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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/1/2010)


    Roy Ernest (2/1/2010)


    Am I being too rude here?

    No. That's about how I'm reacting lately to questions so simple that they could be answered by testing in less time than...



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  • RE: Last n records from a table

    sunil88_pal88 (2/1/2010)


    TOP n gives us the first n entries of a column

    only if you use ORDER BY that column

    AND ... there is no way of ordering by the order that...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    george sibbald (2/1/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (2/1/2010)


    Dave Ballantyne (2/1/2010)


    How many times do we have to go through this one ???

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost857143.aspx

    I see another use of that 4 letter word: "dear"

    yes, its not often...



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  • RE: Last n records from a table

    sunil88_pal88 (2/1/2010)


    So why has microsoft has made some opposite of TOP .They should also have made BOTTOM

    You need to ask Microsoft that question, not us.

    FYI, your last question has nothing...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (2/1/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (2/1/2010)


    Roy Ernest (2/1/2010)


    Am I being too rude here?

    I don't see anything wrong with your comment. Now the OP might, but that is his problem, not...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Dave Ballantyne (2/1/2010)


    How many times do we have to go through this one ???

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost857143.aspx

    I see another use of that 4 letter word: "dear"



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Florian Reischl (1/30/2010)


    Hi % 🙂

    I like Twitter, since it works like a proactive search engine for technical stuff. Sure, there is a lot of useless noise (sometimes provided by myself...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White (1/29/2010)


    Jeff Moden (1/28/2010)


    Would someone explain to me the attraction to sites like Twitter and FaceBook and explain what they're actually good for so...

    It's a bit like SQL Server...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/29/2010)


    Is it alive? Anybody have a defibrillator?

    I think I might be able to get my hands on one, but it has dead batteries.



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anyone know where the PASS Chapter/User Group discussion forum is? 🙂



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    (Tired of too many nested quotes so I'm starting a new post.)

    If a presenter was doing a LiveMeeting presentation for one PASS Chapter, is there any reason why multiple chapters...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (1/28/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (1/28/2010)


    Today is a Thread Gone Wild day - and I am still catching up.

    So will you pay for travel expenses of those denizens that are...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (1/28/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)


    He may have meant that he has "read the books" and that is basically all he knows whereas others have "so much time on", meaning more time...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/28/2010)


    Today is a Thread Gone Wild day - and I am still catching up.

    So will you pay for travel expenses of those denizens that are closer (Jack in Florida,...



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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (1/28/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (1/28/2010)


    Actually his comment may have been much nicer than we thought, thanks to his poor English.

    He may have meant that he has "read the books" and that...



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