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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (6/10/2009)


    Okay, venting...

    We have our White House Window Washer, our PhD Candidate, our True-Relational Zealot. Do we call this one, The One Who Can't, or Won't, Read?

    Too long....

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    mazzz (6/10/2009)


    Back to reality now, at work after a month-long holiday... It was a shock to the system (although possibly the biggest shock was that I remembered my network password!)

    '123456'...

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  • RE: Mining for Quitters

    reposting, but don't know if I think the tool itself is a problem, it's just a tool. If somebody hits me over the head with a hammer, then that's evil...

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  • RE: Mining for Quitters

    Agree with Jay and Jeff, you need to have an immediate feedback loop in place that is well-used, not just an annual review or monthly touch-base. This has to be...

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    "stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

  • RE: "Greek" data in my SQL table

    Using Jeff's idea of newid() to generate a random ID, here's something that I developed for our company's use. De-identifies data for HIPAA purposes, similar to what you're talking about,...

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  • RE: Forums on your Resume/CV

    Let the record state officially that I have never observed RBarryYoung to in any way condone inappropriate behavior of this sort, and that my post relating to his unfortunate typo...

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  • RE: Forums on your Resume/CV

    RBarryYoung (6/9/2009)


    We goggle all of our applicants and check out all of the URLs on their resume's.

    S'pose that's better than 'ogle-ing' them. Do they have trouble seeing the PC screen...

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  • RE: Should you use your full name as a username?

    Jon Crawford, or Jonathan Crawford, long version. Unfortunately not as unique as Gianluca Sartori, but the only one I got. 😀

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  • RE: Forums on your Resume/CV

    GilaMonster (6/9/2009)


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    GilaMonster (6/9/2009)


    Chances are here that I wouldn't find anything.

    And yet you'd find you. Maybe you should reconsider that?

    Last interview I did was just over a year ago....

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  • RE: Need Help with TRIM

    Ryan, Gail added the carats to show you where to put the value, change to just 103 and it should work better.

    Edit: apologies, Gail, forgot to refresh once I...

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  • RE: Forums on your Resume/CV

    GilaMonster (6/9/2009)


    Chances are here that I wouldn't find anything.

    And yet you'd find you. Maybe you should reconsider that? I even found myself, and I don't know nuthin'. 😉

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (6/8/2009)


    Back from SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola, what did I mess?

    Now there's a loaded question . . .

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Florian Reischl (6/8/2009)


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    Florian Reischl (6/8/2009)


    Oups!

    A typo in my "Smurf"...

    I didn't know if you call him "Daddy" or "Papa". Just thought "Daddy" is more common in US.

    Thanks Jeff!

    Only in the...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ok, not a post here on SSC, but too funny not to share, particularly on a Monday.

    We're going through Functional Testing for an upgrade to our production system, and...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (6/5/2009)


    Heh... I have to tell you, I use the technique in a huge number of different things especially for some really whacko ETL requirements. If MS ever...

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