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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm on a pretty steep learning curve with a new technology at the moment and AI is probably hindering as much as helping.  The problem is, I don't know what...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: QUOTENAME Behavior

    Is one of the answers supposed to be blank?


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I've got a job!

    I accepted an offer with a small family engineering firm as a SQL Developer.  They've got some big plans for the future and there's going to be...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    For sure. If you're not testing restores, you don' tknow the backups are really working.

    I've seen people have issues, especially if they inherit a system that doesn't use with...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin wrote:

    Neil,

    You know what I've heard a lot of recently? CISSP certified security people are in high demand right now.

    Granted, it's a hard cert to study for and get. You...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    Neil Burton wrote:

    The timing is less than ideal but that 21 years means I'm going to get quite a significant payout.  By my calculations, after tax it's a year's money...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Fixing the Error

    The error message appears to be missing from your message.  Can you tell me, precisely, what the error is please? That will make it much easier to fix the problem.

     

    Sorry,...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The timing is less than ideal but that 21 years means I'm going to get quite a significant payout.  By my calculations, after tax it's a year's money so that...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    It's a big month for me.  After 21 years, I'm being made redundant on the 28th when we finally hand over our contract to another company.  I started at the...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: The Return to the Office Debate

    A town/city thrives because people are in it, using its amenities.

    I find I spend more in the local shops being at home.  I'll go to the butcher more often and...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: The Return to the Office Debate

    I certainly prefer the hybrid setup.  It was never so much the being in the office I didn't like, more the commute.  It felt like two hours a day of...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Subqueries II

    Two of the options look identical.  I'm not sure there's a right answer to this at the moment.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: sqlserver services not stopping even after disconnecting from SSMS

    Are these sessions actually causing problems?  Stopping them could do more harm than good and may not be the quick fix you hope it will be.  It's likely that any...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: sqlserver services not stopping even after disconnecting from SSMS

    SSMS is, as its name suggests, simply a management tool for SQL Server.  The actual SQL Server engine and services run independently of SSMS and continue running whether there...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

  • Reply To: Managing Backup History Options in MSDB

    This proc allows you to delete by database which, according to the question as written, is managing the amount of data.  While it doesn't do the same exact job,...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

    How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

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