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  • RE: Data Vices

    Good enough... Lord knows why I started back up after quitting twice for a year, but, both times, I still went to the smoking deck... smoking or not, people seem...

    December 6, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    #908850

  • RE: Power and Deception of CTEs

    timothyawiseman (12/6/2008)

    Jeff Moden (12/6/2008)

    timothyawiseman (12/5/2008)

    To slightly modify a quote from Larry Wall, "SQL is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one."

    I'm...

    December 6, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    #908849

  • RE: Automating Excel from SQL Server

    ricol (12/5/2008)

    I have heard this story before, and before and before.

    Still my stuff runs stable!!! All nights all year around.

    So why all these bad stories, show me the proof!! I...

    December 6, 2008 at 11:12 am

    #908832

  • RE: Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs

    Judy (12/5/2008)

    From here I learn how to use Tally table, QuoteName, Grouping.

    Thank you!:D

    Thank YOU! I absolutely love feedback like this. I love to teach and I love to...

    December 6, 2008 at 9:33 am

    #908823

  • RE: Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs

    Christopher Stobbs (12/5/2008)

    you might be surprised but I think just the way that you shared some of you own style and techniques in this article really opened up my knowledge...

    December 6, 2008 at 9:30 am

    #908822

  • RE: The Exceptional DBA: Soft Skills

    crainlee2 (12/5/2008)

    Tony,

    I am starting to see a lot of job requirements listings like this for DBAs, system admins, and software developers.

    We know, and some managers know, that no one has...

    December 6, 2008 at 9:05 am

    #908818

  • RE: Recommended path for advanced training?

    That's a pretty good analogy of the differences between set based and cursors. Now, I know why you write books. 🙂 Well, done, Brandie!

    December 6, 2008 at 8:29 am

    #908813

  • RE: Processing a non-locked row update from within a TRANSACTION

    John Barry (12/4/2008)

    Jeff,

    This is great. You're awesome - thanks so much for your help. Death to RBAR !!!

    Regards,

    John

    Sorry, John... I got way behind on my emails...

    First, thanks for...

    December 6, 2008 at 8:23 am

    #908811

  • RE: Power and Deception of CTEs

    timothyawiseman (12/5/2008)

    To slightly modify a quote from Larry Wall, "SQL is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one."

    I'm definitely for that...

    December 6, 2008 at 8:18 am

    #908810

  • RE: Look up a table fields, data type, etc.

    bitbucket (12/5/2008)

    Jeff

    Pickle juice or formaldehyde? With or without pork chops?

    Worked on that SP long before I hand the pleasure and enlightenment of reading your articles, and learning from...

    December 6, 2008 at 8:09 am

    #908809

  • RE: Convert Rows to columns so...

    fausto usme (12/5/2008)

    >>Heh... No matter where it's done, I'll still like to know why the BA thinks >>that listing an unknown number hospital rooms horizontally is the right thing >>to...

    December 5, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    #908751

  • RE: Data Vices

    pmcpherson (12/5/2008)

    I ahve noticed that 2 smokers who don’t know each other will at least say “Hi” when standing next to each other outside. Two non-smokers can sit next...

    December 5, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    #908728

  • RE: Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns

    Kris (12/5/2008)

    I was reading somewhere that instead of using cross tabs they used inner joins on same table, Is it save to assume that both Pivot and Cross Tabs preform...

    December 5, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    #908727

  • RE: Data Vices

    Heh... I do smoke, but it's better than fuming. 😛 and, I drink about 3 to 4 quarts of coffee a day which is still less Caffeine than someone...

    December 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    #908676

  • RE: Data Vices

    Sorin Petcu (12/5/2008)

    Oh, I hate smoking and its effect!! There are many peoples here where I am working who go out of the building and smoke. This is wasting...

    December 5, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    #908675

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