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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    On the subject of cricket, and indeed watching sport in general, I learned a very useful little tip yesterday to make it much more easy to discreetly keep an eye...

    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

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    June 17, 2014 at 1:38 am

    #1722155

  • RE: CTE DML

    rhythmk (6/17/2014)

    Thanks for question.It reminds me the trick to delete the duplicate records in a table đŸ™‚

    Could you enlighten me on that please? It sounds very useful.

    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

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    June 17, 2014 at 1:02 am

    #1722143

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    I'd rather have that everyone contributes a fixed amount and that drinks are bought from this "money pool" during the evening.

    That's a great idea if there's a big group...

    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

    June 16, 2014 at 6:48 am

    #1721931

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    Gary Varga (6/16/2014)

    It's just like rounds at the bar: it is great when you don't bother count as some days you are surprised how little money you have left in...

    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

    June 16, 2014 at 6:36 am

    #1721921

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    I was once on a team where each of use would take turns getting a round of drinks in (zero cost i.e. free tea, coffee, water etc.). Some would get...

    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

    June 16, 2014 at 5:40 am

    #1721903

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    It depends on the size of the operation I suppose. If it's only a small place, then there may not be the budget for a cleaner but in larger...

    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

    June 16, 2014 at 1:10 am

    #1721849

  • RE: Developers vs. DBAs

    @thomashohner

    It's hugely frustrating when your results are questioned because they don't match what is expected or what somebody wants to see. I've recently been sending a lot of emails...

    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

    June 13, 2014 at 7:37 am

    #1721470

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    crookj (6/13/2014)

    Ed Wagner (6/13/2014)

    Stuart Davies (6/13/2014)

    BWFC (6/13/2014)

    Wild Turkey

    Wild Horses

    Equestrian

    (my little) Pony. Got a young granddaughter visiting........

    Express

    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

    June 13, 2014 at 6:53 am

    #1721448

  • RE: Developers vs. DBAs

    thomashohner (6/13/2014)

    Jeff you must have a crystal ball??! You just described yesterday for me. I actually had to say this in a email to one of our administrator's, "My reports...

    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

    June 13, 2014 at 6:52 am

    #1721447

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jasona.work (6/13/2014)

    Awful quiet in here over the last couple days...

    Should we turn out the lights on this thread?

    :hehe:

    It only takes a gentle poke to wake it.

    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

    June 13, 2014 at 6:35 am

    #1721440

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Wild Turkey

    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

    June 13, 2014 at 1:23 am

    #1721335

  • RE: Surrounding proc definitions with BEGIN ... END

    I agree with you there Phil. I don't really see the point of enclosing the proc in the the BEGIN END block when it works just as well without....

    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

    June 12, 2014 at 5:03 am

    #1720998

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Stuart Davies (6/10/2014)

    Revenant (6/9/2014)

    Ed Wagner (6/9/2014)

    eccentricDBA (6/9/2014)

    Daniel Bowlin (6/9/2014)

    Ed Wagner (6/9/2014)

    Page

    turner

    & hooch

    Castle

    Elephant

    Room

    Space

    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

    June 10, 2014 at 1:09 am

    #1720285

  • RE: Weird Join Problem

    Thanks Chris, I'll definitely look that up and it's certainly something to bear in mind for the future. I think both my colleague and I learned something 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

    June 10, 2014 at 1:04 am

    #1720282

  • RE: Weird Join Problem

    ChrisM@Work (6/9/2014)

    BWFC (6/9/2014)

    ChrisM@Work (6/9/2014)

    BWFC (6/9/2014)

    ChrisM@Work (6/9/2014)

    Is there any chance that your original query - the one with the error - had a filter for the comma in the WHERE clause?...

    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

    June 9, 2014 at 8:55 am

    #1720125

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