The Heap™ – Consultancy ©® - 2018-03-13 (page 1 of 2)

Paul White

4:54 AM

@ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells Any insight on the link @Marian posted just above?

Evan Carroll

5:06 AM

@dezso I HAVE SUBMITTED BE SURE TO VOTE!!! stackoverflow.com/election/10#post-49248579

Paul White

@EvanCarroll You really want to be an SO mod? What have you done to deserve such punishment?

Evan Carroll

@PaulWhite I'll keep em' in line. CRACK WHIPS.

Those mods will bow to the will of the people!

Paul White

I'm not sure SO mods have time to do anything except handle the unending queue of flags.

Evan Carroll

If elected, Donald Trump will no longer be president and Russia will pay for it.

Paul White

I can see that getting support from some people. Good luck.

The nomination is a good read.

Evan Carroll

5:29 AM

I think one year I was like <10% away from winning

Paul White

You're always winning, Evan.

Evan Carroll

I do it for you.

Paul, my cohort in WIN.

McNets

7:01 AM

Morning

hot2use

Good morning

Andriy M

7:18 AM

Morning

Andy K

7:53 AM

morning and evening

hot2use

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Philᵀᴹ

Evan becoming a mod would be more surprising than the clusterfuck that is Trump

Andriy M

8:21 AM

I guess there was/is some kind of crisis in US that many people saw/see Trump to be a response to. There doesn't appear to be anything of the sort on SO currently, so if it's an attempt to repeat history... well, someone once said something on the subject.

hot2use

@AndriyM you could add the option SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF which will then still yield a result even if the variable is NULL.

@AndriyM forget that.

Just saw this:

> In a future version of SQL Server CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL will always be ON and any applications that explicitly set the option to OFF will generate an error. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

Andriy M

Yes, I actually didn't even think of that option, but now that you've reminded me of it, I'm still not sure it should be mentioned.

Paul White

@AndriyM @hot2use Seems relevant: dba.stackexchange.com/a/136212

Andriy M

8:36 AM

@hot2use By the way, regarding that fiddle link that Alexei suggested. At first I wanted to move the link to the bottom of the post but then realised it was just confusing. The editor used SQL Fiddle, which doesn't show the PRINT output. I adapted it for dbfiddle to use instead of Alexei's link but dbfiddle does show the result of the PRINT, which makes no sense in the context of what the OP was complaining.

@PaulWhite Agree, thanks.

Paul White

@AndriyM dbfiddle.uk/…

I assume you intended those table columns to be nullable.

Personally I prefer to always specify NULL or NOT NULL since the default depends on local settings.

Andriy M

@PaulWhite Yes, we can well come up with an example that demonstrates the problem, but that wouldn't be OP's example.

Paul White

Oh well I didn't actually read the OP :)

Andriy M

And thus the problem might not be exactly the one the OP is dealing with.

Even if similar

Paul White

To be fair, they do say "random data".

Not exactly helpful to post an example that does not demonstrate the problem.

How unusual though.

Mind you, I'm not sure the example fiddle was added by the OP.

gbn

8:44 AM

Unsavoury choice of mods on SO these days

Andriy M

The example was added by the other answerer. And it didn't say "random data" originally, that was @hot2use's adjustment.

Paul White

Huh

Andriy M

My guess is, as the answerer suggested using SELECT instead of PRINT, the idea was to demonstrate how PRINT produces no output.

I was actually about to reject it but was distracted by something, hadn't even closed my edit window by the time the suggestion was approved

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

@PaulWhite Dunno. I live walking distance from the centre of town so it wasn't a problem.

@gbn To paraphrase, you elect the mods you deserve.

hot2use

I added "randomd data" because it wasn't defined in the OP and didn't want to remove the link as I thought it would be partialy relevant.

Paul White

8:57 AM

Does SQLFiddle even display PRINT output normally? I know db<>fiddle does.

hot2use

At first I want to VtC ...as unclear what you are asking.

