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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (1/19/2009)

    I keep biohazard emblems for all occasions. Sort of like online mood rings. You too can compile your own library if you just search...

    January 19, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    #929404

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (1/19/2009)

    Hey Jeff: Would you consider distributing it privately?

    Sure... right after you tell me where you got that awesome rendition of the bio-hazard icon. 😛 I'd...

    January 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    #929395

  • RE: Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins

    TheSQLGuru (1/19/2009)

    Sorry Jeff, but you are completely disconnected from reality on this topic. And since I have tried umpteen times to get you to realize that I won't bother...

    January 19, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    #929393

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (1/19/2009)

    Here's a good blog post about people just implementing solutions form the internet or forums without caring why:

    http://www.straightpathsql.com/blog/2009/1/18/empirical-evidence.html

    I found this on a tweet by Jonathan Kehayias.

    How odd... I...

    January 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    #929383

  • RE: Opening & Closing Stock Problem

    Better than all of that, let's see what YOU have tried. We're not consultants that work for free to write other people's code... we're here to help you with...

    January 19, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    #929379

  • RE: Phone Numbers Table Design

    I keep trying to walk people into a more generic solution but I keep seeing the word "NPA" as a column name. This is something like what I'm trying...

    January 19, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    #929373

  • RE: Need output as 1,2,3,...10

    I guess that's what I'm getting at, folks. My answer to such a question in an interview would be to first answer the question correctly as many of you...

    January 19, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    #929363

  • RE: Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins

    Charles Kincaid (1/19/2009)

    Sorry, Jeff. I was not clear enough. My contention is that a C# CLR proc and a VB CLR proc would run the same as each...

    January 19, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    #929358

  • RE: Surface Possibilities

    Steve Jones - Editor (1/18/2009)

    I hadn't thought about the repetitive motion thing. I guess long term it could be, but for presentations, they're an hour or two. I wish I...

    January 19, 2009 at 11:23 am

    #929330

  • RE: Why do people need to do this?

    Ramesh (1/18/2009)

    I would like to share my thoughts on the need of such rules.

    I have the punch/swipe card data imported from some other system in the following format...

    EmployeeNo, CardReaderNo, CardReaderType,...

    January 19, 2009 at 10:57 am

    #929323

  • RE: Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins

    Charles Kincaid (1/19/2009)

    Given competent coders on both sides C# vs VB races based on execution speeds mostly end in dead heats.

    Hi Charles... thanks for joining in. Just curious about...

    January 19, 2009 at 10:50 am

    #929321

  • RE: Need output as 1,2,3,...10

    ... and, still, in an interview, none of the solutions are the correct answer.

    Other than a firedrill on this forum, when have any of you actually had to concatenate data...

    January 18, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    #929018

  • RE: Selecting from temp table outside SP?

    ALZDBA (1/18/2009)

    1) create your temp tables up front in stead of using select into.

    What is the advantage?

    January 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    #929017

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Heh... Someone (another MVP, actually) recently suggested that I write an article having to do with optimizing cursors for those who can't or won't think in terms of set based...

    January 18, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    #929015

  • RE: Cursor

    rog pike (1/17/2009)

    Jeff Moden (1/17/2009)

    Simon,

    I wonder if you'd do me a favor... I realize it's been about 4 months since the last post, but I need to ask... why did...

    January 18, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    #929009

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