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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 1

I've got a theory about Paul... I think he has cloned himself. He then sends his clone out to "go forth and find all good sql nuggets", and then does a mind-meld with his clone to get the accumulated knowledge. How else does he find the time to continually come up with things, like he just did again here? :hehe:

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Alvin Ramard (4/1/2010)
I couldn't resist. I just asked Paul Randal, on Twitter, if he wrote DBCC TimeWarp. 😛

What did he say?

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The Dixie Flatline (4/1/2010)
I also noticed that he was linking to an article by Denny Cherry which essentially makes the same incorrect statements about table variables. So it's a classic case of bad information being perpetuated. Hopefully, the discussion of the articles by their paying members clears that up.

That is somewhat surprising.

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Alvin Ramard (4/1/2010)
FYI, here's the suggestion I had sent to Steve for today's QOD:
[font="Verdana"]The undocumented command DBCC TimeWarp 'VerifyOnly'
(Select all that apply)
A - Returns the same results with SQL 2008 Enterprise Edition as "DBCC TimeWarp" with SQL 2005
B - Returns the same results with SQL 2008 Enterprise Edition as "DBCC check_db" with SQL 2000 Standard Edition
C - Is not supported with SQL Express 2005
D - Generates an error with SQL 2000 All Editions, SQL 2005 All Edition, and SQL 2008 Standard Edition
E - All of the above
F - None of the above
[/font]
What's the correct answer?
Edit: I swapped the order of answers E & F

E.

Timewarp is very effective for question answering.

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The Dixie Flatline (4/1/2010)
I thought "hamster" was a collation.

No, the collation is "hamster poo"

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CirquedeSQLeil (4/1/2010)
Alvin Ramard (4/1/2010)
I couldn't resist. I just asked Paul Randal, on Twitter, if he wrote DBCC TimeWarp. 😛
What did he say?

He did not respond.

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george sibbald (4/1/2010)
got caught by the 'quoting whilst new post pops up' trick

that is mildly frustrating

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GilaMonster (4/1/2010)
Now I have someone whining about my april fool's blog post. 🙁

I enjoyed the blog post. I felt silly that I hadn't thought of a great idea like that (or blogging for April Fools Day). I had nothing last night to put out - for a joke.

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GilaMonster (4/1/2010)
Now I have someone whining about my april fool's blog post. 🙁

That's totally annoying. Even Google has gotten into the act. Google is now Topeka. They even have a blog post explaining why. Got one of my co-workers.

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Trey Staker (4/1/2010)
I can't believe of few of the whiney comments in the editorial discussion. I guess some people are born without a sense of humor.
I fell for one this morning. The copier had an instruction sheet for a new voice activated module. It was on HP letter head and looked official. I didn't really follow the instructions but I did comment out loud, "Why would anyone ever need a voice activated module on a copier." It made a few people laugh at my expense but I don't mind being the fool on occasion.

Can you forward that to me? I know several copy machines throughout my building.

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CirquedeSQLeil (4/1/2010)
GilaMonster (4/1/2010)
Now I have someone whining about my april fool's blog post. 🙁
I enjoyed the blog post. I felt silly that I hadn't thought of a great idea like that (or blogging for April Fools Day). I had nothing last night to put out - for a joke.

I wasn't going to. I got home late last night and had nothing written. It was Steve's request for April Fools posts that got me actually writing it.

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Jack Corbett (4/1/2010)
GilaMonster (4/1/2010)
Now I have someone whining about my april fool's blog post. 🙁
That's totally annoying. Even Google has gotten into the act. Google is now Topeka. They even have a blog post explaining why. Got one of my co-workers.

Google did an awesome April fools gag last year. They issued a Chrome 3D version with printout 3d glasses.

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WayneS (4/1/2010)
I've got a theory about Paul... I think he has cloned himself. He then sends his clone out to "go forth and find all good sql nuggets", and then does a mind-meld with his clone to get the accumulated knowledge. How else does he find the time to continually come up with things, like he just did again here? :hehe:

Remember, dark side of the force. No need for clones.

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WayneS (4/1/2010)
I've got a theory about Paul... I think he has cloned himself. He then sends his clone out to "go forth and find all good sql nuggets", and then does a mind-meld with his clone to get the accumulated knowledge. How else does he find the time to continually come up with things, like he just did again here? :hehe:

Plagiarism!!!

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 15

Too bad Apple is releasing the iPad on Saturday instead of today. We could have had fun with that one. 😛

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