Rollback to original question and post a comment that OP should add more details?

Andriy M

@PaulWhite I don't believe it does

Ha, it was the OP who added the fiddle initially. The link was there in the very first revision of their post. Sorry @PaulWhite, my bad.

Alexei's may actually be the right answer if the OP is confused about what to expect from PRINT. Removing my comment for the time being.

hot2use

Just noticed that too.

I'm currently in the review looking at the edits.

Paul White

@AndriyM Another way that 'our' fiddle is superior then :)

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Andriy M

For sure!

hot2use

9:10 AM

removed my comment and redacted SQL Fiddle link text.

Paul White

Cool. I think that's as good as it can be now thanks all.

Comments on Evan's mod nomination LOL

hot2use

@PaulWhite Yes, they are quite amusing. But hey, that's Evan for you.

Paul White

9:41 AM

Yep

dezso

10:11 AM

@PaulWhite patreon.com/user/overview?u=5101498 - just telling

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^^ that's for all fans

Tom V

10:29 AM

Hmm the help center isn't terribly clear on the reward thing

is that something you configure @JackDouglas

Jack Douglas

@TomV on Patreon? Yes I think so though I haven't bothered. If you look at some other pages you'll see they have all sorts of 'incentives'…

Paul White

@TomV It's not is it? I pledged $x and once completed it said there is no reward, which is fine by me.

Tom V

@JackDouglas The site want's to offer me $1 as a "reward" which I don't want but can't deselect either

@PaulWhite I don't want a reward either but it keeps giving me one

Paul White

@TomV Pretty sure it's just a UI thing. It showed me $1 reward all the way through, but once completed, there is no reward.

Tom V

@PaulWhite Oh OK

Paul White

10:34 AM

I agree it is confusing. I didn't care enough about $1 for it to stop me.

Jack Douglas

Thank you chaps :)

hot2use

I found it quite self-explanatory.

> Rewards are Jack Douglas' thank you for being a passionate fan:

> $1.00+ per month

> No reward, I just want to support Jack Douglas.

Jack Douglas

btw, I have tweaked 2017 Linux to be more consistent with the Windows version, simply by using Windows for the internal client and driver. It seems to work OK, but please shout if I've broken something.

Tom V

@hot2use And in the end it says "reward $1"

But all is well, in the profile overview it says $0

The whole site could use some UX love

Paul White

10:58 AM

@hot2use It becomes confusing when you change the amount from $1

@JackDouglas Has there been much interest in adding SQL Server 2012?

Jack Douglas

@PaulWhite Would you find it useful?

Paul White

@JackDouglas I'm not sure. There was a 2012-specific question yesterday where I answered and had to use 2014 in my db<>fiddle, but I don't know how common that is.

I can quite see how supporting 2008 and R2 is a bit pointless since they're pretty much out of support, or will be v soon.

It rather depends on the cost/complexity of adding 2012.

Jack Douglas

11:14 AM

It's not that hard if it runs on Server Core 2012R2, and I think it does

I've been trying and failing to install DB2 so it'll be nice to add something with a good chance of it working :)

Paul White

> SQL Server 2012 is now supported on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2. Installing SQL Server 2012 is supported on the Server Core mode of the following editions of Windows Server:

Install SQL Server 2012 on Server Core

@JackDouglas Doesn't DB2 come in like a million flavours?

Jack Douglas

only one is free!

Paul White

Aha

Jack Douglas

this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Db2#IBM_DB2_Express-C

Paul White

No Db2 for z/OS on db<>fiddle then.

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

11:22 AM

Well, here's how to host it if you can get hold of it.

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Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe

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Paul White

Ha ha ha I should have expected that

That wikipedia link has both Db2 and DB2. I always thought the latter was correct.

Andriy M

12:18 PM

> In mid-2017, IBM re-branded its DB2 and dashDB product offerings and amended their names to "Db2".

