Are the posted questions getting worse?

Question

Are the posted questions getting worse?

Viewing 15 posts - 14,581 through 14,595 (of 66,712 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 1

anthony_merriwether (4/19/2010)
If the truth be known, I too agree that a person should strive to solve a problem no matter what it is, by due diligence and at the very least, show some initiative...if it truly matters to them. I know how hard we all study to stay current and I too would shun laziness too. As most of you could see, I had never posted a response here before. Guess you know why... I want to extend a sincere apology to all of you...especially those of you who felt strong enough to reply and to those of you who were eqqually ticked off at me. Guess I too was having a bad day and needed to stop by th water cooler. I just want to say..sorry.
Anthony

There is zero need to fall on your sword. And it's fine to point out where we've gone off, when we've gone off. All I'm asking is for you to be prepared for dialog. Maybe we don't see where, or if, we've gone off and will disagree. Just help us out. That's all we're trying to do here and we need help doing it.

Welcome to SSC and to The Thread (aka Water Cooler).

"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

Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 2

anthony_merriwether (4/19/2010)
If the truth be known, I too agree that a person should strive to solve a problem no matter what it is, by due diligence and at the very least, show some initiative...if it truly matters to them. I know how hard we all study to stay current and I too would shun laziness too. As most of you could see, I had never posted a response here before. Guess you know why... I want to extend a sincere apology to all of you...especially those of you who felt strong enough to reply and to those of you who were eqqually ticked off at me. Guess I too was having a bad day and needed to stop by th water cooler. I just want to say..sorry.
Anthony

Welcome to The Thread. 🙂 I'm glad I was proven to be mistaken in my first assessment. 🙂

-- Kit

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 3

anthony_merriwether (4/19/2010)
If the truth be known, I too agree that a person should strive to solve a problem no matter what it is, by due diligence and at the very least, show some initiative...if it truly matters to them. I know how hard we all study to stay current and I too would shun laziness too. As most of you could see, I had never posted a response here before. Guess you know why... I want to extend a sincere apology to all of you...especially those of you who felt strong enough to reply and to those of you who were eqqually ticked off at me. Guess I too was having a bad day and needed to stop by th water cooler. I just want to say..sorry.
Anthony

Anthony, here is an example of somebody never ever willing to learn how to post. He just waits for others to do his job. Chris' reply is simply well deserved.

-- Gianluca Sartori

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (4/19/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/19/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/19/2010)
I am putting the finishing touches on draft 1 of a new article. Anybody out there willing to give it a review?
What's it about?
Simple subject - sp_who2. Hoping it will be worth the read and effort.

I would love to look at it as well... There was a thread here about creating a new version of sp_who2. It was sp_who5 if I am not mistaken and I was also working on it. So this will interest me.

-Roy

Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 5

Anthony, Welcome to SSC. 🙂 Have fun while helping others and learning from others. I dont answer much on threads, I learn from the answers given. I am always learning here...

-Roy

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 6

Roy Ernest (4/20/2010)
... I am always learning here...

And that is why I help out... I end up learning more, and it has the benefit of enforcing what I do know, so that it doesn't slip into the forgotten terroritory.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 7

Gianluca Sartori (4/20/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/19/2010)
lmu92 (4/19/2010)
Hi,
anybody of you folks influenced by the volcano eruption on Iceland?
I haven't been hit by it yet, but I'm supposed to be flyin from ACE to MAN next Tuesday and it's just guesswork whether I will be screwed by the ash or not.
Tom, just out of curiosity, what does your signature mean? I think it's Scot-Gaelic and you look very Scottish (my Scottish uncle could be your lost twin...).

I knew I liked you 😉

---------------------------------------------------------
How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 8

jcrawf02 (4/20/2010)
Gianluca Sartori (4/20/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/19/2010)
lmu92 (4/19/2010)
Hi,
anybody of you folks influenced by the volcano eruption on Iceland?
I haven't been hit by it yet, but I'm supposed to be flyin from ACE to MAN next Tuesday and it's just guesswork whether I will be screwed by the ash or not.
Tom, just out of curiosity, what does your signature mean? I think it's Scot-Gaelic and you look very Scottish (my Scottish uncle could be your lost twin...).
I knew I liked you 😉

Ay Ay, Jon! 😀

-- Gianluca Sartori

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 9

If anyone else can provide some guidance here it would be appreciated.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Roy Ernest (4/20/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/19/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/19/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/19/2010)
I am putting the finishing touches on draft 1 of a new article. Anybody out there willing to give it a review?
What's it about?
Simple subject - sp_who2. Hoping it will be worth the read and effort.
I would love to look at it as well... There was a thread here about creating a new version of sp_who2. It was sp_who5 if I am not mistaken and I was also working on it. So this will interest me.

There are a lot of re-writes out there. I have tried to add a different angle than just a re-write.

I will send it your way.

Find this sp_who5 I must.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

WayneS (4/20/2010)
Roy Ernest (4/20/2010)
... I am always learning here...
And that is why I help out... I end up learning more, and it has the benefit of enforcing what I do know, so that it doesn't slip into the forgotten terroritory.

Same here. I have learned so much more by being involved here at SSC, it is well worth the time.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 12

CirquedeSQLeil (4/20/2010)
WayneS (4/20/2010)
Roy Ernest (4/20/2010)
... I am always learning here...
And that is why I help out... I end up learning more, and it has the benefit of enforcing what I do know, so that it doesn't slip into the forgotten terroritory.
Same here. I have learned so much more by being involved here at SSC, it is well worth the time.

Ditto! Heck, half the people who post here on the thread are mentioned, by name, in my book's acknowledgement. You guys wrote as much as I did (and I'll give you as big a share of the royalties as I get).

"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

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

Gianluca Sartori (4/20/2010)
Tom, just out of curiosity, what does your signature mean? I think it's Scot-Gaelic and you look very Scottish (my Scottish uncle could be your lost twin...).

The first line is literally "don't raise me without I fall but if I do fall do raise me" but the real meaning is "don't correct me unless I'm wrong but when I am wrong do correct me". The second line is "The world will come to an end but love and music will survive". Both are fairly well known sayings.

Tom

Cadavre SSC-Forever Points: 41690 More actions · Answer 14

Same here, sort of.

I signed up here with a silly question brought about due to me being forced to take on some DBA duties while he was on long-term sick. He ended up back pretty early, but I'm still not over the panic I suffered.

Since then I've stuck around, attempting to answer the QoTD and always answering the questions that appear on the forums. Often I don't post my answers, simply because someone else has got there quicker and made a much more efficient solution but I always attempt to come up with something on my own first. I then check the answer one of you ninjas give and spend some time attempting to understand it.

Forever trying to learn
My blog - http://www.cadavre.co.uk/
For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/
For better, quicker answers on SQL Server performance related questions, click on the following...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (4/20/2010)
...and I'll give you as big a share of the royalties as I get

And based on previous comments - we know that ain't very much at all.:-D

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events