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  • RE: A Stumbling Count

    izblank (6/1/2011)


    Or, suppose you need to calculate sum of squares of consecutive integers. You could do it in a loop, or you could expand your Tally table to...

    Tom

  • RE: Raw Materials - Recipe for Disaster

    gonickl (5/6/2009)


    Cool! Never heard of Chef, the programming language. Can it unscramble eggs? β€”the Cartoonist

    No, that activity is covered only in the Royal Cavalry Regiment's Egg Unscrambling manual.

    Tom

  • RE: The Ad Hoc Change

    paul.knibbs (5/31/2011)


    Ironically, it's actually easier to make manual adjustments like this in a badly designed database--normalisation makes things easier for computers but a lot harder for people!

    It's demonstrably false than...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Fal (6/1/2011)


    Tom.Thomson (5/31/2011)


    I saw Gus's new sig, couldn't resist changing mine. For a while only, probably, maybe, or not.

    Tom, there's something I've been meaning to ask you, since I think...

    Tom

  • RE: Resource Governor

    Thanks Steve. Another nice one - indisputable answer (Drat! Now that I've said that probably someone will dispute it). But why two points?

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    SQLRNNR (5/31/2011)


    Could you define that word - vacation?

    I'm also having a hard time understanding what the word holiday means.

    Easy.

    vacation: being in a state of staring vacantly at today's morning meeting's...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I saw Gus's new sig, couldn't resist changing mine. For a while only, probably, maybe, or not.

    Tom

  • RE: The Backup Passwords

    brian.schallhammer (5/27/2011)


    Why create a false sense of security by encrypting the backups, while giving "trusted" employees all the keys? Trust no one! πŸ™‚

    Since the PASSWORD feature is going...

    Tom

  • RE: Page compression

    I answered the second sentence, after reading the whole question (or, rather, both questions ;-)). But I did that with some trepidation, as guessing which of the two questions...

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    SQLRNNR (5/26/2011)


    Peter Trast (5/26/2011)


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    SQLRNNR (5/26/2011)


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    Brandie Tarvin (5/26/2011)


    Peter Trast (5/25/2011)


    I heard the rain stop, then felt the pressure change in my ears and then heard the...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2011)


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    jcrawf02 (5/26/2011)


    Wow, you thought that there were too many other DBAs that were better suited than Brandie? That's not very nice...

    πŸ˜›

    Funny, but you know this...

    Tom

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Roy Ernest (5/26/2011)


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    Roy Ernest (5/26/2011)


    I have an idea for one of persons who want to go to SQL Pass summit for free (Except air travel)....

    Tom

  • RE: Bad Passwords

    nigel. (5/26/2011)


    Steve,

    Thanks for that question, I'd was not aware of 'loginproperty' until now.

    One question though. I tried to recreate your scenario but always get '1900-01-01 01:00:00.000' as the result....

    Tom

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Daniel Bowlin (5/25/2011)


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    Brandie Tarvin (5/25/2011)


    SQLRNNR (5/25/2011)


    restart

    retread

    retreat

    Run away!! Run away!!

    Flee! Flee!! Flea!!!

    Tom

  • RE: Lock Escalation

    SanDroid (5/25/2011)


    GilaMonster (5/25/2011)


    If the table is partitioned, lock escalation will be allowed to partition. After the lock is escalated to the partition level, the lock will not be escalated later...

    Tom

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