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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (6/14/2009)


    I even left SSC way back when even a couple of the supposed "good guys" started acting like real twips. It was a real bummer for me...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (6/14/2009)


    Jeff Moden (6/12/2009)


    I just saw the PASS session list. Congrats Gail and Grant!!!

    Congrats to Gail and thanks.

    I've got a spotlight and an alternate in the regular sessions.

    You...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (6/14/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/14/2009)


    Encountering that kinda attitude either in posts, PMs or emails makes me stop and ask myself why the hell I'm doing the forum thing in the first...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (6/14/2009)


    GilaMonster (6/13/2009)


    In all honesty, I couldn't care less. That type of attitude and replies makes me want to walk away...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (6/13/2009)


    From this short interaction, I must say I hope he isn't like this at work. If he interacts with coworkers the same way he did here, it...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Query Optimizer

    dreamslogic (6/13/2009)


    Hi Steve - Here are the choices

    Create a new View

    Use a cursor and store the data in a temporary table

    Create an Indexed View

    Create a User Defined Function to return...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: how to creat the blog in sqlservercentral.com

    PM or mail Steve Jones

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Database Option

    Truncate log on checkpoint is a deprecated option (has been since SQL 2000 I think) and will be removed in a future version. The replacement is to use the recovery...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    In all honesty, I couldn't care less. That type of attitude and replies makes me want to walk away and stop posting....

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What SQL Server Sites do you use?

    Jeff Moden (6/13/2009)


    Jeff Moden (6/13/2009)


    ... nothing's broke here that I can tell.

    ... heh... not counting the search functionality and the code windows, that is. 😛

    And the quote button from time...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    You should get a mail regardless or whether they've accepted your session or not. PASS doesn't just ignore those session that they didn't want. Mail I got was from Elena...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The list's just the spotlight sessions, those were invitation only. If you submitted a general session you should have got an email last night (assuming they weren't sending in batches)...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Case and Count Problem

    Change your counts to sum or change your 0 to NULL

    Count counts the number of rows, it doesn't care if the values in those rows are 1 or 0, either...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: What SQL Server Sites do you use?

    Jeff Moden (6/13/2009)


    Or would that turn into a ring knockers club?

    Maybe, but even if it doesn't, there'll still be the sense of elitism about it and there'll still be people...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • RE: Restrict log file size (SQL server 2005)

    dxmer (6/13/2009)


    Wow, a further explanation that doesn't address the question.

    Ok, since I apparently can't read and have limited ability to comprehend English, will you repeat, for the record, what your...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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