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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4766 More actions · Answer 1

Chad Crawford (3/24/2010)

I use this on 2K5. I have a job that runs every night and stores it in a table so I can see historical trends - also allows me to see data from before a service restart, which resets the counters: ...

Funny how things happen. I was just working on a nightly process to do something like this. Do you mind if I borrow your code and modify it to work for my enterprise?

EDIT: made it small and fixed my grammer.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 2

Trey Staker (3/24/2010)

Funny how things happen, I was just working on a nightly process to do something like this...

Yes, agreed. I have seen this several times here at SSC. It (this type of coincidence) has helped me out on several occasions as well.

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 3

I always think of it like critical mass, enough people get together and the same ideas start popping up in different places. Always interesting to observe.

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tosscrosby SSCoach Points: 18045 More actions · Answer 4

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March 25, 2010 at 6:29 am

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What happened? A slow night on the thread? I only had 6 or 7 new notifications (usually 40-50)! Although I did steal the "table usage" script - nice way to start my day, with a new tool in the ol' toolbox! Thanks Chad, Jack and Jason!

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 5

Here's an interesting opinion on braindumps.

"The software complaints [about the use of braindumps] are more from the elites trying to keep people out."

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost889310.aspx

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Here's an interesting opinion on braindumps.

"The software complaints [about the use of braindumps] are more from the elites trying to keep people out."

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost889310.aspx

I read that last night and I just commented on her comment.

Edit: I need to replace the spelling and grammar checquer that's between my brain and my keybored.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 7

Alvin Ramard (3/25/2010)

I read that last night and I just commentrd on his comment.

her comment

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Alvin Ramard (3/25/2010)

I read that last night and I just commentrd on his comment.

her comment

Thanks Gail. Corrected

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442447 More actions · Answer 9

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March 25, 2010 at 8:52 am

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GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Here's an interesting opinion on braindumps.

"The software complaints [about the use of braindumps] are more from the elites trying to keep people out."

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost889310.aspx

Is it me or is she always such a negative nellie?

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

Lynn Pettis (3/25/2010)

GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Here's an interesting opinion on braindumps.

"The software complaints [about the use of braindumps] are more from the elites trying to keep people out."

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost889310.aspx

Is it me or is she always such a negative nellie?

All I'll say is that it looks like a battle not worth fighting.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442447 More actions · Answer 11

Alvin Ramard (3/25/2010)

Lynn Pettis (3/25/2010)

GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Here's an interesting opinion on braindumps.

"The software complaints [about the use of braindumps] are more from the elites trying to keep people out."

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost889310.aspx

Is it me or is she always such a negative nellie?

All I'll say is that it looks like a battle not worth fighting.

I have to agree. I think this is one I will step away from.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004494 More actions · Answer 12

Lynn Pettis (3/25/2010)

Is it me or is she always such a negative nellie?

It's not you.

Remember the discussions on women in IT and how she reacts in those. There's a reason I commended here but didn't take it up there.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1000539 More actions · Answer 13

Negative + chip on shoulder = bad combination.

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RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (3/25/2010)

Lynn Pettis (3/25/2010)

Is it me or is she always such a negative nellie?

It's not you.

Remember the discussions on women in IT and how she reacts in those. There's a reason I commended here but didn't take it up there.

That editorial thread has really gone sideways. From somebody who apparently writes exams for MS, she is promoting that it is ok to violate the NDA. Now we have others saying that MS encourages it as well.

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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4766 More actions · Answer 15

Trey Staker

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March 25, 2010 at 10:43 am

#1139808

EDIT:

I removed it and I'm going to post it outside this thread...

This is a fun thread...

2nd EDIT: Link to what was here in the right thread:

HERE

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