Glad you enjoyed it, GSquared.

I won't say that certs are the only way to get a DBA job, but they definitely help those who come from different industries and have...

Unfortunately, Chrissy, you're going to have to make the time. But, if you want my spin on this whole situation (i.e., how I did it), check out the following...

Wow. I just found the main problem with the query.

I gave my co-worker a couple of CTEs which pull into temp tables. Unbeknownst to me, he decided to...

Actually, Grant, on my Google of the stuff, wikipedia said Lithium Bromide was used for bi-polar disorder too, which is probably where Chris's comment came from.

Weird. They feed this...

You're quite welcome. At least you've been working in IT. I had to come from a completely unrelated field. This means...

Wow. I'm WAAAAAY off. just googled it. It's air conditioning fluid.

I guess it beats freon. @=)

Chris said:

Grant Fritchey (3/14/2008)

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I don't know if I'd call poking holes in water the "front lines" but from what I saw of the AF, you guys had it pretty...

So Grant, do you happen to have the receipe for Chicken Chernobyl Stew?

(@duck)

Jeff,

My initial run was against 10 million records (again, not my code) and after about 16 + hours, I killed it. Hence me trying against 1000 rows to test...

Bob, I have only one thing to say to your story... OUCH!

At least your "current" employer was looking out for you, though. Still, it would have been nice if...

You both have good points. But for the sake of argument, let's say the column isn't indexed and can't be for whatever reason. Why does an Equals seem...

This isn't my code. But I think I'll make that suggestion to the person whose code it is. I agree that the Source is causing problems.

An you make...

I KNEW IT!

I told you, Bob. Didn't I tell you? Post a challenge and even SSC.Com's Lord & Master has to contribute!!!!

😀

Tell us of your geekdom, Oh Great...

My co-workers think I've gone insane. I'll be reading some of the posts and almost fall out of my chair laughing.

Boss comes by and says, "So, what are YOU...

Bob,

Please don't encourage us to continue this thread simply for the sake of beating a record of "most posts" (related or unrelated). All it takes is a mention of...