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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738632 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden wrote:

Heh... Redgate? 😀 😀 😀

:), fortunately (for Grant), no.

We're actually really slow to hire and fire. Our CEO told us in Feb not to worry and we could pay salary for a year if we didn't get business, so just carry on, prepare, and do the best we can.

Just kidding about Grant.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004638 More actions · Answer 2

To be sure, I was just kidding about Redgate. It was pretty obvious which company you were talking about. As for Grant... Kind of like real brothers (we both survived our tours on submarines...), I have to punch him in the arm once in a while just to prove to him that he's still a brother. 😀

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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Steve Collins SSCrazy Points: 2227 More actions · Answer 3

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Aus dem Paradies, das Cantor uns geschaffen, soll uns niemand vertreiben können

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 5

Assuming @scdecade can see this, that's so clearly spam. I marked it as such. If you'd like to explain why you think posting about a wod software you're selling or promoting here without discussion is appropriate, I'll listen. Otherwise, the spam hammer is out.

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Steve Collins SSCrazy Points: 2227 More actions · Answer 6

I'm not selling anything. I'll take it elsewhere tho. Thanks.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 7

Steve Collins wrote:

I'm not selling anything. I'll take it elsewhere tho. Thanks.

What were you going for then? This sure looked promotional. Although, maybe I'm wrong and the Thread Denizens can correct me.

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Steve Collins SSCrazy Points: 2227 More actions · Answer 8

Sorry, I was happy because my project worked. I'm not trying to sell anything. You won't miss this post so it's gone.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 9

I went ahead and hit the unspam. Let's see what others think. As I said, I could be wrong. More than willing to entertain the possibility (especially since it happens all the time).

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99143 More actions · Answer 10

Grant Fritchey wrote:

I went ahead and hit the unspam. Let's see what others think. As I said, I could be wrong. More than willing to entertain the possibility (especially since it happens all the time).

I honestly hit the spam button (which I suspect is why I showed up as "editting" it), as it looked like it to me as well. I can only read it in the reply notification nows, however it does read like spam still to me.

Perhaps that wasn't the intent of the post, and it's the language that makes it read like Spam instead. It reads like your advertising WODMode, not that you've successfully implemented it and that you're happy with the results after you've been struggling to do so. if that is the case, we certainly didn't need you to quote their business statement; that alone made it look like an advertisement in my view.

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
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jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6615 More actions · Answer 11

Man:

Well, what've you got?

Waitress:

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;

Vikings:

Spam spam spam spam...

Waitress:

...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...

Vikings:

Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!

Waitress:

...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top …….and spam.

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Michael L John One Orange Chip Points: 27079 More actions · Answer 12

Grant Fritchey wrote:

I went ahead and hit the unspam. Let's see what others think. As I said, I could be wrong. More than willing to entertain the possibility (especially since it happens all the time).

It looked like spam to me also.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

Grant Fritchey wrote:

I went ahead and hit the unspam. Let's see what others think. As I said, I could be wrong. More than willing to entertain the possibility (especially since it happens all the time).

In the complete absence of any discussion or even comment - which could have been a simple "Finished!" - it read like spam.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738632 More actions · Answer 14

I've unspammed it. While it did look funny, I didn't take it that way. Mainly because I've seen quite a few posts from SCDecade.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004638 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

I've unspammed it. While it did look funny, I didn't take it that way. Mainly because I've seen quite a few posts from SCDecade.

BWAAA-HAAAA!!! So you've been watching him for a "decade". That's a long time. 😀

I know... I know... you've had "mo-den e-nuff" of my puns. 😀 Don't take it for grant'ed... I was jones'ing for one. 😀 😀 😀

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)