From the same link

dezso

12:57 PM

@AndriyM Db2 looks lame

Andriy M

Kind of like Sql

Philᵀᴹ

Haha. "Your most downvoted answer is where you nominated yourself for the Spanish SO community manager position, despite lacking a fluent grasp of the Spanish language. "

gbn

1:24 PM

@ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells Apropos of recent events neatorama.com/2018/03/13/Vegemite-and-Marmite-Research

Also, I send some Swiss marmite and 2 folk drop at a Pizza place in Salisbury... just saying

Paul White

That's some pretty nasty marmite

Tom V

Looks like a dog pooed on a toast

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

@gbn I may or may not have been visiting Salisbury with a case of chronic gastritis at that point.

gbn

@ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells Like that time I might have taken my white Fiat Uno to Paris

Philᵀᴹ

Been a while since I visited Salisbury

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

1:36 PM

I saw the magna carta they have in the cathedral there, and got a great speech about it's history from a lady who worked there.

We went to see Stonehenge after that. There weren't any druids present at the time, though. Only tourists.

Philᵀᴹ

I've not ventured anywhere for ages. Been to Manchester a couple of times recently, but that's about it

I need to stop looking at expensive cars. I really want a BMW M3

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

I think my visit to Salisbury would have been about 10 years ago.

@Philᵀᴹ Last time I considered an expensive car I decided I'd rather have the £40k.

gbn

@ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells last centruy for me, to see Aunt+Cousins who live there

@Philᵀᴹ So you can accelerate to the speed limit quicker then some bloke in a Dacia?

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

It was a lovely car but it didn't have a spare wheel. The manufacturer's solution was to provide a hot line that you could call and they would send a little man out to change your tire.

For £40,000 I want a tire that I can change myself, dammit.

Philᵀᴹ

@gbn they're so pretty. And the biggest BMW garage in Europe just opened right near here

Tom V

1:40 PM

@Philᵀᴹ Coworker of mine sold his for an alpina, it's a lot more civilized and just as fast

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

@Philᵀᴹ Trouble with owning BMWs is that folks will assume you're a merchant banker.

Paul White

I've had expensive cars and cheap cars. Without exception, I have been happier with the cheaper ones.
Less worry for a start.

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

I've still got the Astra that I bought in 2006. It's going just fine.

Paul White

I forget when my current car was built. Might be 1998.

Philᵀᴹ

Oh, and if anyone wants a laugh at my service from 2 weeks ago, it was very expensive & made me realise i hate pot holes. I didn't even realise "Tire egg" was a thing video.citnow.com/vxNpK43nLJ1

Tom V

1:42 PM

@Philᵀᴹ he got this exact one

Paul White

@Philᵀᴹ Did you buy it from the Easter Bunny?

Also, you'd think BMW would be able to afford more than 512Kbps

dezso

@TomV an Alpina should have a paint like this: bmwe21.net/e21/alpina/b62.jpg

Paul White

@dezso If that's a multi-colour flashing GIF, you're getting kicked

Tom V

@PaulWhite haha

Paul White

:)

Tom V

1:51 PM

@PaulWhite bmwe21.net/e21/alpina/b62.jpg

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dezso

@PaulWhite I could make it into one, wait a second

@Philᵀᴹ you like to drive on flattish tyres?

Paul White

@TomV Clever!

dezso

@TomV The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

Joe Obbish

mod abuse!

Tom V

@PaulWhite It had been a while

Andriy M

1:53 PM

It's still a nice song, though.

Paul White

@JoeObbish Yep

Joe Obbish

we should hold moderator elections immediately

I know who I'm voting for

Paul White

@TomV It had been long enough so I didn't check before clicking

Tom V

@PaulWhite It's like in the SO review queue where you get a trick question every once in a while to keep you on your toes

We don't want our mods to get lazy

Paul White

I don't know...you let your guard down for one minute

Where's the trust?

