Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 1

Alvin Ramard (2/19/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/19/2010)
Tim Januario-145496 (2/19/2010)
Yes!!! I am post 11,869 on a single thread. I went all the way to the beginning and read every single one. BTW - very funny Mr. Smith, if in fact that IS your real name...
Okay, I give. I'm not going through 11,868 posts to try an figure out who Mr. Smith is.
Could Smith be one of the many aliases used by . ?
🙂

It would only appear that way if he was quoted. Once you change your alias - it timewarps all your posts to use your new identity.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis (2/19/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)
Lynn Pettis (2/19/2010)
Tim Januario-145496 (2/19/2010)
Yes!!! I am post 11,869 on a single thread. I went all the way to the beginning and read every single one. BTW - very funny Mr. Smith, if in fact that IS your real name...
Okay, I give. I'm not going through 11,868 posts to try an figure out who Mr. Smith is.
Let alone 1,187 pages.
Only 238 pages for me, I have SSC set to display 50 posts per page.

Hmm - i might do that. That means a lot more scrolling, but also a lot less clicking.

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Dave Ballantyne SSC-Dedicated Points: 33667 More actions · Answer 3

Steve,

save us all the trouble and

Select * from posts where Thread = 'the thread' and message like '%smith%'

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 4

Dave Ballantyne (2/19/2010)
Steve,
save us all the trouble and
Select * from posts where Thread = 'the thread' and message like '%smith%'
😀

or user like '%smith%'

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

Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:

So you want to write a book?[/url]

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Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]

Wow - that was a quick turnaround.

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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4846 More actions · Answer 7

I in the last few weeks started reading this thread too. I started at the beginning and read all the way through it and I'm not sure what the Mr. Smith comment is about. Want to elaborate more Tim?

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Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]

@Grant

Awesome blog post. There was a time that I would of been interested in writting a book but a couple things stood in my way. 1) I'm not a very good writter. 2) I never could come up with that type of time commitment.

What are the rewards for you to consider writting another book?

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Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]

Thanks for both the affirmation of fears on the topic as well as path to take. I have already begun down the path described after "Stopped crying? Other options are to..."

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 10

tstaker (2/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]
@Grant
Awesome blog post. There was a time that I would of been interested in writting a book but a couple things stood in my way. 1) I'm not a very good writter. 2) I never could come up with that type of time commitment.
What are the rewards for you to consider writting another book?

Pretty much holding the book in my hands is the reward I love. It's kind of hard to describe. That and hearing that it was useful. Makes all the pain of writing it recede a bit.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738642 More actions · Answer 11

Dave Ballantyne (2/19/2010)
Steve,
save us all the trouble and
Select * from posts where Thread = 'the thread' and message like '%smith%'
😀

Yeah, ummm, hmmmm, I think I'll pass. Not sure I want to kill The Thread by posting the results!

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738642 More actions · Answer 12

Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Pretty much holding the book in my hands is the reward I love. It's kind of hard to describe. That and hearing that it was useful. Makes all the pain of writing it recede a bit.

What about giving a copy to Mom or Dad?

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 13

CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]
Thanks for both the affirmation of fears on the topic as well as path to take. I have already begun down the path described after "Stopped crying? Other options are to..."

I hate to say, but you're asking the wrong guy. I got my start because I was writing articles. Chat with some of the others. They may have a more structured approach.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 14

Steve Jones - Editor (2/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Pretty much holding the book in my hands is the reward I love. It's kind of hard to describe. That and hearing that it was useful. Makes all the pain of writing it recede a bit.
What about giving a copy to Mom or Dad?

Oh yeah. Forgot about that. My mom was beside herself. That's pretty cool too.

"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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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/19/2010)
Grant Fritchey (2/19/2010)
Thanks for the great idea for a blog post:
So you want to write a book?[/url]
Thanks for both the affirmation of fears on the topic as well as path to take. I have already begun down the path described after "Stopped crying? Other options are to..."
I hate to say, but you're asking the wrong guy. I got my start because I was writing articles. Chat with some of the others. They may have a more structured approach.

I was just saying that you described the path that I started down. I think it is a good path to choose.

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