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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/19/2010)


    So in other words I am more irritable than usual. 😉

    Though given his comments about his history, I don't think so much of a 'new DBA'

    Well, I think he's...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/19/2010)


    Is my irritation with this guy justifiable, or a product of a mostly wasted day? (well, until his last post that is)

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic988907-391-1.aspx

    New DBA just in way over his head....


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  • RE: I need some help with a test, please.

    SQL Express 2k5 9.00.3042.00 Desktop machine.

    Sorry it took a bit, I went out and partied last night. 🙂


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  • RE: Make a table in SS from Access

    Os-984017 (9/18/2010)


    But you cannot make a new table with records from other tables in one statement. I was hoping there might be an easy way (or do both steps into...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Make a table in SS from Access

    You're running passthrough queries from Access, right?

    If so, SQL Server is a two part statement. First 'create table blah AS ( bId int, value1 varchar(50))... etc.

    THEN, you do an...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Proper Design pattern for Multiuser Handling (Concurrency)

    pravin.sawant99 (9/18/2010)


    1) Data Retrieved in Grid by multiple users & saved with the help of stored procedure. But first user should be able to update other should get message "Data...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: matched records from table

    For posting sample DDL/tables and data, please do a quick check in the link in my signature, will help out tremendously.


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  • RE: matched records from table

    Ah, I see the confusion.

    You want to test the table to see if the table has the same name in two locations? Can it be any two locations, or...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: May we put the Forums and/Or blog activity on Resume?

    Hey Ali,

    I'm not sure why you would want to. If you were writing articles and getting them published, sure, I could see that being something for a resume. ...


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  • RE: matched records from table

    What Ali mentioned above will put both names on the same line (and any extra data), which is what you'll want 99% of the time in SQL. If you...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: (sql 2008) t-sql concurrency question.

    For starters, you have to understand that everything is a transaction, just you usually don't see it.

    SELECT * from Foo... is a transaction, as is UPDATE Foo SET Bar =...


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  • RE: Multiplying a group by... Can it be done?

    That's just beautiful:

    SELECT

    ss.SecurityID,

    POWER( 10.000000, SUM( LOG10( multiplier))) AS TotMult

    FROM

    ...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Multiplying a group by... Can it be done?

    drew.allen (9/17/2010)


    Well it's not pretty, but you can get the LOG10() of the numbers, sum them and then raise 10 to that power.

    Drew

    That's a deliciously beautiful workaround to the ideas...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)


    Brandie Tarvin (9/17/2010)


    Trey Staker (9/17/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)


    Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?

    I've never walked out on an...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Spid blocking itself

    I've also seen PAGEIOLATCH's block themselves, when they're waiting for drive data, and not seen any multi-threading when I was looking at sysprocesses.


    - 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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