Philᵀᴹ

2:11 PM

@JoeObbish Evan

gbn

@JoeObbish Brexit and Trump

Paul White

I think the next election is the Russian one

I hear it could be tight

ypercubeᵀᴹ

2:27 PM

what did I miss?

Paul White

@ypercubeᵀᴹ Tom posted an image. See the star board.

Also: read the whole transcript. It's been a fun day so far.

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@PaulWhite the jpg that links to a youtube video?

Paul White

@ypercubeᵀᴹ That would be the one, yes.

Max Vernon

thanks for that edit on my snmp answer, @PaulWhite

Paul White

@MaxVernon Well it's just a suggestion of course - it's still your answer - I just didn't want @SeanGallardy-Microsoft's fine non-comment contribution to be missed.

You never know, it might give him some hints for the future too.

Max Vernon

2:34 PM

@PaulWhite lol, I'm not holding my breath ;-)

Paul White

> Any time you see a post that needs improvement and are inclined to suggest an edit, you are welcome to do so.

He is a bit shy I think.

We should encourage him to come out of his shell a bit more :)

Current shell might be bash

Max Vernon

> Error creating connection pool for dbid

what the hell do they mean, dbid ?

seems like a weird error message

I mean I get it typically means database id, but "connection pool for dbid"

Philᵀᴹ

DBID is an Oracle thing

Paul White

@AndriyM Shots fired

I may have to ask Jack for a ruling on that :)

Andriy M

At first I meant to comment here, but even as I switched to the chat tab, you were posting that quotation from the Help Center. That seemed to me encouragement enough.

Not everyone is shy, you know

Paul White

2:43 PM

Made me laugh.

Andriy M

How about this?

Paul White

@AndriyM That's lovely.

Andriy M

Although perhaps Jack may want to have his say about that too.

Jack Douglas

he's keeping quiet

Paul White

First time for everything I guess

Though I will say that anyone editing a flashing GIF into my answer will rue the day.

Or Rick Astley for that matter.

Joe Obbish

2:53 PM

what about the kangaroo picture?

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McNets

@PaulWhite should you use OPTION (MAXRECURSION xxx)?

Paul White

@McNets Yes I should. Zero for preference.

McNets

@PaulWhite ok

Paul White

@JoeObbish Permanent network-wide ban.

And a home visit.

Andriy M

Better than a home arrest, I guess

Joe Obbish

2:54 PM

a home visit from you?

Paul White

I like the fact you used [i] as the reference @Andriy

dezso

@PaulWhite clickety

Paul White

@JoeObbish One of my local "agents".

Probably Erik.

Andriy M

@PaulWhite Thanks. Perhaps [icon] would be even better, I'm not sure. I myself use both interchangeably, depending on how other links are styled.

Paul White

@McNets Make the edit?

McNets

3:01 PM

@PaulWhite Sorry, done.

Paul White

OMG you edited my beautiful post. To meta!

Max Vernon

what do guys think about this:

Thanks Max, should I delete my answer? — MJH 48 secs ago

I'd say no but I'm Canadian

ypercubeᵀᴹ

3:16 PM

@PaulWhite To meta? No ban-kicking?

Paul White

Well I wouldn't want to be accused of abuse!

Joe Obbish

@PaulWhite the new moderators will ensure that you get a fair trial

Paul White

Huh that's what they all say.

McNets

Is 'FOR XML PATH' considered as an aggregate function?

Paul White

Not by the documentation. I guess one could think of it that way. I don't, personally.

gbn

3:29 PM

No, it just transforms the resultset.

Andy K

I just looked at this question

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Q: How to the result set form the below table

Table 1 contains certain set of data's. I need to get the following result set form the Table 1 Table1 Id Desc ParentId 1 Cloths 0 2 Mens 1 3 Womens 1 4 T-Shirt_M 2 5 Casual Shirts_M 2 6 T-Shirt_F 3 7 Education ...

sql sql-server

McNets

-1

Q: Get a COUNT on the columns that uses FOR XML Path is SQL Server 2016

Hi I have a query that uses FOR XML function. I know that we cannot use aggregate function on the computed column. Are you aware of any workaround so solve this puzzle? SELECT count( (SELECT ISNULL(sourceDescription, ' ') + '|' FROM MyCTE FOR XML PATH('')) ) FROM MyTable. When executed I'm...

sql-server count aggregate-functions calculated-columns for-xml

Andy K

is there a simple way than do a recursive CTE?

