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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50021 More actions · Answer 1

Thom A - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 3:39 PM

Anyone else find it really frustrating when someone (with like <=5 points) posts an incomplete question, but you think "Yeah, I think I know what they want, but need a little clarification", and then you, or someone else has asks for it. Then, 48 hours later, although people have guessed, the OP never comes back... I mean, they probably went to Stack Overflow, and any other support site they could find, but some do peak my interest and other peoples insights are great for learning.

It's like reading a book, getting half way through and finding out the rest of the pages are blank. >_<

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50021 More actions · Answer 2

jasona.work

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April 6, 2017 at 6:48 am

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So, came across this article today...
Looks like someone has had a RGE
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/05/scottrade_vendor_exposed_20000_customer_accounts/
https://about.scottrade.com/news/releases/2017/statement-on-cloud-data-set.html

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172918 More actions · Answer 3

jasona.work - Thursday, April 6, 2017 6:45 AM

Thom A - Wednesday, April 5, 2017 3:39 PM

Anyone else find it really frustrating when someone (with like <=5 points) posts an incomplete question, but you think "Yeah, I think I know what they want, but need a little clarification", and then you, or someone else has asks for it. Then, 48 hours later, although people have guessed, the OP never comes back... I mean, they probably went to Stack Overflow, and any other support site they could find, but some do peak my interest and other peoples insights are great for learning.

It's like reading a book, getting half way through and finding out the rest of the pages are blank. >_<

Obligatory
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png
(Sorry, can't properly set links where I'm at, IE locked down 6 ways to Sunday)

Oh, so so so so true... Been down that path many times.

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Chris Harshman SSC-Forever Points: 42179 More actions · Answer 4

Chris Harshman

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April 7, 2017 at 8:14 am

#1937216

So is it just me, or does that white sheep in the SQL Clone banner adds remind anyone else of Shaun the sheep?
http://www.shaunthesheep.com/

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 5

Chris Harshman - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:14 AM

So is it just me, or does that white sheep in the SQL Clone banner adds remind anyone else of Shaun the sheep?
http://www.shaunthesheep.com/

Speaking of clones, various areas of SSC are showing duplicates. One of them is PM's - I've received only one today but it shows up three times in the list.

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For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99009 More actions · Answer 6

Chris Harshman - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:14 AM

So is it just me, or does that white sheep in the SQL Clone banner adds remind anyone else of Shaun the sheep?
http://www.shaunthesheep.com/

Not really, if I'm honest. If I think of Shaun the Sheep, I think of him in "A Close Shave", rather than own spin off, where he's walking around on all fours and eating Wallace's newspaper. 🙂 There are definite similarities on some of the images of him on his merchandise and the one on SSC though.

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 7

Thom A - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:40 AM

Chris Harshman - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:14 AM

So is it just me, or does that white sheep in the SQL Clone banner adds remind anyone else of Shaun the sheep?
http://www.shaunthesheep.com/

Not really, if I'm honest. If I think of Shaun the Sheep, I think of him in "A Close Shave", rather than own spin off, where he's walking around on all fours and eating Wallace's newspaper. 🙂 There are definite similarities on some of the images of him on his merchandise and the one on SSC though.

I don't see it (the similarities).

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286562 More actions · Answer 8

SQLRNNR - Friday, April 7, 2017 10:25 AM

Thom A - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:40 AM

Chris Harshman - Friday, April 7, 2017 8:14 AM

So is it just me, or does that white sheep in the SQL Clone banner adds remind anyone else of Shaun the sheep?
http://www.shaunthesheep.com/

Not really, if I'm honest. If I think of Shaun the Sheep, I think of him in "A Close Shave", rather than own spin off, where he's walking around on all fours and eating Wallace's newspaper. 🙂 There are definite similarities on some of the images of him on his merchandise and the one on SSC though.

I don't see it (the similarities).

I don't either...aside from them both being sheep.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172918 More actions · Answer 9

Baaa.

I find this whole sheep discussion offensive. Well, more like boring.

It's putting me to sleep. :hehe:

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 10

Brandie Tarvin - Friday, April 7, 2017 10:58 AM

Baaa.

I find this whole sheep discussion offensive. Well, more like boring.

It's putting me to sleep. :hehe:

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Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR - Friday, April 7, 2017 11:04 AM

Brandie Tarvin - Friday, April 7, 2017 10:58 AM

Baaa.

I find this whole sheep discussion offensive. Well, more like boring.

It's putting me to sleep. :hehe:

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Welsh serenade.

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For better assistance in answering your questions, please read this[/url].

Understanding and using APPLY, (I)[/url] and (II)[/url] Paul White[/url]

Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins[/url] / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url] Jeff Moden[/url]

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 12

TomThomson wrote:

ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM[/b]

Just today to get through before SQLBits. Anyone else from here going to be there?

I can't make it, promised the wife I would stay and look after her (she's pretty ill) out here at least until after Easter (and then I'll take her back to the UK) so I'm stuck 1750 miles from Telford, couldn't leave her for as long as even one day and couldn't get to Telford and back in less than two days (plus any time spent there.

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

Sean Lange - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 10:50 AM

Sometime this new forum software is really buggy. When posting the cursor jumped above Wayne's post. Now I can't get the cursor back there to fix the missing quote.

The other bizarre thing I have noticed is that sometimes it puts the cursor before the last character which is unbelievably strange and annoying.

Strange and annoying - YES. Unbelievable - and emphatic. Strange and annoying - YES. Unbelievable - an emphatic NO!
This is fairly new software - it's bound to have bugs, and some of them are bound to be annoying. We just have to live with each bug until Redgate decides to fix it. And as we aren't even paying for teh privilege of using their forum we shouldn't expect fixing forum bugs to be their top priority - earning revenue to keep the firm afloat has to have much higher priority.

Tom

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 14

Thomas Rushton

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April 10, 2017 at 6:30 am

#1937409

SQLRNNR - Friday, April 7, 2017 11:04 AM

Brandie Tarvin - Friday, April 7, 2017 10:58 AM

Baaa.

I find this whole sheep discussion offensive. Well, more like boring.

It's putting me to sleep. :hehe:

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ba a a

ba a a a

barbara-ann?

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 15

TomThomson - Sunday, April 9, 2017 11:40 AM

Thomas Rushton wrote:

ThomasRushton - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:32 AM[/b]

Just today to get through before SQLBits. Anyone else from here going to be there?

I can't make it, promised the wife I would stay and look after her (she's pretty ill) out here at least until after Easter (and then I'll take her back to the UK) so I'm stuck 1750 miles from Telford, couldn't leave her for as long as even one day and couldn't get to Telford and back in less than two days (plus any time spent there.

Sorry to hear that; I hope things improve. Family first, every time.

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com