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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    Eirikur Eiriksson (4/3/2015)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)


    It's Friday and I'm grumpy...

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1674050-3412-1.aspx

    Are you grumpy because you are working on the Good Friday or was it the last night "preparation" for it...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Deadlock involving query against sys.tables

    ScottPletcher (4/1/2015)


    You can try to get SQL to make the ALTER the task that SQL kills if a deadlock occurs, but I've found it's not 100% effective.

    SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY -8

    ALTER INDEX...

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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

  • RE: Deadlock involving query against sys.tables

    GilaMonster (4/1/2015)


    ALTER INDEX is a DDL operation, therefore it will be making changes to the system tables, hence needing locks on the rows in the underlying metadata. Without seeing the...

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (3/19/2015)


    I am so proud of myself. I learned how to do substrings and get month names out of C#.net all by my lonesome today.

    Well, mostly. I had to...

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (3/19/2015)


    dwain.c (3/18/2015)


    I can disclose one fact. At my company, 90% of developers are men. Likewise, 90% of testers are women. I don't think we 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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (3/18/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (3/18/2015)


    GilaMonster (3/18/2015)


    Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)


    For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce

    That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, 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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (3/18/2015)


    GilaMonster (3/18/2015)


    Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)


    For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce

    That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but 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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (3/18/2015)


    GilaMonster (3/18/2015)


    Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)


    Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx

    Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.

    OMG! That explains why I've been doing...

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (3/16/2015)


    Ed Wagner (3/16/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (3/16/2015)


    Ed Wagner (3/16/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (3/16/2015)


    So I'm reading my Database Weekly this morning and find a link to Brent Ozar's SQL Rally commentary[/url]. Funny, 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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (3/5/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (3/5/2015)


    SQLRNNR (3/5/2015)


    dwain.c (3/5/2015)


    Is it just that it's been so long that I haven't posted one, or does the Article Contribution Center (article editor) not play well...

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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

  • RE: Restore 2014 to 2008

    Yeah, that's what I thought. I figured I should ask to be absolutely sure.

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (3/2/2015)


    Thank you all for the welcome home messages. It is great to be back in the USA. You don't realize what you have until you don't...

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)


    ... Mark one off, 1 day on the calendar to go. 1 day on the calendar to go, 1 day to go, ...

    Hope your trip home is wonderful

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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

  • RE: The Express Choice

    Absolutely! I frequently move people from Access to SQL Server Express.

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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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (2/26/2015)


    Steve Thompson-454462 (2/26/2015)


    Brandie Tarvin (2/25/2015)


    Need some advice, all. I'm about to rewrite a novel of mine and I need references for research. My protagonist (the star) is humanoid...

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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

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