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Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 1

That's quite the thread.

I think we need to devise a way in which we can shock people through their keyboards when they post something stupid.

I'm sure I would get shocked now and then, but totally worth it.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (11/26/2008)
Heh... check out ths clown...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic607292-1424-2.aspx#608466

I'm not touching that with a 10 foot barge pole.

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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736188 More actions · Answer 3

That was a nice response.

and a great effort from you, Jack.

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

Jack Corbett (11/26/2008)
I meant more like the last post on this thread: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic608342-145-1.aspx

Nice.

I also liked his responses to your posts. He answered your questions, provided sample data; all in a format that didn't require reworking as well. Looks like he knows his stuff and how to ask for help.

I can understand his issues with SQL Server triggers. Back in '96 at my last employer we were deciding which RDBMS to use so had InterBase and SQL Server 6.5 running side by side. Both are good products, but SQL Server won out because the developer on the team found it easier to interface with SQL Server than InterBase using Visual Studio 6.

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 5

...and - we're doing it again. By virtue of this thread alone - we're HIGHLIGHTING the "ugly threads" which mean they get more facetime, and (probably) more answers than they usually would....:)

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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 6

Can you say gulliable, or maybe good-hearted?

For all the faults of the "bad posts" we are a community that cares. And, who knows, maybe some of these individuals can be trained, or maybe some of them will simply "get it" one day and things will start clicking, and they will join the ranks of the heavy hitters on this site and join in the complaining of the "bad posts".

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 7

I guess we all need to do what I did today .... have a day off :w00t:

I followed a "refresh" day of CPR for human victims this time.

It cleared the mind, loaded my batteries, .... and I got to practice cpr on the lovely dummy in the training jacked 😀

And I'm ready to take another day of dba labor :smooooth:

Johan

Learn to play, play to learn !

Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

Need a bit of Powershell? How about this

Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 8

Matt Miller (11/26/2008)
...and - we're doing it again. By virtue of this thread alone - we're HIGHLIGHTING the "ugly threads" which mean they get more facetime, and (probably) more answers than they usually would....:)

True enough... but think of this thread like you would a bar... good place to comiserate. Good friends that have gone through the same kind of hell talking about the different colors of hell... 😛

But, you're right... I think it was Churchill that said something to the effect of "When you're going through hell, keep going." :hehe:

You guys have a great Thanksgiving.

--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.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

It could be worse. Like this one - developer background, now a senior DBA, depends on forum answers to do their job

Train wreck waiting to happen.

If you want some laughs, check their other posts

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

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 10

GilaMonster (11/27/2008)
It could be worse. Like this one - developer background, now a senior DBA, depends on forum answers to do their job
Train wreck waiting to happen.
If you want some laughs, check their other posts

Good gosh. That's pretty horrifying. He's using you guys like a living manual. I mean, it's pretty clear, he's not opening the BOL, at all. And people wonder why I laugh when they talk about outsourcing.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 11

And his environment is a 24x7, no downtime, no data loss environment.

I wonder how much longer it's going to last..... 😀

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

Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 12

I have done a couple of consulting jobs following guys like that. Eventually they do something horribly destructive and the company will have to pay someone to fix it.

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 13

Well ..... since companies are currently experiencing the impact of the financial blunders all over the world....

They are prepared to take the risk !

The gamble is to see if they survive the next n year(s).

Johan

Learn to play, play to learn !

Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:

- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]

- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt

press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀

Need a bit of Powershell? How about this

Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 14

The problem is that the boogers are risking our money. :crazy:

--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.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 15

BWAAA-HAAA! New candidate for the Pork Chop Award... look at the question and then look at the certs this guy boasts in his signature...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic608903-360-1.aspx

... heh... guess all those certs make most folks not qualified to answer.

--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.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)