I think it's freakin' hilarious when I see Microsoft Engineers write code like the following...
SELECT getdate() 'runtime', ...
It doesn't hurt anything but wow...
--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.
"If you think its expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur."
--Red Adair
"Change is inevitable... change for the better is not."
When you put the right degree of spin on it, the number
3|8 is also a glyph that describes the nature of a DBAs job. 😉
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)