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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 1

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

I bet somebody somewhere will answer it for him.

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CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

I bet somebody somewhere will answer it for him.

I was just looking for a way to make him admit that he's looking for someone to do his homework for him.

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Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

I bet somebody somewhere will answer it for him.

I was just looking for a way to make him admit that he's looking for someone to do his homework for him.

Yup - I got that. He admitted to it being a school assignment and in not so many words thus confessed to looking for somebody to do the homework.

I don't know why people think they can wait until the very last moment on something like that.

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April 6, 2010 at 3:54 pm

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

I bet somebody somewhere will answer it for him.

I was just looking for a way to make him admit that he's looking for someone to do his homework for him.

Yup - I got that. He admitted to it being a school assignment and in not so many words thus confessed to looking for somebody to do the homework.

I don't know why people think they can wait until the very last moment on something like that.

His other thread is not going well either: http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897786-391-1.aspx

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April 6, 2010 at 4:08 pm

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I predict he'll come up with another couple of ways to ask the same question. Possibly "how do I use SSIS to transfer data from AW to AWDW?"

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April 6, 2010 at 4:13 pm

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My next response will be to use 5.25 floppies. Maybe sneakernet will work.

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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4766 More actions · Answer 8

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

I bet somebody somewhere will answer it for him.

I was just looking for a way to make him admit that he's looking for someone to do his homework for him.

Sounds like someone is going to fail.

You should of responded to him in the PM that you'd be happy to do it as you do any contract job at $150/hr with a minimum of 300 hours of work of which you'd need 1/2 the money paid up front to start.

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April 6, 2010 at 4:41 pm

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Looks like Paul was kind-hearted and provided some information - to the two DW questions.

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Trey Staker (4/6/2010)

Sounds like someone is going to fail.

You should of responded to him in the PM that you'd be happy to do it as you do any contract job at $150/hr with a minimum of 300 hours of work of which you'd need 1/2 the money paid up front to start.

Pure evil genius.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150457 More actions · Answer 11

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Looks like Paul was kind-hearted and provided some information - to the two DW questions.

Well it took me all of 15 seconds to Google it :doze:

He is being a dick - by not starting his assignment when he should have - but that doesn't mean I shouldn't at least point him in a direction which will get him started...kinda depressing though!

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150457 More actions · Answer 12

RBarryYoung (4/6/2010)

Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)

Paul White NZ (4/6/2010)

Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)

No, on today's form so far Barry is posting faster than Paul is.

Quality over quantity 😛 😀 :laugh:

I think I'll let Barry answer that one! :-D:hehe::hehe::-)

Well, I usually have neither, so I'm happy to take it. 😀

LMAO...yeah, right :rolleyes:

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281324 More actions · Answer 13

Paul White NZ (4/6/2010)

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)

Looks like Paul was kind-hearted and provided some information - to the two DW questions.

Well it took me all of 15 seconds to Google it :doze:

He is being a dick - by not starting his assignment when he should have - but that doesn't mean I shouldn't at least point him in a direction which will get him started...kinda depressing though!

Good point on being nice. I wanted to know what if anything he had done yet. That would have been nice too.

There might be extenuating circumstances as to why it is not started or done. For those, I would expect an extension by the prof though.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (4/6/2010)

I just ran into a very smart OP. (No, I wasn't driving)

I asked him if his assignment was due today and he replied with Yes. Then he PMs me for the code. Like I said, very smart OP.

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic897834-147-1.aspx

Edit: I hope he responds to my last comment.

rofl actually, I hope he uses what Paul posted, that would be funny as *&$!

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 15

speaking of lying, cheating, sob's doing schoolwork, why would you bother to copy my answers to review questions in the first week of a 200 level programming course? And then not even copy/paste some of the answers in their entirety? frustrating. I, being my verbose self, threw in a couple throw-away sentences explaining the answer I chose, and the ignoramus reworded them and included them in their own answers, making some of them sound even dumber than I did.

unreal. email winging its way to the prof as we speak.

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How best to post your question[/url]
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Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]

"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."