Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Dave Ballantyne (10/30/2010)


    Anyone kind enough to do a spot of proof reading / editing for my article for

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1012017-2824-1.aspx

    TIA

    It would be an honour and an educational opportunity (heh...for me!), Dave.


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  • Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

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  • GilaMonster (10/31/2010)


    Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

    Congratulations Gail. πŸ™‚



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  • GilaMonster (10/31/2010)


    Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

    Congratulations Gail!

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  • Congratulations Gail.

    It may take me another couple of years - say 10 πŸ˜‰ - to get near to that number.

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  • GilaMonster (10/31/2010)


    Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

    Congrats. You worked hard for that.

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  • GilaMonster (10/31/2010)


    Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

    Congrats. At the rate I'm going I'll never make 10K posts. Just don't have time to do the forums right now.

  • Congrats Gail. Even if I answer all the question for the day, I will never hit anywhere near 20K.. πŸ™‚

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  • Congrats, Gail, and thanks.

  • I know Gail has helped me more times than not. Thanks, Gail, and congrats!

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  • Thanks all.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • Gail, now that you have the extra bandwidth, you should be able to do the next 20k in half the time, right? πŸ˜›

    (Just kidding)



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  • Thanks for all the work Gail, that's a lot of help you've provided.

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  • GilaMonster (10/31/2010)


    Just noticed that I missed spotting a milestone. Better (a little) late than never

    Congrats

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  • In case anybody is interested...

    Steve is Presenting to my UG this Thursday. Meeting starts at 6:30 Pacific Nov 4th.

    https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=PPBZ4S&role=attend

    Please use meeting ID: PPBZ4S

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