Bonus points to Max!

Lynn, I was just kidding around. The "rude" reference was to the second quote in my list and was intended as a joke. ...

Yes, they had a rat in the moon, much as American Indians see a rabbit in the moon, instead of a man in the moon. Thanks for playing......

Muad'dib was the name the Fremen had for the desert rat. Paul Atreides was also known as Usul (the pillar) among the Fremen. Frankly, I...

So speaks the lady who just tried to tell him that a SUM() was needed to see totals. 😛 You...

Is there an easy way to search for all the threads he has originated?

Even worse 🙁

I graduated high school in 74. I played briefly in...

Hmmmm..... Cast "Dispell CURSOR", roll 3xd20, adjust for windage, carry the two....

I'm going to give away my age with this, but I actually played CHAINMAIL in high school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainmail_(game)

It's really gratifying to see some other people throwing up their hands about him. It took me a couple of weeks to get to that point, but...

Back from lunch. No disagreement on the need to test, and to test with expected production volumes. Some techniques work faster for smaller number of rows...

If I have to search a table that has just few thousands records I do not care about the indexes because they will probably worsen the performance rather then improve...

There is still an undercurrent of seriousness. It's just being layered over with healthy humor. :hehe:

Be happy. You've helped create a community!

Venting is always good.

Hey Steve, please don't take my rants too seriously, even if I sometimes forget to put smileys in. Despite the curmudgeonly text, I'm always...

Another way to think of it: NULL isn't a value in a column, it's the status of a column (the absence of a value).

Here is one of many...

Roy: Yes