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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 1

RBarryYoung (7/10/2009)

Gaby Abed (7/9/2009)

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There is a term for lovers of the long word: Sesquipedalian

Is it a hobby or a condition? 😀

Condition, definitely. Not quite as sure what condition, but I *think* it is the condition of being 75 (and older?).

Oh I see, I got Sesquipedalian confused with Semisesquigenarian (is that even a word?), oh well... 🙂

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150457 More actions · Answer 2

Paul White

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July 12, 2009 at 3:34 pm

#1023644

Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

That's odd - I was just wondering the same thing, on the same day, and when I logged in, you had beaten me to the question...

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Bruce W Cassidy SSChampion Points: 12668 More actions · Answer 3

Bruce W Cassidy

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July 12, 2009 at 4:25 pm

#1023654

RBarryYoung (7/10/2009)

[Are] DBA's denormalized?

[font="Verdana"]Yep! We join data warehouse/BI teams. :w00t:[/font]

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 4

Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

For that matter, anyone heard from Grant? I think he may be on vacation, anyone know for sure?

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442447 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (7/13/2009)

Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

For that matter, anyone heard from Grant? I think he may be on vacation, anyone know for sure?

Come to think of it, no, I don't recall seeing him on SSC lately either. Hope nothing is wrong with him and that he is on vacation.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (7/13/2009)

GilaMonster (7/13/2009)

Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

For that matter, anyone heard from Grant? I think he may be on vacation, anyone know for sure?

Come to think of it, no, I don't recall seeing him on SSC lately either. Hope nothing is wrong with him and that he is on vacation.

Got answer. He's been on vacation

http://twitter.com/GFritchey/status/2599298092

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 397721 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (7/13/2009)

Lynn Pettis (7/10/2009)

On a totally different subject, Anyone hear from Bob lately? Haven't seen him on SSC for a while.

For that matter, anyone heard from Grant? I think he may be on vacation, anyone know for sure?

That's creepy. I get back from vacation, click on a recent Thread email and it's this one. Yikes.

I'm going with Mark Twain.

Anyway, good to be back. I'll be diving back in as I clear things out & catch up.

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Dave Ballantyne SSC-Dedicated Points: 33556 More actions · Answer 8

Dave Ballantyne

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July 13, 2009 at 7:18 am

#1023858

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic751918-8-2.aspx?Update=1

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 9

Dave Ballantyne (7/13/2009)

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic751918-8-2.aspx?Update=1

On second thoughts, I think I'm leaving that thread alone...

tatcalltype ='null'

Why.....

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1000539 More actions · Answer 10

Dave Ballantyne (7/13/2009)

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

Heh... well... you can if you don't mind getting your lips dirty. I'm going to leave that one alone, though.

--Jeff Moden

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First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
"Change is inevitable... change for the better is not".

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 11

Jeff Moden (7/13/2009)

Dave Ballantyne (7/13/2009)

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

Heh... well... you can if you don't mind getting your lips dirty. I'm going to leave that one alone, though.

Wow - I think you just "cleared the table" with that one....

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 12

Matt Miller (7/13/2009)

Jeff Moden (7/13/2009)

Dave Ballantyne (7/13/2009)

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

Heh... well... you can if you don't mind getting your lips dirty. I'm going to leave that one alone, though.

Wow - I think you just "cleared the table" with that one....

Wow. Now there's an image I wish weren't stuck in my head... :w00t:

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 13

Did "the Thread" just eat itself? It disappeared from the recent posts query....

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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 14

Dave Ballantyne (7/13/2009)

You can lead a horse to water but you cant force him to drink

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic751918-8-2.aspx?Update=1

Obviously the horse is trying to drink from two springs at the same time. Here's the other one:

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost751591.aspx

To stay with the picture:

To me it looks more like the horse is closer to death by drowning (in SQL "mysteries")... 😉

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150457 More actions · Answer 15

Paul White

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July 13, 2009 at 3:04 pm

#1024153

GilaMonster (7/13/2009)

tatcalltype ='null'Why.....

Oh Lordy. I just found the full line:

update Auditdata set tatcalltype = 'null' where tatcalltype is null

:sick:

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