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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Tom Brown (5/28/2009)


    No sooner had I read the last couple of echo comments than I recieve a notification

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic724894-146-1.aspx

    He's done it again.

    EDIT: and now I'm echoing Roy :hehe:

    DECLARE @answer varchar(8000)

    SELECT TOP...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    TheSQLGuru (5/27/2009)


    Topical and timely words to the wise from Bart Duncan (someone who REALLY knows what is going on with SQL Server) and isn't just a pretender like myself! ...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Max (5/27/2009)


    Sometimes it is the job of the dba to make sure that production servers run smoothly and that code being introduced to prod doesn't adversely effect the server or...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Max (5/27/2009)


    There's shouldn't be any need to validate the second part of the OR clause when the first condition has been met. I would be perplexed if this was the...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    TheSQLGuru (5/22/2009)


    My apologies to Gianluca.

    No problem. I have to thank you indeed, because you gave me the opportunity to raise one of the most challenging aspects of working as a...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (5/22/2009)


    It's between him and me (and if necessary Steve). No need for anyone else to get involved and absolutely no need to 'flame' the perpetrator.

    I'm sorry I posted here...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Gianluca Sartori (5/22/2009)


    I'm a member since 2001

    I have to correct myself, I found my old account and it's dated 2004.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Honestly, I would find paragraphs 2 and 3 quite offending if they were directed at me.

    I'm sorry, I don't know English well enough to understand if you are referring to...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Hi everybody! I see that "The Thread" is now focusing on bad replies, so please let me know: was this http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost721477.aspx really a bad reply? Did I deserve the...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    I spent the last 10 minutes reading over and over my post, and I can't find the offending sentence that set you up that bad. Please note that English is...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Thinking on the performance side, I can only agree with you, but you can't forget that performance is just one of the qualitites of a good software: what about maintainability?...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Thanks everybody, I think everything is clearer now.

    Short circuiting is a topic I've always found interesting, but neved had the time (or skills) to investigate deeply.

    I think I can...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    She didn't actually find us, but she was linked here from this http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost720460.aspx thread, that apparently has become a sort of "bulletin board" because all major experts are participating...

    Hope you...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    I tried the same test code on a SQLServer 2000 box and I get the same results (original tests had been made on a 2005 x64 box).

    No news, just a...

  • RE: Query Timeout

    Thanks for your opinion, Gail: I longly wished you came across this thread to shed some light.

    Can you help us with some ideas on the short circuit side?

    Thanks

    Gianluca

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