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DonAtWork
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
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Posted - 2012-12-27 : 12:36:30
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Ancient internet wisdom: don't feed the trolls.  I locked the topic since it seems the original question was answered, and the other debates can take place in Yak Corral, or other sites, or not at all. |
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DonAtWork
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-12-28 : 08:24:47
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Hence my posting it here in the corral  How to ask: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2012-12-29 : 00:14:50
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| I didn't reply because Rasta seemed unwilling to actually come out and say directly that he thought the moon landings were faked. Not sure why, since he strongly suggested it.Not sure if it was a troll. In the same thread he implied that humans had existed for only 2,000 years, and that was in addition to the original post where he wanted to insert 7.18E+23 rows into a table, something many orders of magnitude beyond the limits of SQL Server or any physical server.“What have you done when you have bested a fool?” Charles Portis, True GritCODO ERGO SUM |
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jezemine
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Posted - 2013-01-04 : 00:11:47
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>> he wanted to insert 7.18E+23 rows into a tableyikes! that's an Avagadro size number! it's a bit more than a mole of rows. what's the atomic weight of a row?
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2013-01-04 : 01:13:58
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Originally posted by jezemine
>> he wanted to insert 7.18E+23 rows into a tableyikes! that's an Avagadro size number! it's a bit more than a mole of rows. what's the atomic weight of a row?
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I think only string theory can calculate the atomic weight of a row of data.CODO ERGO SUM |
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nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2013-01-04 : 04:04:26
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| >> he wanted to insert 7.18E+23 rows into a tableI'm sure we've all tried to insert more than that - would be nice to get a record count of how far it got before you realised your mistake or the server crashed.>> moon landings being a hoaxDoes it really matter as long as it done convincingly?Would you rather believe that the world didn't have a space program or would you prefer an elaborate hoax?Red pill or blue pill?I've been pretending that I can write working code for years - fortunately the users pretend it's what they want too.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.SSIS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2013-01-04 : 09:18:45
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Originally posted by nigelrivett...I've been pretending that I can write working code for years - fortunately the users pretend it's what they want too....
Sounds like a saying that Soviet factory workers had:"We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us."CODO ERGO SUM |
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Moon landing hoax? REALLY?