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Jim Murphy SSCertifiable Points: 6263 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/28/2011)
Jim Murphy (11/28/2011)
Those pictures from skiing looked great. I'm glad you got some serious time away!
Welcome home.
Thanks, we had a great time, great weather. Not a ton of snow, but enough to have fun.

Oh, and when I say "Welcome home", I don't mean where you sleep.

It's been about 15 or 20 years since I last went snow skiing. Maybe I'll have the chance in January if my session gets picked up. Never snowboarded before, but I skate boarded most of my life, including 8' bowls and pools (barely). Not sure how I'll do on a slippery slope and with the board strapped onto my feet; but looks like fun. Must try someday.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 2

Kiara (11/28/2011)

The rest, at least, translates out into something that does, at least, translate to something potentially intelligible. (Although I do suspect "idle rich" should replace "rich idle"... 🙂

"rich idle"??? Sounds like something you might get from an ICE with a maladjusted carburettor! That made me want to look at what google does with it. The last two sentences are pretty off, but I guess you can work out what they probably mean. But just to be sure:

Still to fill glasses and empty them --> Always filling glasses and emptying them.

It takes you to a rich idle, in fact it is a working diver --> People take you for one of the idle rich, but in fact it's hard and unpleasant work.

I shall go back to trying to catch up on my inbox... 🙂

I gave up doing that a few years back. I just find the things I need to deal with now, the things I want to deal with now, and the things it would be impolite not to deal with now, catch up with those, and delete all spam that got past the filters. Then every now and again I go through the backlog, delete the stuff that's now hopelessly out of date, delete stuff that I reckon I will never get round to dealing with, and start reading the remainder of the backlog - but I never get to the end of it. It's odd really, I always used to deal with paper mail that way at work before we had email, but when email happened (about 1980 for company internal mail) for some reason I started trying to read and react to everything and it took me more than 20 years to kick that stupid habit.

Tom

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734416 More actions · Answer 3

Jim Murphy (11/28/2011)
It's been about 15 or 20 years since I last went snow skiing. Maybe I'll have the chance in January if my session gets picked up. Never snowboarded before, but I skate boarded most of my life, including 8' bowls and pools (barely). Not sure how I'll do on a slippery slope and with the board strapped onto my feet; but looks like fun. Must try someday.

Snowboarding is more like surfing than skateboarding, IMHO, but both similar. I bet you'd do fine.

Not much of a skateboarder here, but I did grow up surfing, and I love speeding down the mountain on a board.

Jim Murphy SSCertifiable Points: 6263 More actions · Answer 4

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/28/2011)
Snowboarding is more like surfing than skateboarding, IMHO, but both similar. I bet you'd do fine.

Uh, ya. Sooo... Although I grew up in Los Angeles and hit the beach constantly, I was a skim boarder. Used to make our own in various shapes. I only surfed once, about 4 years ago when I visited my brother who still lives there. Although I was able to stand and ride a few on a 6' board or so, I would hardly say that I "tore it up" out there. Those 4' waves were killing me!

Also, you know how little I exercise, so I had little endurance. Ya, I'm thinking it'll be much more of a comedy show.

Jim Murphy
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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172991 More actions · Answer 5

GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.

I just love this part. @=)

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20676 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
Greg Edwards-268690 (11/23/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/23/2011)
And now for the public flogging moment of The Thread as I post a semi-technical question that is sure to get me lynched.
We have a Word 2003 document pointing to an Access 2003 database / query. It pulls records that have been marked with a -1 flag. What I'd like to do, but I don't know if it's possible, is put a macro into Word that, as soon as the records are printed, updates the Access database and changes the -1 to 0.
This is a user db only being supported until we upgrade them to a proper database (it's a long project). This change is in response to a user annoyance factor in which the flag isn't getting updated by the users and the mail merge is pulling old data along with the new data. Since the Access db will be decommissioned eventually, I don't want to put too much effort into this, but I do need to at least look at possible solutions.
Thoughts?
Anything is possible.
It might depend on a couple of things.
As you pull each record in to the merge document, couldn't you just execute an update query for that record in conjuction with printing?
That's what I'm asking. Is there a way to get Word to update the information? The documents are showing up in a Word Template that pulls the data from the Access db.
The Word document is pointing to a query to select and I'm a little hesitant to add the UPDATE in that specific query as I don't know how Access updates information and how it will affect the printing of the documents.

