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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (1/11/2013)


    Guess I should stop procrastinating and get a couple of articles written as well.

    Same here. Heck, I've got one that's completely written in longhand on a plane...


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  • RE: I just became Keeper of the Ring. And I'm Boromir.

    Jamie Scharbrough (1/10/2013)


    Now, maybe I'm not looking in the right place, but I can't seem to find any backup schedules. I checked Config Manager, I checked Task Scheduler, I even...


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  • RE: many to many join and union all

    wtolbert (1/9/2013)


    I have the schema and data. Not sure where I should attach it?

    Instead of attaching it, it's best if you simply put it into the post and wrap...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Problemn with Right outer Join

    beerinders (1/9/2013)


    All,

    I am facing issue while using Right outer join in one of my queries (explained below using the temp table).Left outer join seems to return expected results while Right...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (1/9/2013)


    Evil Kraig F (1/9/2013)


    SQLRNNR (1/9/2013)


    Evil Kraig F (1/9/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2013)


    Wow. Brain bleach. NOW PLEASE.

    Oh, c'mon. I'm not THAT ugly...

    *sighs*

    Snake LOVER:alien:

    Snake Lover

    And when you've been bit?

    Well, that's obvious...

    The only...


    - 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?

    SQLRNNR (1/9/2013)


    Evil Kraig F (1/9/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2013)


    Wow. Brain bleach. NOW PLEASE.

    Oh, c'mon. I'm not THAT ugly...

    *sighs*

    Snake LOVER:alien:

    Snake Lover


    - 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: database design, your thoughts on an issue with developers

    If you'd like an easy discussion with your developers, here's my usual approach. Databases are really just backup containers. If the information in these four databases needs to...


    - 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?

    Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2013)


    Wow. Brain bleach. NOW PLEASE.

    Oh, c'mon. I'm not THAT ugly...

    *sighs*


    - 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.

    For better assistance in answering your questions[/url] | Forum Netiquette
    For index/tuning help, follow these directions.[/url] |Tally Tables[/url]

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (1/9/2013)


    dwain.c (1/8/2013)


    Am I the only one that finds these kinds of SQL puzzles fun?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1403293-392-1.aspx

    Come on! Surely some of you heavyweights can whip up a cool solution to...


    - 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?

    Public Service Announcement:

    If you tend to move a lot (say, once every few years), you need to contact UPS and tell them to NOT ship to your old address(es) if...


    - 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 distribution

    What exactly are you looking for, the heuristics?

    I mean, straight data distribution could be done with a SELECT column, COUNT(*) AS cnt FROM table GROUP BY column.

    Can you 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: Table Variable Parameters - Odd design choices or am I just not finding the answer

    opc.three (1/8/2013)


    I wasn't sure the crux of your issue so I threw some code out there thinking it might initiate a discussion. I am happy to help move the ball...


    - 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: Question about Optional Parameters in Stored Procedures

    Jacob Pressures (1/8/2013)


    Sorry I don't mean end user. To me a user is who is going to be using my stored procedure. Perhaps i should say developers but that too...


    - 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: Question about Optional Parameters in Stored Procedures

    Jacob Pressures (1/8/2013)


    I'm going to check out the link Craig! Thx

    No problem, my pleasure.

    Table Value Parameters seem like a lot of work. I don't fully understand how a user is...


    - 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: Fact/Dimension design suggestions

    Bear with me, I'm going to try to extract every assumption I can make from this but there's not a lot to work with yet. I'm doing it 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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