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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/15/2011)


    Spent awhile today unable to do anything on a server connected through a Remote Desktop. Everything was fine when I used my machine, but if I tried...

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

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Spent awhile today unable to do anything on a server connected through a Remote Desktop. Everything was fine when I used my machine, but if I tried to type on...

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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 (11/11/2011)


    EEEK! I just sold another story. Happy happy.

    Now I have to write more.

    Awesome! Congratulations. (Sorry, I'm catching up on the thread, but this was too good 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?

    Kiara (11/10/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/10/2011)


    Kiara (11/10/2011)


    In case y'all haven't seen this.. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Query-of-Despair.aspx...

    I'm sure we've all had days like that...

    I inherited a query like that back in 99. It was a 500...

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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?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/10/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/10/2011)


    Kiara (11/10/2011)


    In case y'all haven't seen this.. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Query-of-Despair.aspx...

    I'm sure we've all had days like that...

    I inherited a query like that back in 99. It was a 500...

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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?

    Kiara (11/10/2011)


    In case y'all haven't seen this.. http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Query-of-Despair.aspx...

    I'm sure we've all had days like that...

    I inherited a query like that back in 99. It was a 500 line query with...

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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.
    --------------------------------------
    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?

    Jack Corbett (11/9/2011)


    Roy Ernest (11/9/2011)


    L' Eomot Inversé (11/9/2011)


    GilaMonster (11/9/2011)


    Roy Ernest (11/9/2011)


    Darn, I was submitting an article here and as soon as I uploaded an image, it removed all the previous...

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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?

    SQLRNNR (11/9/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/9/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/9/2011)


    GSquared (11/9/2011)


    GilaMonster (11/9/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/9/2011)


    Am I the only 1 who wants to answer... if you don't know that, then why are you teaching this stuff??

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1202806-150-1.aspx

    Haven't you...

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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?

    Jim Murphy (11/9/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (11/9/2011)


    GSquared (11/9/2011)


    I've asked 'em in an interview. The interviewee passed, because he just exclaimed "I don't know that!" and made the right "screaming noise". ...

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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?

    WayneS (11/9/2011)


    L' Eomot Inversé (11/8/2011)


    The third myth is that normalisation is difficult to understand, intellectually challenging. It isn't - it's just that it's pretty rare that anyone describes it...

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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 (11/9/2011)


    GSquared (11/9/2011)


    GilaMonster (11/9/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (11/9/2011)


    Am I the only 1 who wants to answer... if you don't know that, then why are you teaching this stuff??

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1202806-150-1.aspx

    Haven't you forgotten the old...

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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?

    L' Eomot Inversé (11/9/2011)


    GilaMonster (11/8/2011)


    How can BCNF be sensibly discussed if the earlier normal forms aren't known?

    As far as I can tell, it can't. Obviously it can be discussed,...

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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: SSIS inserts are very slow

    Alexander Suprun (11/7/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/7/2011)


    Alexander Suprun (11/4/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (11/3/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (11/3/2011)


    I forgot to mention something.

    If push comes to shove and you can't use an Execute SQL Task, and absolutely must...

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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?

    L' Eomot Inversé (11/7/2011)


    Gianluca Sartori (11/7/2011)


    Totally different topic: this thread asks how to format datetime values in T-SQL.

    I think this is a very bad habit to kick and 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?

    GSquared (11/3/2011)


    I just found a stored procedure from my predecessor at my current job, and it just kind of made my jaw drop in the elegant simplicity of it's complete...

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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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