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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - Editor (12/12/2009)
And here I think Barry would like this car

Actually, I think that I am in that photo ... 😛

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

RBarryYoung (12/12/2009)
Oops!

Congrats Barry.

I can't decide if "oops" is incredibly sad or absolutely appropriate for the 10,000th post.

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

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 3

Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/12/2009)
Oops!
Congrats Barry.
I can't decide if "oops" is incredibly sad or absolutely appropriate for the 10,000th post.

Actually its the word most often said immediately before someone posts here at SSC for the first time. 😉

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Bru Medishetty SSC-Insane Points: 23606 More actions · Answer 4

GilaMonster (12/13/2009)
The Dixie Flatline (12/12/2009)
Too rainy to play outside today, but we went to see "Invictus".
Rugby players eat their dead.
I saw the preview for that. Brought back some memories. I still remember the country's response when Mandela appeared at the rugby game wearing the springbok rugby shirt.
Guess most people outside the country wouldn't really understand...

Hey Gail, do you follow cricket too? I am a die hard fan of the Proteas.

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (12/12/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (12/12/2009)
And here I think Barry would like this car
Man, I used to love "Spanky and his gang".

Oh - were you madly in love with Darla, too?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 6

Bru Medishetty (12/13/2009)
Hey Gail, do you follow cricket too? I am a die hard fan of the Proteas.

I don't really. Not much of a sports fan.

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

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

RBarryYoung (12/13/2009)
Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/12/2009)
Oops!
Congrats Barry.
I can't decide if "oops" is incredibly sad or absolutely appropriate for the 10,000th post.
Actually its the word most often said immediately before someone posts here at SSC for the first time. 😉

You think? I thought it would have been two words.... oh s***

"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:
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SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738683 More actions · Answer 8

Actually based on this thread I think the most often used words are "urgent" or "start your tests"

😛

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 9

Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/13/2009)
Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/12/2009)
Oops!
Congrats Barry.
I can't decide if "oops" is incredibly sad or absolutely appropriate for the 10,000th post.
Actually its the word most often said immediately before someone posts here at SSC for the first time. 😉
You think? I thought it would have been two words.... oh s***

Potty mouth. DBA's are of course professionals who would never use such language at work!

:hehe:

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 10

RBarryYoung (12/13/2009)
Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/13/2009)
Grant Fritchey (12/13/2009)
RBarryYoung (12/12/2009)
Oops!
Congrats Barry.
I can't decide if "oops" is incredibly sad or absolutely appropriate for the 10,000th post.
Actually its the word most often said immediately before someone posts here at SSC for the first time. 😉
You think? I thought it would have been two words.... oh s***
Potty mouth. DBA's are of course professionals who would never use such language at work!
:hehe:

Never...And even if we don't use that language, it doesn't stop us from receiving the blunt end of the language when things go a-foul.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (12/13/2009)
The Dixie Flatline (12/12/2009)
Too rainy to play outside today, but we went to see "Invictus".
Rugby players eat their dead.
I saw the preview for that. Brought back some memories. I still remember the country's response when Mandela appeared at the rugby game wearing the springbok rugby shirt.
Guess most people outside the country wouldn't really understand...

Heh...I really want to see that movie. I lived in Madagascar when he was released. And though not on the mainland, the political atmosphere was a bit tense.

And then the WorldCup being in SA, in that same time period - I really wanted to be at the matches.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004641 More actions · Answer 12

Matt Miller (#4) (12/13/2009)
Jeff Moden (12/12/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (12/12/2009)
And here I think Barry would like this car
Man, I used to love "Spanky and his gang".
Oh - were you madly in love with Darla, too?

Heh... nah... I always thought she was a gold digger. Alfalfa didn't get it...

Miss Crabtree? Now that was a different story. Of course, I thought the "Shake'n'Bake" lady on TV was pretty hot, as well... when they came out with "Shake'n'Bake" for pork chops, I just knew I was going to marry her someday. 😉

--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)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (12/13/2009)
Matt Miller (#4) (12/13/2009)
Jeff Moden (12/12/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (12/12/2009)
And here I think Barry would like this car
Man, I used to love "Spanky and his gang".
Oh - were you madly in love with Darla, too?
Heh... nah... I always thought she was a gold digger. Alfalfa didn't get it...
Miss Crabtree? Now that was a different story. Of course, I thought the "Shake'n'Bake" lady on TV was pretty hot, as well... when they came out with "Shake'n'Bake" for pork chops, I just knew I was going to marry her someday. 😉

S.O.M.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 14

SOM here too... and it was orange juice. 😛

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 15

GSquared (12/11/2009)
On the subject of beer, one of my favorite jokes is that the human body is the world's most efficient machine at turning European beer into American beer. Can't remember where I first heard that one, but thought it was pretty funny!

Heh heh heh excellent!

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