Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Yup. Getting in Thursday afternoon.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Ha!

    You don't get those all the time?

    And I'll be heading over to Bits tomorrow afternon with the Red Army (which is a little smaller than last time I think).

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:46 AM

    ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Ha!

    You don't get those all the time?

    And I'll be heading over to Bits tomorrow afternon with the Red Army (which is a little smaller than last time I think).

    I wouldn't know - I've not been to Bits since 2013, for various reasons.  I'm more used to seeing the Red Squad at SQLSouthWest's SQL Saturday events in Exeter, so seeing more than three of you at a time is going to be a bit of a shock.  No, wait.  Not shock. Bonus.  Yeah.  πŸ˜‰

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

  • Grant Fritchey - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:46 AM

    ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Ha!

    You don't get those all the time?

    And I'll be heading over to Bits tomorrow afternon with the Red Army (which is a little smaller than last time I think).

    Friday afternoon, M6 traffic permitting. Going to miss the quiz! But will be there in time for the disco... Um maybe I have that the wrong way round! Ha

    Oh and just in case you are wondering why only the Saturday this year, just started a new gig, the bi-annual Marillion weekend was only last weekend, and they added an extra day to help with ferrying us all there in time, (around 2500 to 3000 people, from 47 countries or so). So I had already "lost" 3 days, and couldn't really afford anymore. And it was a lot of fun :-D, well accept the 10 minutes while we were all worried when the singer fell backwards through the stage, and disappeared :O

    Rodders...

  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Flying in this afternoon.


    Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server/Data Platform MVP (2006-2016)
    Visit my SQL Server blog: https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/
    SQL Server Execution Plan Reference: https://sqlserverfast.com/epr/

  • heading over on a train this afternoon. Will be at Bits from Wed am until Sat lunch

  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Saturday πŸ™‚

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
    Anon.

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:25 AM

    heading over on a train this afternoon. Will be at Bits from Wed am until Sat lunch

    Dang Steve!  When did the trans-Atlantic rail tunnel get completed and what the heck are they running through it to get you from Colorado to Telford that quick?

  • jasona.work - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 5:55 AM

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:25 AM

    heading over on a train this afternoon. Will be at Bits from Wed am until Sat lunch

    Dang Steve!  When did the trans-Atlantic rail tunnel get completed and what the heck are they running through it to get you from Colorado to Telford that quick?

    HS4, clearly πŸ˜‰

    Thom~

    Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
    Larnu.uk

  • jasona.work - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 5:55 AM

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:25 AM

    heading over on a train this afternoon. Will be at Bits from Wed am until Sat lunch

    Dang Steve!  When did the trans-Atlantic rail tunnel get completed and what the heck are they running through it to get you from Colorado to Telford that quick?

    Been in Cambridge for a week already πŸ˜‰

  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    me!!

  • ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Not this year, got enough new stuff on my plate for a few months: getting to grips with configuring and troubleshooting transactional replication.
    It's new to me, I'm a dev. One of the reasons I signed up as a permy with this company - the ample opportunities to learn (and own) aspects of SQL Server which I wouldn't normally get close to.

    β€œWrite the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw

    For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
    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

  • ChrisM@Work - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:45 AM

    ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Not this year, got enough new stuff on my plate for a few months: getting to grips with configuring and troubleshooting transactional replication.
    It's new to me, I'm a dev. One of the reasons I signed up as a permy with this company - the ample opportunities to learn (and own) aspects of SQL Server which I wouldn't normally get close to.

    Too bad Chris, seeing as I've managed to not meet up with you when I've popped into London!
    have fun with replication

    Rodders...

  • rodjkidd - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:50 AM

    ChrisM@Work - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:45 AM

    ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM

    A new low...  a new user, rather than posting a topic on one of the boards here, sent me a T-SQL question via PM...

    *sigh*

    Just today to get through before SQLBits.  Anyone else from here going to be there?

    Not this year, got enough new stuff on my plate for a few months: getting to grips with configuring and troubleshooting transactional replication.
    It's new to me, I'm a dev. One of the reasons I signed up as a permy with this company - the ample opportunities to learn (and own) aspects of SQL Server which I wouldn't normally get close to.

    Too bad Chris, seeing as I've managed to not meet up with you when I've popped into London!
    have fun with replication

    Rodders...

    We'll get those beers in one day Rodders, probably with the Icelandic reprobate in tow. I look forward to it πŸ™‚

    β€œWrite the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw

    For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
    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

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