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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004372 More actions · Answer 1

Grant Fritchey (4/21/2010)
So in summary, Oracle Sucks!
Thanks for that important safety tip Jeff.

Heh... I'll probably get slammed by the folks that like Oracle (not slamming them, though), but I worked with Oracle for 3 years and although I really tried to keep an open mind about it, it really killed me to have to do some major work-arounds to write set base code (which is faster in Oracle, as well) because of little nika-futchi stuff like this.

--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)

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (4/21/2010)
Grant Fritchey (4/21/2010)
So in summary, Oracle Sucks!
Thanks for that important safety tip Jeff.
Heh... I'll probably get slammed by the folks that like Oracle (not slamming them, though), but I worked with Oracle for 3 years and although I really tried to keep an open mind about it, it really killed me to have to do some major work-arounds to write set base code (which is faster in Oracle, as well) because of little nika-futchi stuff like this.

I know that most people won't realize it, but I was just kidding. Not that that will slow down the true believers even a little bit.

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

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Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 3

Woohoo. SQL 2008 R2 RTM'ed this morning (or evening depending on your timezone preference)

2008 RTM - SQL Server Team Blog

Chad

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

Chad Crawford (4/21/2010)
Woohoo. SQL 2008 R2 RTM'ed this morning (or evening depending on your timezone preference)
2008 RTM - SQL Server Team Blog
Chad

Microsoft held a Public conference call this morning about it. You can also find the info on their news release page (with the conference call if you wish to listen to it).

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736280 More actions · Answer 5

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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April 21, 2010 at 2:52 pm

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Good luck getting bits. Coming to MSDN on May 3

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 6

GabyYYZ (4/21/2010)
Please tell me THIS doesn't happen a lot...*groan*.

Why do you want people to lie to you?

Tom

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 7

Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2010)
Good luck getting bits. Coming to MSDN on May 3

That's good to know. I wondered when it would be there, but didn't see anything obvious.

Chad

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Chad Crawford (4/21/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2010)
Good luck getting bits. Coming to MSDN on May 3
That's good to know. I wondered when it would be there, but didn't see anything obvious.
Chad

However, you can download the evaluation edition right now - no msdn needed.

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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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4796 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (4/21/2010)
Chad Crawford (4/21/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2010)
Good luck getting bits. Coming to MSDN on May 3
That's good to know. I wondered when it would be there, but didn't see anything obvious.
Chad
However, you can download the evaluation edition right now - no msdn needed.

Brent Ozar ranted on it in his blog.[/url]

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Use Full Links:
KB Article from Microsoft on how to ask a question on a Forum

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Trey Staker (4/21/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/21/2010)
Chad Crawford (4/21/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2010)
Good luck getting bits. Coming to MSDN on May 3
That's good to know. I wondered when it would be there, but didn't see anything obvious.
Chad
However, you can download the evaluation edition right now - no msdn needed.
Brent Ozar ranted on it in his blog.[/url]

Yeah - I saw that. I like how he began his blog.

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

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 11

CirquedeSQLeil (4/21/2010)
Trey Staker (4/21/2010)
Brent Ozar ranted on it in his blog.[/url]
Yeah - I saw that. I like how he began his blog.

That was indeed a novel way to start it off.

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 12

Pity that Brent will get kicked out of the MVP club so soon after his MCM... 😛

And now for something completely different...

Any advice on ridding my lawn of the pesky dandelion? Last year I chose to uproot, out of sheer idiocy I suppose, choosing to just extract them as I found them, while realizing I was not solving the problem. (Work harder, not smarter - which by the way, have you guys seen the Scotts article where they dynamited them and they still grew back? classic...)

This year I waffled back and forth between fertilizer that is supposed to kill 'em and just killing 'em, and landed on the side of Roundup. (ahhh...liquid death...)

Course now I gots brown spots. (On some, apparently I was trigger-shy on the rest of them, and they just look kind of depressed instead of dead)

Any thoughts?

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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."

Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90303 More actions · Answer 13

jcrawf02 (4/21/2010)
Pity that Brent will get kicked out of the MVP club so soon after his MCM... 😛
And now for something completely different...
Any advice on ridding my lawn of the pesky dandelion? Last year I chose to uproot, out of sheer idiocy I suppose, choosing to just extract them as I found them, while realizing I was not solving the problem. (Work harder, not smarter - which by the way, have you guys seen the Scotts article where they dynamited them and they still grew back? classic...)
This year I waffled back and forth between fertilizer that is supposed to kill 'em and just killing 'em, and landed on the side of Roundup. (ahhh...liquid death...)
Course now I gots brown spots. (On some, apparently I was trigger-shy on the rest of them, and they just look kind of depressed instead of dead)
Any thoughts?

Nuke & Pave :w00t:

Jeffrey Williams
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

― Charles R. Swindoll

How to post questions to get better answers faster
Managing Transaction Logs

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

jcrawf02 (4/21/2010)
Pity that Brent will get kicked out of the MVP club so soon after his MCM... 😛
And now for something completely different...
Any advice on ridding my lawn of the pesky dandelion? Last year I chose to uproot, out of sheer idiocy I suppose, choosing to just extract them as I found them, while realizing I was not solving the problem. (Work harder, not smarter - which by the way, have you guys seen the Scotts article where they dynamited them and they still grew back? classic...)
This year I waffled back and forth between fertilizer that is supposed to kill 'em and just killing 'em, and landed on the side of Roundup. (ahhh...liquid death...)
Course now I gots brown spots. (On some, apparently I was trigger-shy on the rest of them, and they just look kind of depressed instead of dead)
Any thoughts?

Scotts usually works for me.

Now, does anybody know how to get rid of morning glory?

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 15

jcrawf02 (4/21/2010)
Pity that Brent will get kicked out of the MVP club so soon after his MCM... 😛
And now for something completely different...
Any advice on ridding my lawn of the pesky dandelion? Last year I chose to uproot, out of sheer idiocy I suppose, choosing to just extract them as I found them, while realizing I was not solving the problem. (Work harder, not smarter - which by the way, have you guys seen the Scotts article where they dynamited them and they still grew back? classic...)
This year I waffled back and forth between fertilizer that is supposed to kill 'em and just killing 'em, and landed on the side of Roundup. (ahhh...liquid death...)
Course now I gots brown spots. (On some, apparently I was trigger-shy on the rest of them, and they just look kind of depressed instead of dead)
Any thoughts?

Chemical warfare... that or take off & nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

"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