April 26, 2012 at 9:05 am
April 26, 2012 at 9:23 am
good question!!! thanks!
April 26, 2012 at 9:27 am
I have rewritten the explanation. Thanks for pointing out the issue.
I have also contacted the author.
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April 26, 2012 at 9:45 am
Edit: The following is mainly nonsense, but I've left it in so that subsequent replies make sense 🙂
some harsh responses IMHO. Who knows whether the author made use of a bit of code from the internet 7 years ago and forgot the source, or maybe one of his co-workers copied it and it's been around on their database for the last few years?
If I were to post a procedure like that, then I'd make sure my name was in a comment at the top, so unthinking copy-and-pasters would preserve the attribution, requiring a conscious decision to deceive if they wanted to delete the author details.
April 26, 2012 at 9:54 am
Nice and easy -- after several days of low correct responses percentages this one is really high.
Original or not, thanks for the question!
April 26, 2012 at 9:57 am
Toreador (4/26/2012)
some harsh responses IMHO. Who knows whether the author made use of a bit of code from the internet 7 years ago and forgot the source, or maybe one of his co-workers copied it and it's been around on their database for the last few years?
It wasn't just the code of a stored procedure; the original comment was a verbatim copy of the TechRepublic post. Including personal comments such as "Recursion is one of the most elegant programming constructs in my opinion. I have used it in dozens of situations and in several programming languages".
April 26, 2012 at 9:59 am
Ah. That's different...
April 26, 2012 at 10:04 am
I enjoyed the discussion for this question.
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April 26, 2012 at 10:42 am
Hugo Kornelis (4/26/2012)
I love the "don't know" option, and I agree with the poster above that those who rightfully tick that box should get a point. 😉
Only if they can properly answer the following question:
You flip a coin -- the proper call is
-1- either "heads" or "tails"
-2- neither "heads" nor "tails"
-3- Don't Know
April 26, 2012 at 11:24 am
edit: I see someone already said this. I should have looked on the next page of comments before posting and then I would not have posted.
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Toreador (4/26/2012)
some harsh responses IMHO. Who knows whether the author made use of a bit of code from the internet 7 years ago and forgot the source, or maybe one of his co-workers copied it and it's been around on their database for the last few years?If I were to post a procedure like that, then I'd make sure my name was in a comment at the top, so unthinking copy-and-pasters would preserve the attribution, requiring a conscious decision to deceive if they wanted to delete the author details.
I shouldn't think anyone cares about the code as such. The text was pretty much a direct copy from the blog entry, too, and that is rather more of an issue.
Tom
April 26, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Nice question. I apperently missed something about the explanation.
Ah well... 🙂
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April 27, 2012 at 1:32 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/26/2012)
I have rewritten the explanation. Thanks for pointing out the issue.I have also contacted the author.
Thanks for that Steve.
April 27, 2012 at 9:06 am
I received an apology from the author. I suspect it was a lack of understanding, and plan to let it go.
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May 1, 2012 at 8:52 am
Interesting topic and good summary on the nested SP.
Thank you.
May 7, 2012 at 2:58 am
Thank for the question
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