February 4, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)
I just have to blink and be the first to ask.Is this thread dead?
[font="Verdana"]Dunno about the others, but I've been getting therapy.[/font]
February 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Bruce W Cassidy (2/4/2009)
Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)
I just have to blink and be the first to ask.Is this thread dead?
[font="Verdana"]Dunno about the others, but I've been getting therapy.[/font]
But I thought this was therapy, group therapy. :w00t:
February 4, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Lynn Pettis (2/4/2009)
Bruce W Cassidy (2/4/2009)
Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)
I just have to blink and be the first to ask.Is this thread dead?
[font="Verdana"]Dunno about the others, but I've been getting therapy.[/font]
But I thought this was therapy, group therapy. :w00t:
[font="Verdana"]Awww... you could have told me earlier. I didn't bring my electrical torture devices! :hehe:[/font]
February 4, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Bruce W Cassidy (2/4/2009)
Lynn Pettis (2/4/2009)
Bruce W Cassidy (2/4/2009)
Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)
I just have to blink and be the first to ask.Is this thread dead?
[font="Verdana"]Dunno about the others, but I've been getting therapy.[/font]
But I thought this was therapy, group therapy. :w00t:
[font="Verdana"]Awww... you could have told me earlier. I didn't bring my electrical torture devices! :hehe:[/font]
So that's what a whizbang fibre-optic laser beam (DIS)assembler is for.:w00t:
Derek
February 4, 2009 at 6:21 pm
POSTS!! Thank heavens, I was afraid I'd gone thread-blind. :w00t:
Either that or a threadinator was going around picking off the contributors, one by one.
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
February 5, 2009 at 6:47 am
Bob Hovious (2/4/2009)
Either that or a threadinator was going around picking off the contributors, one by one.
If the threadinator does pick us off, does that mean we can come back as undead?
-- Kit
February 5, 2009 at 7:04 am
Ah... Dawn of the dead.... We are all going to be stars in a slash and burn movie... Yea, I always wanted to be a star...
-Roy
February 5, 2009 at 9:32 am
Just a note here that is sort of back on topic. I learned a lesson today that we benefit from being patient with others.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic649517-1472-1.aspx
This is a discussion of a recent article about calculating business days, a subject that has been well covered in the T-SQL forums. The author's solution involved a loop, and was immediately subjected to the type of constructive criticism this site excels in. The author grew defensive, because we were essentially telling him that his baby was ugly, and he had obviously taken a lot of time and care in writing the article. (It was well written and well illustrated, he just had never heard of tally tables.) Of course, several of us then started to argue with him over his defense. Things could have gotten ugly but....
Mr. Corbett joined in and took the time to thank the author for going to the trouble of writing and submitting an article, and several people joined in the chorus, which was a good thing in and of itself. In the meanwhile, a couple of us started conducting some experiments. In the course of this, I learned something I never knew about how inline table valued functions are handled with CROSS APPLY, and now there is a fast new technique in the toolbox. This wouldn't have happened if the thread had ended back when it was getting ugly, but thanks to the professional spirit of the community new knowledge was promulgated to the ignorant masses (me).
My respect for this forum and the people who participate in it continues to grow.
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
February 5, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Bob Hovious (2/5/2009)
Just a note here that is sort of back on topic. I learned a lesson today that we benefit from being patient with others.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic649517-1472-1.aspx
This is a discussion of a recent article about calculating business days, a subject that has been well covered in the T-SQL forums. The author's solution involved a loop, and was immediately subjected to the type of constructive criticism this site excels in. The author grew defensive, because we were essentially telling him that his baby was ugly, and he had obviously taken a lot of time and care in writing the article. (It was well written and well illustrated, he just had never heard of tally tables.) Of course, several of us then started to argue with him over his defense. Things could have gotten ugly but....
Mr. Corbett joined in and took the time to thank the author for going to the trouble of writing and submitting an article, and several people joined in the chorus, which was a good thing in and of itself. In the meanwhile, a couple of us started conducting some experiments. In the course of this, I learned something I never knew about how inline table valued functions are handled with CROSS APPLY, and now there is a fast new technique in the toolbox. This wouldn't have happened if the thread had ended back when it was getting ugly, but thanks to the professional spirit of the community new knowledge was promulgated to the ignorant masses (me).
My respect for this forum and the people who participate in it continues to grow.
It is your experience why you will see me continue to try and help people even when it seems pointless to continue. It is those times where the patience pays off with the OP, or others following the thread, suddenly "get it" and understand the solution to the problem or how the solution was developed.
And to use someone else's tagline, Thank you for your support.
February 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I'd like to say how refreshing the discussion on adding days was and I didn't feel that anyone was defensive in any way and nor should they be - whatever problem we can come up with you'll always get 100's of different ways to solve it - who's to say what the right answer is - Obviously it's mine 🙂
February 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm
It is your experience why you will see me continue to try and help people even when it seems pointless to continue. It is those times where the patience pays off with the OP, or others following the thread, suddenly "get it" and understand the solution to the problem or how the solution was developed.
And to use someone else's tagline, Thank you for your support.
Should we start a signup sheet for who's willing to learn a new language so we can avoid more bablefish problems? I'll take French!!!.
😀
(Not really a serious suggestion)
For best practices on asking questions, please read the following article: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help[/url]
February 5, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Alvin Ramard (2/5/2009)
It is your experience why you will see me continue to try and help people even when it seems pointless to continue. It is those times where the patience pays off with the OP, or others following the thread, suddenly "get it" and understand the solution to the problem or how the solution was developed.
And to use someone else's tagline, Thank you for your support.
Should we start a signup sheet for who's willing to learn a new language so we can avoid more bablefish problems? I'll take French!!!.
😀
(Not really a serious suggestion)
Hey, actually I have been threatening to learn Spanish, but my reasoning is so that I would know what some people are saying out on the pitch, but it is looking like it would be of benefit here as well.
February 5, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Ich wuerden mit Deutsch zufreiden sein, but I think there are some native German speakers here anyway.
Max
February 5, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Alvin Ramard (2/5/2009)
It is your experience why you will see me continue to try and help people even when it seems pointless to continue. It is those times where the patience pays off with the OP, or others following the thread, suddenly "get it" and understand the solution to the problem or how the solution was developed.
And to use someone else's tagline, Thank you for your support.
Should we start a signup sheet for who's willing to learn a new language so we can avoid more bablefish problems? I'll take French!!!.
😀
(Not really a serious suggestion)
Désolé, je m'en occupe déjà...
February 5, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I speak fluent Southern and have a working knowledge of English.
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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills
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