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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 1

mbricker-600840 (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Is that a hippo that uses long words?

No, it's a sesquipedalian autological autonym. :hehe:

Tom

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 2

Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
mbricker-600840 (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Is that a hippo that uses long words?
No, it's a sesquipedalian autological autonym. :hehe:

??? Really? I thought that it was a giant 75-footed carnivorous aquatic horse?

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 3

RBarryYoung (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
mbricker-600840 (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Is that a hippo that uses long words?
No, it's a sesquipedalian autological autonym. :hehe:
??? Really? I thought that it was a giant 75-footed carnivorous aquatic horse?

If it were one of those I would suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia; but I don't, so I don't think it can be.

Tom

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 4

RBarryYoung (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
mbricker-600840 (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Is that a hippo that uses long words?
No, it's a sesquipedalian autological autonym. :hehe:
??? Really? I thought that it was a giant 75-footed carnivorous aquatic horse?

Shhhh don't mention aquatic horses!

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 5

Dour.

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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Kit G SSCrazy Points: 2888 More actions · Answer 6

Tom.Thomson (4/11/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/11/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/10/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/10/2010)
There should have been 26. Unless I missed one, or the size of the alphabet changed mid-way through...?
neither - it's just that XACT_ABORT isn't a word.
:ermm: What is it then?
Take your pick between:
1) Two words separated by a line level medium bar
2) An incantation or spell used by Wizards of T-SQL to instruct their familars (the dataengine demons, which are far more intelligent that the Maxwell's demons of the Wizards of Physics) whether to destroy a full transaction or only the current statement when certain failures occur while the demons are running. It has no effect on reaction to errors when the demons are walking, but as they only do this during compilation and not while doing anything with real data the Wizards do not object.
3) A bizarre abbreviation and a word separated by an underscore.
I don't think Steve would accept that as a QOTD, even if it was "check all that are correct". Pity. 😛
edit: spelling

Sounds like that is something for next year's April Fool's Day QotD. :w00t:

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crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 7

War and Peace

(Read would have been faster than reading all the posts on this topic over the weekend.)

Joe

crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 8

WOTD - Yapping

(My wife went out and got HER a new dog)

Joe

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

paresseux

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 10

CirquedeSQLeil (4/12/2010)
paresseux

Oh no not another foreign word. Well I can't be bothered to look it up.

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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Chris Morris-439714 (4/12/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/12/2010)
paresseux
Oh no not another foreign word. Well I can't be bothered to look it up.

LOL

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