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  • Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

    F.clems, if you need to use tricks and manipulation to bypass the system in order to get a good result, then the system is broken, don't you think?

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  • Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

    Jeff, what you describe is the essence of Agile Development, as it's done nowadays.

    to fix the quality of software product the industry has to outlaw terms "agile", "sprint", etc.

    You can...

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  • Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    the industry also has a track record of many improvements that are improvements. Hence my post. It's easy to be too negative or positive. I am striving for a...

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  • Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    Having a constant lack of faith that things can improve, doesn't seem to be helpful for me.

    No doubt - things can improve.

    But - they don’t.

    Because those who do won’t...

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  • Reply To: Do it. Try it. Fix it.

    Does not sound right.

    Let's try to match it to a normal dev project plan:

    Do it - development

    Try it - testing

    Fix it - ??? Deployment is not fixing. Fixing is redevelopment,...

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    datascientist7 wrote:

    Nope, learned what DBA means here!

    I cant say no.  I always say yes.  When Bedford changes back from a town to a locality, I can make the change in...

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    datascientist7 wrote:

    So you are saying that SQL Saturday is only about live databases, not those used for reporting?

    No, it’s not what I’m saying.

    It’s your choice to use SSAS, MDX and...

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    datascientist7 wrote:

    From Semiconductors to USMC to War in Afghanistan to state government, the "DBAs" and "IT" of this world's answer is "No".

    Why are you surprised?

    Don’t you know what “DBA” stands...

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    OK, let’s add another definition:

    SQL : Structured Query Language.

    I have to use MDX to query an SSAS cube.

    MDX is not SQL, it’s a different tool to work with data. Different...

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    What do you put in "SQL"?

    Because SSC is where I learnt to do SQL right.

    So, it must've be about SQL, to some extent. 🙂

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  • Reply To: SQL isnt SQL

    I've been in similar situation.

    data analysts from around the world wanted to be able designing and running customised reports from the live data as it's being updated by continuously arriving...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin wrote:

    I look at it all, though. When I'm on the JAM, I can instantly see failures, but I also look at jobs that have been executing too long (stuff...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin wrote:

    A few years ago, when I was getting ready for maternity leave, we hired a contractor to fill my position. While I was training them, I showed them how...

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  • Reply To: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange wrote:

    So we have this third party shipping system that is...well...user hostile at best. To add insult to injury for the users the system has been suffering increased performance problems...

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  • Reply To: Function to split string

    It works until it’s below the parallel execution threshold. You never tested it on really long strings, like 10k elements, did you?

    once the parallelism kicks in the order of the...

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