June 9, 2009 at 11:24 am
In the ER question, I think the OP's actual answer to whomever is asking him should be something along the lines of "No, I've not worked with ER diagrams." :unsure:
Then again, I once evoked great ire from my account manager when consulting when I admitted to a client that I was unfamiliar with a technology that they were looking for. One of our other consultants, who actually *gasp* did know it got the gig, and I think that everyone was happier thereby.
(edited for typo)
June 9, 2009 at 11:25 am
Those are all Interview questions... 🙂
-Roy
June 9, 2009 at 11:27 am
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
He is obviously new to SQL Server and really needs to start doing some research instead of asking such broad based questions like this one.But then again, I could be wrong...
You're not wrong.
Krasavita (6/9/2009)
I need to know if SQL Server can communicate with other applications.
May very well be the one true violation of "there are no dumb questions".
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June 9, 2009 at 11:46 am
GilaMonster (6/9/2009)
Gee BarryRBarryYoung (6/9/2009) Big-O notation categorizes an algorithm's complexity in terms of the dominant term (without any constant factors) of its execution run-time as a function of the length of its input data("N"), as N approaches infinity.
I had to read that a couple times to get the meaning. :hehe:
Yeah, sorry. :blush: In my defense, I did say that it was "simple once you understood it, but hard to explain" and I did tell him to follow your Wikipedia links. It was only after he ignored both of us and asked me again that I gave him a dose of the pure, uncut stuff. 🙂
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June 9, 2009 at 11:53 am
And, FWIW, I had to write it at least three times before I got it right. 🙂
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June 9, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
Jeff Moden (6/9/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
Okay, I must be in pissy mood today and I have NO idea why. I just lmgtfy twice in the same thread...Which tread? I must bear witness to this rarity. 😀
Heh... guess you're human after all. I don't feel too bad about my occasional indiscretion. You shouldn't either.
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June 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm
GilaMonster (6/9/2009)
Gee BarryRBarryYoung (6/9/2009) Big-O notation categorizes an algorithm's complexity in terms of the dominant term (without any constant factors) of its execution run-time as a function of the length of its input data("N"), as N approaches infinity.
I had to read that a couple times to get the meaning. :hehe:
Heh... I got it right away... same as being in the Navy... "the small s--t doesn't matter." 😛
--Jeff Moden
June 9, 2009 at 12:27 pm
RBarryYoung (6/9/2009)
Yeah, sorry. :blush: In my defense, I did say that it was "simple once you understood it, but hard to explain" and I did tell him to follow your Wikipedia links. It was only after he ignored both of us and asked me again that I gave him a dose of the pure, uncut stuff. 🙂
I was just wondering if someone had fed you a dictionary :w00t:
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June 9, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Jeff Moden (6/9/2009)
GilaMonster (6/9/2009)
Gee BarryRBarryYoung (6/9/2009) Big-O notation categorizes an algorithm's complexity in terms of the dominant term (without any constant factors) of its execution run-time as a function of the length of its input data("N"), as N approaches infinity.
I had to read that a couple times to get the meaning. :hehe:
Heh... I got it right away... same as being in the Navy... "the small s--t doesn't matter." 😛
I read it once quickly (which is how I normally read forum posts), realised when I got to the next paragraph that I hadn't got the meaning then went back and re-read it slowly.
Usually the only stuff I have to read slowly is academic texts.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
June 9, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
Could just be me, but I still think our PhD Candidate doesn't have a clue.
Of course not! Don't you know what BS, MS, PhD stand for? "Bull S***", "More S***", "Piled higher and Deeper". He's perfect for that version!
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June 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I just got sucked into the complexity discussion.
"We're caught in a tractor beam..."
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June 9, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Lynn Pettis (6/9/2009)
Could just be me, but I still think our PhD Candidate doesn't have a clue.
AND!! Based on many of the PhD's I have met (this doesn't apply to few), he also seems to have aced the class on "How to lose your common sense." 😉
Aside, why is called "common sense" when it seems so "uncommon"? :Whistling:
June 9, 2009 at 2:13 pm
GilaMonster (6/9/2009)
RBarryYoung (6/9/2009)
Yeah, sorry. :blush: In my defense, I did say that it was "simple once you understood it, but hard to explain" and I did tell him to follow your Wikipedia links. It was only after he ignored both of us and asked me again that I gave him a dose of the pure, uncut stuff. 🙂I was just wondering if someone had fed you a dictionary :w00t:
Heh. At heart, I'll always be a mathematician. :laugh:
Besides, I didn't use the word "asymptotic" even once! 🙂
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June 9, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Maybe someone could send him a blue pawprint?
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