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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 1

Roy Ernest

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March 10, 2010 at 6:30 am

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Roy Ernest (3/10/2010)

This OP does not want to fix the error... 🙂

Right now I am tempted to tell him to go and read up on replication or search the google.:angry:

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 2

Google might be a good bet for him. Seems like he has lots of questions

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880137-146-1.aspx

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880152-146-1.aspx

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Dan.Humphries (3/9/2010)

I thought I would throw my two cents in on this one since I beleive I have likely asked a question in the past that seemed obvious to many. I for my part being new to SQL about 2 years ago had a lot to learn about where was a good source of information. I would often do a google search for something small and get many conflicting answers. I would ask these questions of the forum at first largely becuase I simply did not know were to look. It is one of the many anomalies we find in the Cyber world. We are not willing to trust a white paper from an anonymous author but we often find it very easy to trust completely an anonymous post in a forum.

Makes sense. To a large extent, an anonymous reply in a forum is something that you can ask for clarification on, while a whitepaper is usually not.

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

A contender for the 'vague question of the week' award

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880119-391-1.aspx

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden (3/9/2010)

Dan.Humphries (3/9/2010)

I thought I would throw my two cents in on this one since I beleive I have likely asked a question in the past that seemed obvious to many. I for my part being new to SQL about 2 years ago had a lot to learn about where was a good source of information. I would often do a google search for something small and get many conflicting answers. I would ask these questions of the forum at first largely becuase I simply did not know were to look. It is one of the many anomalies we find in the Cyber world. We are not willing to trust a white paper from an anonymous author but we often find it very easy to trust completely an anonymous post in a forum.

Well said and I agree with everything except the trust part... I found an easy way to keep from getting burned either by white papers or forums. Remember that Nixon would always say "Trust... but verify"? Heh... yeah... I'm all done with the "trust" part of that. For all that the internet has become, it's still just a well paved on-ramp to a dirt road. Watch for pot holes and nails. 🙂

Good analogy. And in places the interwebs seem to be more goat trail than even the usual dirt road. One mis-step and you get to wind up at the bottom of an 800' cliff.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 6

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March 10, 2010 at 6:48 am

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GilaMonster (3/10/2010)

Google might be a good bet for him. Seems like he has lots of questions

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880137-146-1.aspx

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880152-146-1.aspx

It is the same guy asking about the replication issue as well.. Interview questions?

-Roy

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Roy Ernest (3/10/2010)

lol.. Thanks Paul. And thanks for confirming that I am Crazy.. I am known as "The crazy DBA" at my work place... 🙂

Nobody I know bothers to qualify that statement with my job title. For me, it's usually just, "he's that crazy guy".

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 8

Roy Ernest (3/10/2010)

GilaMonster (3/10/2010)

Google might be a good bet for him. Seems like he has lots of questions

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880137-146-1.aspx

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880152-146-1.aspx

It is the same guy asking about the replication issue as well.. Interview questions?

I have a gut feel it's more like 'post interview now I have to do the job' questions.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 9

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March 10, 2010 at 6:57 am

#1131348

I asked him to go and read some....:-)

-Roy

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 10

GSquared (3/10/2010)

Roy Ernest (3/10/2010)

lol.. Thanks Paul. And thanks for confirming that I am Crazy.. I am known as "The crazy DBA" at my work place... 🙂

Nobody I know bothers to qualify that statement with my job title. For me, it's usually just, "he's that crazy guy".

You're not "that crazy guy"? 😛

I often say: "If I wasn't crazy I'd be insane." (Insane I'd be if crazy I not.) 🙂

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March 10, 2010 at 7:11 am

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I think people are just shaking their heads when talking about me. No words needed.:hehe:

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Lynn Pettis (3/9/2010)

However, I appreciate the sentiment, thank you! :smooooth:

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 13

I missed one.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic880142-146-1.aspx

Copy only backup. No, I mean snapshot backup. Huh?

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150457 More actions · Answer 14

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March 10, 2010 at 7:25 am

#1131384

When I get my next data warehouse, I'm gonna carpet it :w00t:

Mmm, nice warm floors...

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442447 More actions · Answer 15

Okay, brief synopsis of last nights soccer game, Coronado at Widefield. At the end of the first half, the score was Coronado 7, Widefield 0. Coronado scored 2 more goals during the first 20 minutes of the second half to hold a 9 - 0 lead, one more goal and the game is over (mercy rule).

Just under 15 minutes left in the game, Coronado driving for the game ending score gets fouled in the penalty area setting up a PK to end the game.

Coronado soots, Widefield keeper makes the save! Widefield comes back to score 2 goals. Coronado manages to score their 10th goal with about 2 minutes left, but unable to score any more after that. Games ends with Coronado winning 10 -2.