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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

jonathan.crawford - Monday, October 16, 2017 6:02 PM
hey look at that, there's a forum for 2017.....aaaand the only question doesn't have enough info to give an answer. awesome.

And the question probably has nothing to do with SQL Server 2017.

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6611 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis - Monday, October 16, 2017 6:11 PM
jonathan.crawford - Monday, October 16, 2017 6:02 PM
hey look at that, there's a forum for 2017.....aaaand the only question doesn't have enough info to give an answer. awesome.
And the question probably has nothing to do with SQL Server 2017.

sure it does. didn't you read the release notes? DELETE was deprecated. Now you have to run a magnet over the disk manually, then restore everything BUT that row from backup after you reformat and re-install. Something about SOX controls.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 3

Lynn Pettis - Monday, October 16, 2017 6:11 PM
jonathan.crawford - Monday, October 16, 2017 6:02 PM
hey look at that, there's a forum for 2017.....aaaand the only question doesn't have enough info to give an answer. awesome.
And the question probably has nothing to do with SQL Server 2017.

How long till someone posts an answer with SQL Server 2017 syntax and to OP responds with something like "Hi, I'm getting an error: 'TRIM' is not a recognized built-in function name.' Can you help further, is my SQL Server missing something?". :hehe:

Thom~

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Jo Pattyn SSC-Dedicated Points: 32074 More actions · Answer 4

Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184393 More actions · Answer 5

Jo Pattyn - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:53 AM
Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?

If things were simple how would consultants make their money? 😀

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 6

Jack Corbett - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:37 AM
Jo Pattyn - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:53 AM
Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?
If things were simple how would consultants make their money? 😀

By helping those that make a simple task difficult. 😉

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 7

Thom A - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:46 AM
Jack Corbett - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:37 AM
Jo Pattyn - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:53 AM
Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?
If things were simple how would consultants make their money? 😀
By helping those that make a simple task difficult. 😉

ROFL. Well said!!!

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Jack Corbett - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:37 AM
Jo Pattyn - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:53 AM
Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?
If things were simple how would consultants make their money? 😀

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 9

ThomasRushton - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:57 AM
Jack Corbett - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:37 AM
Jo Pattyn - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 2:53 AM
Sorry polluting sql 2017 administration. Why can't migrating SSRS to 2017 be simple?
If things were simple how would consultants make their money? 😀
I think this item from despair.com sums it up... https://despair.com/products/consulting

I'm going to have to print that one for my wall. 😀

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

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October 17, 2017 at 4:33 pm

#1964117

Any help here would be nice.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 11

Lynn Pettis

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October 17, 2017 at 4:49 pm

#1964120

OMG

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

I think it is time to walk a way from this one for a while. I need to control my blood pressure.
How do companies end up with people like this working with their databases? Wait, don't tell me, I really don't want to know. And yes, I know we all started as noobs.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003873 More actions · Answer 13

Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:53 PM
How do companies end up with people like this working with their databases?

The interviewers forgot to ask them if they know how to get the current date and time using T-SQL. 😉

Heh... that would sound funny except for one thing... it's usually true.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 14

Jeff Moden - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 6:24 PM
Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:53 PM
How do companies end up with people like this working with their databases?
The interviewers forgot to ask them if they know how to get the current date and time using T-SQL. 😉
Heh... that would sound funny except for one thing... it's usually true.

If you want, Lynn, you can play Windows Support instead: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1902258/Windows-Server-2012 🙂

Thom~

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BrainDonor SSCoach Points: 19252 More actions · Answer 15

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