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  • Reply To: How Often Do You Update During Issues?

    Audionova wrote:

    "My concern, however, was that multiple times they noted they would post updates soon, but there were some pretty good gaps in the status messages. While I liked a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    Zidar wrote:

    One more small thing: if we are dealing with poor database design, sometimes neither tuning nor hardware helps.

    Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: SQL Standard Confusion

    Eirikur Eiriksson wrote:

    Adding other lacks of standards such as GQL etc. makes this discussion even more "interesting" (in an utterly English meaning of the word) 😎

    Eirikur, great point.  As with all...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: SQL Standard Confusion

    Maybe we need to consider WHY the languages were confused at the Tower of Babel.  Seems to me that the people were becoming egotistical in thinking they could build a...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    Virshu wrote:

    Our C# developers (who know just enough SQL to be dangerous) write code using Entity Framework and I have trust that Microsoft will generate good SQL. So far so...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Digging into an AI Algorithm

    In terms of AI for medical purposes, the recent progress is astounding and we can be proud that we have participated in the progress.  Last evening I had the privilege...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How Often Do You Update During Issues?

    How often do you update?  I think it depends on your role in the situation.  I spent 42 years in IT including 11 years as manager of an installation so...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Share Your Mistakes

    Well, here we go again.  Over a few days I spent about three hours attempting to set up a new Chromecast device on a second tv.  Kept getting an error...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    LittleMissSQL wrote:

    In my experience people don't care about this, until they really care about it.  Organisations are happy for pretty much anyone to write stored procs, but when their application...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    James.georgitis wrote:

    I keep learning because when stuff finally breaks at 3am because a new release 2 sprints ago competes with this release… fewer and Fewer of us know SQL well...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Query Tuning, Why Bother?

    Why bother?  Well, maybe first of all, it's this thing inside me that makes me want to do it better and faster with less code.  Maybe it's because we all...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Share Your Mistakes

    I remember a time about 50 years ago when I designed a script that deleted a file and then renamed the backup.  It never works the second time.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Time To Recharge

    Grant, hope you enjoy the Gettysburg visit.  If you want it personalized, contact my nephew Tom Clark, tclarkguide@gmail.com, who has been a teacher for years and does guided tours at...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Limited Cloud

    Just read a news story about a CA crime where thieves stole $100 million in jewelry from an armored vehicle.

    Reminds me of my days on the farm.  "Don't put all...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Time To Recharge

    Rayis Imayev wrote:

    I’ve glanced at the title of the latest SQL Server Central newsletter “Lots of Interesting Tech News” and it looked like, “Lost Interest in Tech News” :- ) Then...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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