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  • RE: Why Can't We Code?

    New Nickname: Evil Steve. There's an E in my last name somewhere. 😉

    [rant]

    Anyway, having done a number of interviews lately (as a consultant, go figure...) I'm sick and bloody...


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  • RE: NEED ADVICE: Safe Boring Corporate Job --> Risky Interesting Contract Job

    wta306 (6/7/2011)


    I've really taken an interest in MS BI development over the past few years and have been considering making a move into consulting.

    I have about 3 yrs...


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  • RE: NEED ADVICE: Safe Boring Corporate Job --> Risky Interesting Contract Job

    wta306 (6/7/2011)


    I should mention that I'm currently employed in a very secure job...but I'm BORED. The "right-way" is constantly tossed aside in favor of the "quick-way". I spend...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (6/7/2011)


    The client-from-hell is no more.

    Hopefully that doesn't mean the same for your general employment? Either way, still less stressful.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Passing a date range to an SSIS package

    davidsalazar01 (6/7/2011)


    Craig or Phil,

    Your suggestions are great. I wanted to know if either one had some time today or this morning and would be willing to connect to...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Invalid In Select List Because Not In GROUP BY Clause

    Do the count as a subquery and join to it to avoid the outer query caring about it.

    Do what Jason recommended below, much cleaner.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Best way to separate "stacked" records

    m_cg (6/6/2011)


    Craig, I was not attempting to quote anyone. i was just commenting on what my answer did not cover.

    Someone else addressed the quote that it appears to remind you...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Best way to separate "stacked" records

    Bill Tidwell (6/6/2011)


    Craig,

    The quotations in your footer have peaked my interest. Who is Douglas Adams?

    BT

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams

    Author to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Data flow performance issue for more no.of rows

    If 17k works and 20k doesn't, set the default max rows to 15000 and give it a try.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Mathematical Theory (controversy!)

    calvo (6/6/2011)


    GSquared (6/6/2011)..."Billion" means two different things on different sides of The Pond.

    wow. I was about to question this when I looked it up, totally threw me for a loop.

    How...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (6/6/2011)


    Agreed - just making sure I'm not giving off anti-war undertones.

    You can be pro-war and still want to see the people you know safe. Double bonus.


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Passing a date range to an SSIS package

    Phil Parkin (6/6/2011)


    Aargh, Farrelled again! 😀

    ROFL! I don't think I've ever heard my name used as a verb before...

    ... well, not for anything good. 😉


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Passing a date range to an SSIS package

    davidsalazar01 (6/6/2011)


    So we would do something like this with the dates as shown below:

    Day 1 (Monday):

    Select getdate() and the last 2 months

    Day 2 (Tuesday):

    Select getdate() and the last 2 months

    And...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Passing a date range to an SSIS package

    Have you thought about storing the configuration in SQL Server instead of in an XML File? Then you can just update the configuration values via T-SQL procedure before kicking...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Is this true?

    Sachin Nandanwar (6/6/2011)


    Hi,

    I am reading one book on SQL Server internals.When explaining the checkpoint process it states that

    "....If the LSN of the dirty page is greater than the LSN...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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