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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 1

I'd agree, but the duration for drop database is so short there isn't even time to reflect on the meaning of life.

"Life" the board game, or "Life" the breakfast cereal?

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 2

WayneS (10/4/2010)
Chad Crawford (10/4/2010)
GilaMonster (10/4/2010)
Chad Crawford (10/4/2010)
Has anyone ever picked up the DVD from PASS Summit? Does it have all 150+ sessions recorded, or is it just one DVD with select sessions or just presentation files?
All sessions, video, presenter's voice and desktop capture, plus ppt files.
It's not a DVD. The 2008 one was 6 DVDs
Thanks Gail, Alvin and Jason. Seems very much like a no-brainer. I went through to figure out which sessions I wanted to attend and very quickly realized the value of the DVD set - glad to know it is everything.
THanks,
Chad
I've got two questions:
1. Is this available to folks that didn't attend?
2. What is the URL to order? (I can't find it at sqlpass.org)
Thanks,

Thanks Chad. (Why is it I have no problem googling technical things, but completely forget about it when I'm on the web site of what I'm looking for? I even did a search of "DVD" there...)

For anyone else interested, here's where to order it.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 3

jcrawf02 (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/2/2010)
Maybe, but you wouldn't have envied me and Justin carrying a sofa and six-burner BBQ up the stairs this morning. Comedy.
You should have carried them one at a time, that's your problem....

Thanks for the tip - I've written that down for next time!

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

Paul White NZ (10/4/2010)
jcrawf02 (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/2/2010)
Maybe, but you wouldn't have envied me and Justin carrying a sofa and six-burner BBQ up the stairs this morning. Comedy.
You should have carried them one at a time, that's your problem....
Thanks for the tip - I've written that down for next time!

See Paul, not all operations are meant to be multi-threaded. 😀

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 5

CirquedeSQLeil (10/4/2010)
I just realized who our drop database OP was. Doh

Hmm. This made me go look at previous posts. Quite interesting...

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 6

Alvin Ramard (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/4/2010)
jcrawf02 (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/2/2010)
Maybe, but you wouldn't have envied me and Justin carrying a sofa and six-burner BBQ up the stairs this morning. Comedy.
You should have carried them one at a time, that's your problem....
Thanks for the tip - I've written that down for next time!
See Paul, not all operations are meant to be multi-threaded. 😀

In fact that is an ideal candidate for a cursor.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 7

Alvin Ramard (10/4/2010)
See Paul, not all operations are meant to be multi-threaded. 😀

According to my wife, I am not capable of simple multi-tasking anyway 🙂

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 8

The Dixie Flatline (10/4/2010)
I'd agree, but the duration for drop database is so short there isn't even time to reflect on the meaning of life.
"Life" the board game, or "Life" the breakfast cereal?

Hey, that could make it even easier. I don't have to reflect, because Mikey likes it!

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 9

jcrawf02 (10/4/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (10/4/2010)
I'd agree, but the duration for drop database is so short there isn't even time to reflect on the meaning of life.
"Life" the board game, or "Life" the breakfast cereal?
Hey, that could make it even easier. I don't have to reflect, because Mikey likes it!

Yes, he'll eat anything. Of course, wouldn't take too much trying with Life cereal - good stuff.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 10

The ghost of double post got me on this on.

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 11

CirquedeSQLeil (10/4/2010)
Alvin Ramard (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/4/2010)
jcrawf02 (10/4/2010)
Paul White NZ (10/2/2010)
Maybe, but you wouldn't have envied me and Justin carrying a sofa and six-burner BBQ up the stairs this morning. Comedy.
You should have carried them one at a time, that's your problem....
Thanks for the tip - I've written that down for next time!
See Paul, not all operations are meant to be multi-threaded. 😀
In fact that is an ideal candidate for a cursor.

or, perhaps, sp_MSForEachHeavyObject?

Wayne
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

Had to look at the OP on that drop database thread, OH, is all I had to say at first. I did leave a comment after reading through the posts.

Can anyone say permanent JR DBA????

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 13

Alvin Ramard (10/1/2010)
Ok, time for me to put what's left of my reputation on the line. I predict that the Thread will hit 20,000 on Thursday, Oct 7th, 2010.
😎

It just might make it on the 6th.

Only 3.5 posts per day to make 20k on 11/18

52.666 to make 20k on 10/7

79 to make 20k on 10/6 - at the rate we've been going, definitely possible.

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

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 14

WayneS (10/4/2010)
Alvin Ramard (10/1/2010)
Ok, time for me to put what's left of my reputation on the line. I predict that the Thread will hit 20,000 on Thursday, Oct 7th, 2010.
😎
It just might make it on the 6th.
Only 3.5 posts per day to make 20k on 11/18
52.666 to make 20k on 10/7
79 to make 20k on 10/6 - at the rate we've been going, definitely possible.

Well, this thread sure has been active. Has anyone gone back to see how many posts per day we have had since Alvin's prediction?

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 15

WayneS (10/4/2010)
Alvin Ramard (10/1/2010)
Ok, time for me to put what's left of my reputation on the line. I predict that the Thread will hit 20,000 on Thursday, Oct 7th, 2010.
😎
It just might make it on the 6th.
Only 3.5 posts per day to make 20k on 11/18
52.666 to make 20k on 10/7
79 to make 20k on 10/6 - at the rate we've been going, definitely possible.

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