ALTER TABLE, etc... I look it up.

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 3

jcrawf02 (2/18/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/18/2010)
Oh jeez, I'm so stupid. I never even thought about that. No wonder everyone gets so many points. Here I am trying to honestly answer the questions... I need to find a new line of work.
Actually, I think that means you're so damn trustworthy, you're in exactly the right line of work.
As to the BOL thing, No One Knows What They're Doing. Love this post, that's my goal in life, to learn enough to not be dangerous.

That post is a pure concentrate of wisdom. It's a shame it can't be bottled and sold. It's even worse that some folks wouldn't take it even for free.

-- Gianluca Sartori

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

Jack Corbett (2/18/2010)
Paul White (2/18/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/18/2010)
I must stink at my job because I've got BOL open most of the time. I'm just not smart enough to remember everything. Must be why I'm not certified.
+1 to everything there!
I feel bad every time I have to look up the CREATE FUNCTION syntax...:crying:
+1 me too.
What about all the options to ALTER TABLE, etc... I look it up.

+1 me too (lot's of google, msdn, and BOL)

I follow the Einstein school of memorization here.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 5

Jack Corbett (2/18/2010)
Paul White (2/18/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/18/2010)
I must stink at my job because I've got BOL open most of the time. I'm just not smart enough to remember everything. Must be why I'm not certified.
+1 to everything there!
I feel bad every time I have to look up the CREATE FUNCTION syntax...:crying:
+1 me too.
What about all the options to ALTER TABLE, etc... I look it up.

There's...an...ALTER TABLE...command...too?

:crying: :crying: :crying:

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

Is it me or is the signal:noise ratio here getting worse?

Some threads lately there's been so much conflicting advice from various people that it's hard to get useful facts.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

Is it me or is the signal:noise ratio here getting worse?

Some threads lately there's been so much conflicting advice from various people that it's hard to get useful facts.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (2/18/2010)
Is it me or is the signal:noise ratio here getting worse?
Some threads lately there's been so much conflicting advice from various people that it's hard to get useful facts.

I knew you would have noticed that I started posting more...:-D

-- Gianluca Sartori

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

What was that Gail, you were coming in a bit fuzzy.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 10

CirquedeSQLeil (2/18/2010)
What was that Gail, you were coming in a bit fuzzy.

There was also an echo...

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

ALTER TABLE SET LegNo2.LENGTH = LegNo2.LENGTH * 1.01

🙂

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 12

Alvin Ramard (2/18/2010)
ALTER TABLE SET LegNo2.LENGTH = LegNo2.LENGTH * 1.01
🙂

Someone keeps running that on my dining room table - I keep stuffing napkins and such under one shorter leg, but it keeps happening!

Thanks for solving a mystery - SQL eh? Who knew.

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

GilaMonster (2/18/2010)
Is it me or is the signal:noise ratio here getting worse?
Some threads lately there's been so much conflicting advice from various people that it's hard to get useful facts.

We seem to have picked up a few "noisy" posters.

Alvin Ramard
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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (2/18/2010)
GilaMonster (2/18/2010)
Is it me or is the signal:noise ratio here getting worse?
Some threads lately there's been so much conflicting advice from various people that it's hard to get useful facts.
We seem to have picked up a few "noisy" posters.

Thank God it is not me... 🙂

That thread is going in a bad direction... One has some kind of love for Suspect Database ... :hehe:

-Roy

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 15

I really really have to get some sleep.

Anyone up for helping out here

If not, cool, I'll take another look this afternoon.

Paul

Paul White
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