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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (2/7/2012)


    Now that it is officially posted on facebook, I can start telling everyone.

    Kassondra gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday in Germany. Grayson Matthew was born at...

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  • RE: combine two tables without using join

    dinesh8804 (2/6/2012)


    Nothing like that i have used what u said like only..creating temporary table and using joins only..Thanks for ur help...I just want to know whether its possible or not..But...

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  • RE: Old Dog, New Tricks

    cengland0 (2/6/2012)


    GSquared (2/6/2012)


    Running the SQL code inline, instead of in procs, doesn't actually help with that. Well, unless the people stealing it have never heard of Profiler or traces,...

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  • RE: maxdop?

    Probably not a deadlock or maxdop issue. If a shared connection suffers an error that closes the SPID (16 or higher, if I'm not mistaken), then anything else trying...

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  • RE: Is DBA a limited Profession ?

    Artificial status hierarchies are just that, artificial.

    A Senior DBA will often be better paid than his manager is, so "promotion" becomes simply a change in role.

    The list you gave for...

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  • RE: maxdop?

    Beyond what Grant says, MS recommends setting maxdop to 8 on servers with more than 8 CPUs, because the cost of spreading the job out will be more than the...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (2/6/2012)


    Heh... you guys must be talking about my recent favorite candidate for the "Flying Porkchop Award". I just dope slapped him where he posted two links that...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/6/2012)


    Grrr...

    1 - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1247308-391-1.aspx An article on SVVM in reply to a question on SQL versions.

    2 - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1247195-392-1.aspx A while loop to delete all the rows in a table is...

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  • RE: combine two tables without using join

    It is possible to join without using Join.

    You can Union the tables and then Pivot them. It's a bad idea, takes a lot of work, and you need to...

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  • RE: Old Dog, New Tricks

    cengland0 (2/6/2012)


    jcb (2/6/2012)


    SQL Injection and Performance are 2 items from a wide list why I hate dynamic sql.

    Some app use, at least, parameterized dynamic sql and it blocks most problems...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/3/2012)


    snow, snow, snow.

    Now you're just trying to make me jealous! 🙂

    75F here in Orlando. Just about perfect out for a picnic or something comparable....

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  • RE: combine two tables without using join

    ashutosh.kumarpandey (2/3/2012)


    have you tried cross join...simply

    select * from tableA,tableB

    That (a) won't give the results he outlined, and (b) uses a Join, even if it avoids using that word.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/3/2012)


    Thanks, more than enough editors now.

    What editors? We just want a sneak preview, and we're willing to point out a missing comma or two in order to get...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/2/2012)


    Anyone interested in proof-reading an article on bulk-logged recovery and minimally logged operations? It's titled as an introductory article, but I read the log and might end up with...

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  • RE: Apostrophes and Double Quotes - Should They be Allowed in table Text-Type Columns?

    Nadrek (2/1/2012)


    mtillman-921105 (1/30/2012)


    Well, if they're not already doing so, I hope that new programming languages start using another delimiter for strings other than quotes. Even brackets "[]" would have...

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