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  • RE: Are these good interview questions?

    All of the above is good, but there are a few things you're going to want to know from a technical lead standpoint:

    - Your web programmer and database developer have...


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  • RE: SSIS QUESTION

    Hey Rocky,

    If you can put your data into a consumable format like you'll find in the first link of my signature, there's a pretty easy solution using Tally Tables that...


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  • RE: Plans

    LOL, I should have looked up what re-entrant meant before answering. Oops. 🙂 That'll learn me.

    I wasn't thinking in terms of multiple connections, but the same connection re-entering...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Help please - impossible is happening.

    Pretty much with Ninja on this one. Light up 'actual execution plans' and take a look at the difference in them.

    This parameter: SaveSetIntID='SS20047560'

    My guess is when you get to...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Combining Multiple Rows Into One Row

    raymurphy (5/19/2011)


    Hope I've explained this clearly enough for someone to come up with a solution. I'm sure I'm

    missing an obvious way to go about this, but I'm still nowhere near...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/19/2011)


    mister.magoo (5/19/2011)


    [rant]

    This takes the biscuit http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1112017.aspx

    [/rant]

    I think it's time for happy hour. That's crazy

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA... sorry, but holy newbie! That really needed to be a...


    - 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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (5/19/2011)


    Craig Farrell (5/19/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/19/2011)


    Any chance someone can go a better job than me in explaining this is a bad idea: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1111536-392-1.aspx?Update=1

    Tried my humble best.

    No,...


    - 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: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/19/2011)


    Any chance someone can go a better job than me in explaining this is a bad idea: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1111536-392-1.aspx?Update=1

    Tried my humble best.


    - 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: Access extent and page information of an object

    abygaikwad17 (5/19/2011)


    Hi,

    Few things I would like to know (assuming table is not partitioned):

    1. Can I access extent or page information related to any particular table?

    If so,...


    - 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: The Three Percent Difference

    Interesting discussion.

    There are really only three reasons to work. To get paid, to volunteer to those less fortunate or educated, or to try to better yourself or your surrounds....


    - 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: Combinations and Permutations

    Yeah, that was my first thought Gus, and I found they have the exact same execution plans. I tried it from the other direction, a straight cross join then...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Asynchronous Procesing with Service Broker

    BobA 66314 (5/18/2011)


    B) Also, you recommend Service Broker for using heavy user traffic. What do you recommend for 5 users initiating database actions that take 10 to 90 seconds...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Asynchronous Procesing with Service Broker

    ningaraju.n (5/17/2011)


    Hi Craig Farrell,

    We have done all the indexing and query optimization at the best,So thought of asynchronous processing.Could you please help on this?

    Fire up a new thread on the...


    - 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: Combinations and Permutations

    Brandie Tarvin (5/18/2011)


    Boys, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Jeff Moden gave us a better way.

    DECLARE @MaxTally int;

    SELECT @MaxTally = Max(ID) FROM dbo.Combinations;

    SELECT c.ID, t.N AS TallyID

    FROM dbo.Combinations c

    CROSS JOIN...


    - 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: Combinations and Permutations

    All I've got is an equivalent method that uses joins/ons instead of leaving it all in the WHERE clause, but it's the same execution plan. Subquery had the same...


    - 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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