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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003863 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

A moment of silence, please.
I heard from his family and Mike Vessey, https://www.sqlservercentral.com/author/mvdba, passed away on 25 Jun 2020. I was pleased to meet Mike and host him on a panel at one of our SQL in the City events a couple years ago.
If I hear more or have an obituary notice, I'll post it here.

Oh, lordy... another good one gone. So sad.

--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)

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182882 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

A moment of silence, please.
I heard from his family and Mike Vessey, https://www.sqlservercentral.com/author/mvdba, passed away on 25 Jun 2020. I was pleased to meet Mike and host him on a panel at one of our SQL in the City events a couple years ago.
If I hear more or have an obituary notice, I'll post it here.

R.I.P. Mike

😎

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6610 More actions · Answer 3

If Steve finds an obit link and you worked with him, please think about leaving a post on the memorial stating what impact he may have had on you. I found it very comforting when my grandfather passed reading stories about him interacting professionally or as an educator to people. I knew he did some of that, but it was different to hear from the people who felt he was important to them.

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Jo Pattyn SSC-Dedicated Points: 32069 More actions · Answer 4

Jo Pattyn

SSC-Dedicated

Points: 32069

June 30, 2020 at 7:21 am

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Rest in peace Mike

Stuart Davies SSCoach Points: 19505 More actions · Answer 5

I don't often post here ( forced retirement due to current pandemic); but he was one of the guys whose advice I would read and heed. A sad day.

-------------------------------Posting Data Etiquette - Jeff Moden [/url]Smart way to ask a question
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand (the world). There is no such thing as a dumb question. ― Carl Sagan
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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

A moment of silence, please.
I heard from his family and Mike Vessey, https://www.sqlservercentral.com/author/mvdba, passed away on 25 Jun 2020. I was pleased to meet Mike and host him on a panel at one of our SQL in the City events a couple years ago.
If I hear more or have an obituary notice, I'll post it here.

Very sad news. My condolences to his family and those that knew him well.

Thom~

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

DinoRS SSCrazy Points: 2683 More actions · Answer 7

Indeed very sad News, R.I.P. and my condolences to his family.

Steve Collins SSCrazy Points: 2068 More actions · Answer 8

I've decided to add my name to the list of Steve's around here. My first post on SSC was about 1 year ago. When I signed up I wasn't sure what was the right to go. Seems like a good time to get rid of the old 'scdecade' anonymous screen name.

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

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6610 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Collins wrote:

I've decided to add my name to the list of Steve's around here. My first post on SSC was about 1 year ago. When I signed up I wasn't sure what was the right to go. Seems like a good time to get rid of the old 'scdecade' anonymous screen name.

And now all I can think about is the monkey from Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs...

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Steve Collins SSCrazy Points: 2068 More actions · Answer 10

jonathan.crawford wrote:

Steve Collins wrote:
I've decided to add my name to the list of Steve's around here. My first post on SSC was about 1 year ago. When I signed up I wasn't sure what was the right to go. Seems like a good time to get rid of the old 'scdecade' anonymous screen name.
And now all I can think about is the monkey from Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoucWX5QCw

I had to look it up!

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

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6610 More actions · Answer 11

Then you must not be familiar with the FLDSMDFR (pronounced "fl-dzz-mm-duh-fur"), the inspiration for all my acronyms at work. Now I have to go build a function with that name that does....something....only works if you put input as "water" and returns random foods...

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95409 More actions · Answer 12

In the "old" system, we used to be able to get RSS feeds from people's blogs. Is that possible now? I don't see that option when I'm at https://www.sqlservercentral.com/author/RSP

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734449 More actions · Answer 13

Checking, Wayne. Not sure where these might be. I thought WP generated these automatically.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734449 More actions · Answer 14

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/author/RSP/feed

Add /feed.

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95409 More actions · Answer 15

Thanks Steve

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2