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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 1

Kit G (8/18/2009)
Jeff Moden (8/17/2009)[/b]
I guess that's part of what I mean... why wouldn't you correct the original blog?
I can think of one other reason not to edit the original blog, if there are comments to the effect of "uhh... this doesn't work this way..." with the blog post corrected, those comments are going to be out of place. If there aren't any comments, well, then it's the blog owner's choice, isn't it? 😀

Yeah, that too.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 2

RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...

Just get someone to tap your shin with a baseball bat. You'll stop thinking about your back for at least an hour.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 3

RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...

Anyone in particular??

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 4

GSquared (8/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...
We could amputate.

Today, that seems like a good idea... 🙁

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis (8/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...
Anyone in particular??

Heh, between the pain and the meds, I am forgetting all kinds of things today ..

Yeah, this guy.

[font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung [font="Arial Black"]
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 6

RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Lynn Pettis (8/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...
Anyone in particular??
Heh, between the pain and the meds, I am forgetting all kinds of things today ..
Yeah, this guy.

Don't reply for a while. Let's see if he gets a bit anxious for some results. 😉

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 7

Lynn Pettis (8/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Lynn Pettis (8/18/2009)
RBarryYoung (8/18/2009)
Grrr. Another person who seems to think that I should be doing their work for them. ... :angry: My back really hurts right now and I fear that I am losing all patience and perspective ...
Anyone in particular??
Heh, between the pain and the meds, I am forgetting all kinds of things today ..
Yeah, this guy.
Don't reply for a while. Let's see if he gets a bit anxious for some results. 😉

I just posted a reply.

He probably needs to migrate to nested sets hierarchies, anyway.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004639 More actions · Answer 8

Grant Fritchey (8/18/2009)
First & absolutely most important, it gave me a new blog post. Gotta have new things to blog about. But also, I don't like editing posts too much, especially to completely rewrite them, as it would have required in this case. Instead I just put a link and explanation that, to paraphrase My Cousin Vini, everything I just wrote was BS.

Ah... got it. Thanks, Grant.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004639 More actions · Answer 9

Kit G (8/18/2009)
Jeff Moden (8/17/2009)[/b]
I guess that's part of what I mean... why wouldn't you correct the original blog?
I can think of one other reason not to edit the original blog, if there are comments to the effect of "uhh... this doesn't work this way..." with the blog post corrected, those comments are going to be out of place. If there aren't any comments, well, then it's the blog owner's choice, isn't it? 😀

I suppose... but, Grant built an entirely new page. Why not simply cover the mistake by taking what would have gone on an entirely new page and simply replace the original page?

--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)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (8/18/2009)
Why not simply cover the mistake by taking what would have gone on an entirely new page and simply replace the original page?

Couple possible reasons.

- It would have required deleting the comments that were on the original blog post. If the comments were left, they'd look completely out of place.

- People using rss readers may not have noticed that the post changed, many of them just look for new posts, and so those people wouldn't read the new material.

- Those who do actually visit the site may not read older posts. I know I don't if it's a blog I frequently visit.

- On a syndicated blog (which both Grant's and mine are), changes don't propagate to the syndication site immediately, if at all. The way SQLServerPedia seems to be set up, changes get picked up days later and syndicated as a new post

Gail Shaw
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 11

*Woot* Just got TechEd evaluation scores. Bar one comment, very nice!

Gail Shaw
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Dave Ballantyne SSC-Dedicated Points: 33667 More actions · Answer 12

On a more positive note, a question that made me think, "CAN you do that" ?

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic773249-145-1.aspx

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 13

Dave Ballantyne (8/19/2009)
On a more positive note, a question that made me think, "CAN you do that" ?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic773249-145-1.aspx

Okay, I'll bite. Why is that one surprising?

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Dave Ballantyne SSC-Dedicated Points: 33667 More actions · Answer 14

GSquared (8/19/2009)
Okay, I'll bite. Why is that one surprising?

Just simply because after 10 years+ of solid TSQL work, i'd never needed to do that.

You learn something new everyday 🙂

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 15

Dave Ballantyne (8/19/2009)
GSquared (8/19/2009)
Okay, I'll bite. Why is that one surprising?
Just simply because after 10 years+ of solid TSQL work, i'd never needed to do that.
You learn something new everyday 🙂

Makes sense. That's why I hang out on this site, to learn new stuff. Always do.

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