RE: Are the posted answers getting worse?

SSC Guru

Points: 323504

January 21, 2009 at 5:10 pm

i really like the answers that point to a link with letmegooglethatforyou.com...i really think it makes people think twice.

so yeah, our answers might be a little arrogant when we do that...but hey.

really, i think there are only like 6 questions that keep getting repeated over 90 percent of the posts, and the other 10% are the ones that we enjoy.

The most common? i think are:

1. not understanding how to get a datetime or dateadd value in a query?

2. pivot table/crosstab/rows-to-columns?

3. how do i fill in non-existant data with a Tally Table?

4. comma delimit a bunch of fields or columns into a single field?

5. how do i find out who deleted/updated something?

6. what's the answer to my homework?

Lowell

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