Are you familiar with VBA?

Ends up as an array which you could loop through each by index, print, then send an update statement assuming you have the needed keys.

Inside Word, press ALT +F11, then launch the object browser icon.

Search for mailmerge.

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 7

Hope you all had a happy holiday! I'm baaack. And sorry, just need a moment of vent:

[RANT!]

Stupid lousy antique piece of crap system doing double/triple back to back updates and blowing up the .003 millisecond rounding of a datetime stamp in 2k5 when I'm trying to build an intelligent point in time auditing structure and developers who are being royal PITA's about me not wanting to allow for duplication of point in time because it just makes no goddamned sense to do shit like that and increase database traffic for crappy assed reasons...

[/RANT]

Thank you. And Steve... if I'd only known....

PANTS!

- Craig Farrell

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 8

Evil Kraig F (11/28/2011)
. . . Stupid lousy antique piece of crap system . . .

I guess you need two beers to see things soberly.

Definitely works for me in these cases.

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 9

Roy Ernest (11/28/2011)
My article on Audit came out today. This is part 1. (Change Tracking). Yay...!!! As expected the rating is not great. 🙁

Just had to give us time to roll out of bed Roy. 😉 It's an appropriate series considering my frustrations at the moment!

Reminds me I have to finish up the 3 I was working on myself. They're all in a half-disheveled... errr... completed... state.

- Craig Farrell

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.
I just love this part. @=)

Yep! I can just imagine the poor drunks and their plungers!

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 11

GSquared (11/28/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.
I just love this part. @=)
Yep! I can just imagine the poor drunks and their plungers!

That would explain a LOT about Mario's World...

- Craig Farrell

Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Evil Kraig F (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.
I just love this part. @=)
Yep! I can just imagine the poor drunks and their plungers!
That would explain a LOT about Mario's World...

Beer <> Mushroom

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 13

SQLRNNR (11/28/2011)
Evil Kraig F (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.
I just love this part. @=)
Yep! I can just imagine the poor drunks and their plungers!
That would explain a LOT about Mario's World...
Beer <> Mushroom

Lies.

- Craig Farrell

Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Evil Kraig F (11/28/2011)
SQLRNNR (11/28/2011)
Evil Kraig F (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/28/2011)
GSquared (11/28/2011)
But, Yahoo Babel Fish wins first prize with:
... in fact c' is a work of plunger.
I just love this part. @=)
Yep! I can just imagine the poor drunks and their plungers!
That would explain a LOT about Mario's World...
Beer <> Mushroom
Lies.

:-D:-P

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

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184393 More actions · Answer 15

So I had to post this job description I got via email today for a SQL Server DBA position:

Qualified candidates will possess programming skills, such as skill in the use of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, and image editing software. Other qualifications required for this position includes extensive knowledge of web-browser platforms; knowledge of optimizing content for mobile devices; experience with testing mobile websites on multiple devices. In addition, the following skills and abilities are critical to success in this position: exceptional written and verbal communication skills; the ability to consult and interact with a diverse client base; the ability to present technical information to end-users; the ability to work independently and as part of a team; and organizational and task management skills.
Design: Web Technical Design
Strong technical knowledge of how web-based technologies apply to web design
General Competencies
Excellent Communication Skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Information Technology - Languages/Tools
HTML / XML / XSLT / CSS
Information Technology - Network/Infrastructure
Wireless - Mobile
Information Technology - Requirements
Experience in creating concise, cross-browser compliant cascading stylesheets (CSS)
Information Technology - System Monitoring/Automation
Java Script and HTML
Information Technology - Testing
Ability to perform testing of applications, facilitate testing by others, document results

Really the job title is SQL Server DBA. I don't have any of the technology bits on my resume.

Jack Corbett
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