Evan Carroll

@AndyK no, that's the only way (if the depth is unknown)

Andy K

@EvanCarroll cheers

Paul White

3:33 PM

I believe all tail recursion can be translated to iteration. In fact that's what SQL Server does.

gbn

@AndyK Pointless question so far. Not VtC just yet though

Paul White

> How to the result set form

Oh, SO.

Philᵀᴹ

@EvanCarroll Have you got Russia on your side for the mod election?

McNets

Can you post @tableHTML value?. IMHO this has nothing to do with database, it is more about HTML code. — McNets 1 min ago

Paul White

They're paying for the whole thing I think.

gbn

3:35 PM

@PaulWhite It's almost German in literal word for word translation

Say it like Yoda would...

Paul White

Word for work? Is that Swiss? :-D

Evan Carroll

WEAK.

I was never suspended from Stack Overflow.

gbn

@PaulWhite It is now

Philᵀᴹ

@EvanCarroll Ah, Russia has gone the other way then

Evan Carroll

Clearly, they're interfering with our Democracy.

Paul White

3:38 PM

A shocking development.

Philᵀᴹ

meta post coming in 3... 2 ... 1 ... ;)

Andy K

@gbn what is VtC ?

Paul White

Vote to Close

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N-Z (0-9, A-M) Not an answer, NAA One of the items in the flag dialog for an answer on a Stack Exchange site. NARQ See: Not a real Question NC See: Not Constructive Not a real Question, NARQ One of the items in the close dialog for a question on a Stack Exchange site. ...

Also:

> I plan to start implementing this immediately: the next time someone nominates themselves after having been suspended on any Stack Exchange Q&A site during the past year, we'll quietly withdraw their nomination and send them a message to let them know why.

From meta.stackexchange.com/q/274114

Philᵀᴹ

How many of those 54 nominations were Evan Carroll? — mmyers Feb 5 '16 at 1:25

:D

Paul White

Such fame.

Philᵀᴹ

3:45 PM

Infamy is different 😅

Paul White

They've got it infamy!

@EvanCarroll whhaat?

@AndyK It's true. Not once. I was suspended here a few times. I was suspended on Meta.StackExchange (like over five years ago) and AskUbuntu a few times. But there, afaik never

Certainly not in the past year.

Taryn

after having been suspended on any Stack Exchange Q&A site during the past year

Paul White

Ooo bold!

Philᵀᴹ

3:53 PM

Killshot

Paul White

Made my feet feel cold

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Andriy M

The message reads, "suspended twice on the network", too, not on SO.

Paul White

So much helpful here

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Evan Carroll

So everything is "the network" that's unfair.

Max Vernon

@EvanCarroll oh the tyranny.

Philᵀᴹ

4:00 PM

Life's a nightmare when you don't conform

Max Vernon

@Philᵀᴹ ANARCHY, I SAY!

Paul White

I'm doomed then.

Evan Carroll

Just saying that's a bunch of crap. Not just can i not contest it, but I'm being suspended because my StackOverflow account is linked to my AskUbuntu account?

lol

Philᵀᴹ

SET CONFORMITY OFF

Evan Carroll

That's just incentivizing people to not use a single-sign on.

Paul White

4:02 PM

You could argue that.

Philᵀᴹ

Or, you know, to behave

Max Vernon

real trolls never use the same account twice.

Paul White

I knew it! Evan is not a troll.

Philᵀᴹ

🤷🏻‍♂️

Evan Carroll

It's not trolling. I've never trolled. They're using this and AskUbuntu against me on StackOverflow.

