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  • RE: Code smells versus transgressions

    Can anyone think of a use case for a scalar function that simply selects data from other tables?

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Code smells versus transgressions

    should be banned from any respectable SQL Server database?

    It's an interesting psychological distinction; that between "is not ideal" and "should be banned". "Should be banned" means the person who...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: On formatting SQL code

    I'm sure Mr Factor had an evil smirk on his face when he wrote this. The survey results lend weight to my supposition 😉

    Having worked in a variety of...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Auto Generate Your Database Documentation

    Why in the world wouldn't you add this information to the database modelling tool used to design the database and create the build script for it?

    Obviously that's the ideal situation,...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: A Lightweight, Self-adjusting, Baseline-less Data Monitor

    Excellent article and some very cogent comments by kenambcrose.

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Hidden Adjacent groups causing entire report to be blank

    I wonder whether it might have something to do with the way you've structured your original query. It might be worth looking at having a column called "subordinate type" (pet,...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Reporting tools setup and best practices?

    This is a very open-ended question that could take a loooong time to answer well. tl;dr: Know your customers, know the technology, be a team player.

    First do some research. Things...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: changing ssrs report that has several embedded reports

    You can't dynamically set the position of objects in rdls (sadly). There may be workarounds that go some of the way though depending on how complex the "subreports" are. If...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: ssrs : box sneaking to the left side of the footer

    What does the middle box display? I'm assuming that iif(Globals!PageNumber = Globals!TotalPages, False, True)is in the "Hidden" property of the middle box.

    Instead of hiding the middle box have you thought...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Byte Me: Get-Help

    Re SSMS shortcuts. I often have BIDS (or whatever it's called this week) open on one screen and SSMS open on another. A few times I've hit F5 thinking SSMS...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: SQL Performance Elevenses

    It works out the best plan, based on what you want, the distribution and size of the data, and the indexes it can use for your query.

    My possibly flawed understanding...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: But we've always done it that way…

    I love that you chose the trusty old NOLOCK hint as an example. I started work at a particular organisation many years ago and found the God-like NOLOCKs reverently placed...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: When to ignore analysis services build warnings

    This is one of the most detailed and thoughtful replies I've seen for a long time. I'm very grateful for the time you put into this and I'm sorry I...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Would a Duress Password be a Good Idea?

    Of course all of this assumes your DBA or sysadmin is beyond reproach. I worked as a bank clerk many years before I'd ever heard of SQL Server. In their...

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

  • RE: Using a column name in a COUNT function

    Er... Is this the right room for an argument?

    ...One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important.... Bertrand Russell

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