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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    Greg Edwards-268690 (8/3/2010)

    Hope those in the northern regions have clear skies for the possilbe light show tonight.

    Light show?

    The Northern Lights or meteor shower?

    Meteor shower. Scroll down to August...

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    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 11:01 am

    #1201682

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (8/3/2010)

    About a year after 9/11, I had to fly to CA every month. Every single trip I had something taken from me, either in Denver, or...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 10:09 am

    #1201654

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jcrawf02 (8/3/2010)

    I just don't think it's smart. It's very American to build in such a place to declare your freedom of religion, and a bold statement of reconciliation (potentially), but...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 9:47 am

    #1201641

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part II

    Charles Kincaid (8/3/2010)

    Great article. If you have to parse strings in SQL then having the tally table is great.

    I would have appraoched the problem with a different tool set.

    SELECT...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 9:39 am

    #1201635

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (8/3/2010)

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/3/2010)

    WayneS (8/3/2010)

    Steve Jones - Editor (8/3/2010)

    Since this is the water cooler, any comments?

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/ground-mosque-plan-stirs-controversy/story?id=10670631

    There's a quote in this article that sums up my feelings:

    "On the one hand,...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 9:25 am

    #1201621

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part I

    jim.jaggers1 (8/3/2010)

    And, a question on type casting. I notice you use explicit type casting with

    Cast(Ceiling(Cast(YearDay as real)/Cast(7 as real))as int)

    and similar functions. ...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 9:18 am

    #1201616

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part I

    jim.jaggers1 (8/3/2010)

    Stefan,

    Great article. I always enjoy seeing the set based alternatives to the iterative approach.

    And, I love the math. I...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 9:09 am

    #1201605

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (8/3/2010)

    Steve Jones - Editor (8/3/2010)

    Since this is the water cooler, any comments?

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/ground-mosque-plan-stirs-controversy/story?id=10670631

    There's a quote in this article that sums up my feelings:

    "On the one hand, stopping a mosque...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:56 am

    #1201597

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Chris Morris-439714 (8/3/2010)

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/3/2010)

    Gianluca Sartori (8/3/2010)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/3/2010)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    You could get burned and find yourself without options (and jobs) if a employer decides they don't have...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:54 am

    #1201596

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gianluca Sartori (8/3/2010)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/3/2010)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    You could get burned and find yourself without options (and jobs) if a employer decides they don't have the budget for that...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:28 am

    #1201581

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part II

    Frank Bazan (8/3/2010)

    What a cool application of the tally table. When I have string manipulation issues, I've always taken the educated guess / trial and error approach much like other...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:25 am

    #1201573

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (8/3/2010)

    Steve Jones - Editor (8/3/2010)

    I think we have a pretty good balance in the US, though tipping a little from side to side at times.

    I believe the official...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:12 am

    #1201560

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part II

    kenglish-729097 (8/3/2010)

    Interesting application of Tally, but when I am looking for issues like this I just cast into varbinary and compare the resulting hex strings. This seems much simpler...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 8:06 am

    #1201551

  • RE: Tally Table Uses - Part I

    Thanks Steve.

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 3, 2010 at 7:49 am

    #1201531

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (8/2/2010)

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/2/2010)

    Roy Ernest (8/2/2010)

    Five heads are better than two... Or so they think.. 🙂 That is why they prefer to take 5 not so good personnel (that...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

    August 2, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    #1201322

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