Philᵀᴹ

4:03 PM

SET CONSPIRACY ON

Max Vernon

@EvanCarroll ahhh, I see. They're trolling you.

Evan Carroll

That's how we let "the community rule themselves."

Paul White

@Philᵀᴹ What's that? Too small to discern here.

Evan Carroll

North Korea does democracy better than StackOverflow.

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Paul White

Does it have a space or not officially these days?

Philᵀᴹ

4:05 PM

@EvanCarroll There's hope for you yet, North Korea are at least talking to Americaland

Jack Douglas

@EvanCarroll Do you have any rockets? You might get SO round the table…

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@PaulWhite did they turn blue? ;)

Paul White

It does seem a bit odd that getting a suspension on any site - even a really, really small or new one - disqualifies one from running in an election anywhere on the SE network.

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@ypercubeᵀᴹ Thank you for appreciating my unexplained joke!

Evan Carroll

@JackDouglas I really do need rockets.

Paul White

Perhaps Jeff could have a quiet word on your behalf.

Jack Douglas

4:06 PM

Jeff can be your rocket, escalate to Twitter!

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Max Vernon

@JackDouglas never a truer word has been spoken.

Paul White

Star Frenzy Activate!

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@PaulWhite I agree, it sounds very odd.

Evan Carroll

I think Jeff was pushed out and now Shog9 runs the Democratic People's Republic of Stack Exchange.

Philᵀᴹ

Heh

Max Vernon

4:08 PM

@PaulWhite it's only for a year. If you don't do some action to cause yourself to be suspended for at least a year, then you can try out for mod.

I see no problem with that.

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@EvanCarroll I wonder if you were suspended from aksubuntu for similar comments

Paul White

@MaxVernon Yeah I know, and all angles of the discussion already happened on meta.SE but even so.

Max Vernon

@PaulWhite I've never been suspended, and still I'm not a mod. I'm not bitter... ;-)

Paul White

On a more serious note: I expect everyone to Be Nice to Evan today. Be kind.

Evan Carroll

@ypercubeᵀᴹ I was suspended from Ask Ubuntu because one of their mods gave me an absurd answer that was wrong, and insulted the question, so I asked it on Unix.SE got the right answer and then I tried to show him why his answer was trash and he wasn't having it.

It was a question on packaging and he pretty much just left it at "that doesn't work because it doesn't work and don't ask 'why'?" and it was tremendously unhelpful.

Paul White

4:11 PM

It is possible to argue that the suspension was not deserved. If successful, my understanding is you would be allowed to run.

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@EvanCarroll I meant for comments that may not be but may sound offensive to some. Like your answer here that has "trash". I have found that people don't react nicely to insults, and mods are no exception. And sometimes what we say in all good manner may be taken as offensive.

But seriously, I have no idea about what happened in AskUbuntu, except for what you told us just now.

Philᵀᴹ

I suspect it may be the sarcastic/funny* sense of humour that can be misconstrued. The internets isn't the best medium for getting your point across sometimes.

Paul White

tbh I can't really see why anyone would want to be a mod on SO.

Someone's got to do it I suppose.

Evan Carroll

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Q: Getting "E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

This question is not a dupe. I have received the answer I wanted here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/411530/3285 Previously, I was getting this error when I merely tried to update. I believe this problem is related to the VLC PPA which has always been total and utter trash on Ubuntu. I had to...

apt package-management dependencies ppa vlc

versus
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/411518/what-is-the-root-cause-of-e-unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-p

Jack Douglas

@EvanCarroll in all seriousness, I've been amazed by how nice you have become here on dba.se since last year — you're funny and make good contributions. Thanks for making the effort to stay the right side of the line. As for SO, I don't care much myself but I'm sorry if you are genuinely upset by their treatment of you. FWIW I think they should simply say "we never want you as a mod, just in case you are the greatest troll the world has ever seen" rather than targetting you indirectly on meta.

