Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004367 More actions · Answer 1

arun.sas (3/5/2010)
Hi Jeff,
You are good,
“You are not responsible for what people think about you,
But you are responsible for what you give them to think about you” – Stanley Ferrard.

Heh... thanks for the great compliment but, nah... just passing it forward. 🙂

--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)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (3/5/2010)
Lynn,
You have 9841 posts (which doesn't include QOD points, etc)... Only 159 more to be only the 4th person (not including Steve) in the history of SSC to break the 10k barrier. 🙂 Heh... try not to do it all on "the thread". 😛

Let the countdown begin.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004367 More actions · Answer 3

Heh... OMG! Under the category of "Are the posted ANSWERS getting worse?"

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic877218-1292-1.aspx#bm878332

--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)

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 4

Jeff Moden (3/7/2010)
Heh... OMG! Under the category of "Are the posted ANSWERS getting worse?"
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic877218-1292-1.aspx#bm878332

That's funny! I wonder if it was intended to be...? Hmmm!

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

nigel. SSChampion Points: 11636 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (3/7/2010)
Heh... OMG! Under the category of "Are the posted ANSWERS getting worse?"
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic877218-1292-1.aspx#bm878332

:w00t: Epic!

Nigel
How to post questions

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 6

Paul White (3/7/2010)
Jeff Moden (3/7/2010)
Heh... OMG! Under the category of "Are the posted ANSWERS getting worse?"
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic877218-1292-1.aspx#bm878332
That's funny! I wonder if it was intended to be...? Hmmm!

Reminds me of why I always want everyone to expand on the business requirements as it will save us both time.

Greg E

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 7

Greg Edwards-268690 (3/8/2010)
Reminds me of why I always want everyone to expand on the business requirements as it will save us both time.Greg E

So true. They (the people with the business knowledge) always seems to omit one crucial detail until the day before go-live...

"Hey, so this new database thing...it does <insert never-before-verbalized-requirement-here>, right? :doze:

Paul

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

nigel. SSChampion Points: 11636 More actions · Answer 8

Greg Edwards-268690 (3/8/2010)
Reminds me of why I always want everyone to expand on the business requirements as it will save us both time.

Try telling that to my boss!

Nigel
How to post questions

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

Greg Edwards-268690 (3/8/2010)
Paul White (3/7/2010)
Jeff Moden (3/7/2010)
Heh... OMG! Under the category of "Are the posted ANSWERS getting worse?"
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic877218-1292-1.aspx#bm878332
That's funny! I wonder if it was intended to be...? Hmmm!
Reminds me of why I always want everyone to expand on the business requirements as it will save us both time.
Greg E

Business requirements? Of course the business requires it. :angry:

:rolleyes:

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

All my SSC forum answers come with a money back guarantee. If you didn't like the answer then I'll gladly refund what you paid for it.

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]

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004367 More actions · Answer 10

Paul White (3/8/2010)
Greg Edwards-268690 (3/8/2010)
Reminds me of why I always want everyone to expand on the business requirements as it will save us both time.Greg E
So true. They (the people with the business knowledge) always seems to omit one crucial detail until the day before go-live...
"Hey, so this new database thing...it does <insert never-before-verbalized-requirement-here>, right? :doze:
Paul

Heh... my favorite response is, "Database? What database?" 😛

--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)

tosscrosby SSCoach Points: 18045 More actions · Answer 11

nigel. (3/8/2010)
Greg Edwards-268690 (3/8/2010)
Try telling that to my boss!

Does that work? I have a project plan that began on 3/1 - not yet approved - but completion is due on 3/31. Already lost a week.......and who will be to blame?

-- You can't be late until you show up.

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

tosscrosby-60625 (3/8/2010)
Does that work? I have a project plan that began on 3/1...

Haven't you finished that yet?!?! 😛 😛 😛

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (3/8/2010)
Heh... my favorite response is, "Database? What database?" 😛

Every time I get these "Hey, let's build a database that doesn't have referential integrity/indexes/normalization/mirrors our objects/only stores unstructured data/etc, I honestly try to convince them that they don't need a database. It's so weird. "We want a DB that behaves just like a flat file." Then why don't you just use a flat file? "Oh, but we have to have a database" Why?

I have a bad reputation at work.

"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

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 14

Grant Fritchey (3/8/2010)
Jeff Moden (3/8/2010)
Heh... my favorite response is, "Database? What database?" 😛
Every time I get these "Hey, let's build a database that doesn't have referential integrity/indexes/normalization/mirrors our objects/only stores unstructured data/etc, I honestly try to convince them that they don't need a database. It's so weird. "We want a DB that behaves just like a flat file." Then why don't you just use a flat file? "Oh, but we have to have a database" Why?
I have a bad reputation at work.

In that case, you could point them to Excel and say: "Done"

(I know it's not the correct solution.)

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

All my SSC forum answers come with a money back guarantee. If you didn't like the answer then I'll gladly refund what you paid for it.

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]

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 15

I think DBAs are the most hated people in the IT industry.... 🙂

But there are lots of developers who wants to do it right. There are only a handful that dont give a Da** about the Database and its performance.

-Roy