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Evan Carroll

4:21 PM

Trolling is like the one thing I'm probably not the greatest at, because I've never done it.

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Paul White

If anyone wants to participate on meta: meta.stackexchange.com/a/307913

jcolebrand

If there's ever been a post that deserves pinning ...

Paul White

What's the next step up from a pin?

Philᵀᴹ

Today is the gift that just keeps on giving

jcolebrand

@PaulWhite a ban?

Philᵀᴹ

4:23 PM

room topic changed to The Heap™ – Consultancy ©®: General on- and off-site discussion for dba.stackexchange.com. Jokes explained at great length (JEAGL) please. "Trolling is like the one thing I'm probably not the greatest at, because I've never done it." -- EC, 2018-03-13 [mysql] [nosql] [oracle] [postgresql] [sqlite] [sql-server] [weight-lifting]

jcolebrand

I am joking about the ban. There's hardly ever a reason to ban because of chatting

It happens but very rarely

Paul White

I think pins expire after 14 days or something.

So the next step up would be something truly permanent I guess.

jcolebrand

I think Phil took care of that lol

Paul White

room topic changed to The Heap™ – Consultancy ©®: General on- and off-site discussion for dba.stackexchange.com. Jokes explained at great length (JEAGL) please. [mysql] [nosql] [oracle] [postgresql] [sqlite] [sql-server] [weight-lifting]

Jack Douglas

room topic changed to The Heap™ – Consultancy ©®: General on- and off-site discussion for dba.stackexchange.com. Jokes explained at great length (JEAGL) please. [mysql] [nosql] [oracle] [postgresql] [sqlite] [sql-server]

Paul White

4:27 PM

I'm such an amateur.

Evan Carroll

If we suspend Phil just once, he can't be a moderator for at least year anywhere.

Max Vernon

@JackDouglas Dude; do you even lift?

Philᵀᴹ

@EvanCarroll I struggle dressing myself in the mornings, never mind looking after an entire SE vertical

Paul White

We can't suspend Phil. He has expensive BMW tyres to support.

Jack Douglas

@MaxVernon er, no

ypercubeᵀᴹ

4:32 PM

@PaulWhite tyres that lay eggs!

Jack Douglas

4:45 PM

@PaulWhite dbfiddle.uk/…

Max Vernon

This sounds like it may be a classic case of slow in the application, fast in SSMS — Max Vernon 41 secs ago

ypercubeᵀᴹ

@maxvernon do you mind if I delete that pic?

Max Vernon

Everything looks like a nail, when the only tool you have is a hammer.

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Paul White

@JackDouglas Thanks! What about SP4?

Philᵀᴹ

Shush, it's @sp_BlitzErik, he might hear us

sp_BlitzErik

4:48 PM

i can't even read

don't worry

Paul White

We were just talking about how lifting was pointless.

Anything you lift you have to put back down.

Jack Douglas

@PaulWhite I must have googled really badly!

Max Vernon

@JackDouglas sqlserverversions.blogspot.ca is my friend for that.

Paul White

sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.co.nz/#sql2012

Max Vernon

^^^ that too!

sp_BlitzErik

4:50 PM

jeez you people

sqlserverupdates.com

Paul White

With fancy link to 2012

@sp_BlitzErik Never heard of it. Looks like spam.

Max Vernon

@sp_BlitzErik that's not the canonical one, though.

you're not canonical

;-)

Interjection: your mom

(pejorative, US, Britain, slang) A general purpose insult, often used to comedic effect due to becoming stale.
Conrad: I am not sure if this phrase is commonly used...
Dominic: Your mom is commonly used.
2004, Napoleon Dynamite
Deb: Well, isn't anyone else here trying to earn money for college?
Kip: Your mom goes to college.

in b4

sp_BlitzErik

4:50 PM

alright so paul's drunk

what else is going on

Paul White

Only on power

sp_BlitzErik

the stiffest drink of all

Philᵀᴹ

It's "MUM". heathens

Paul White