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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
Sweden
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 Posted - 06/23/2011 : 17:11:15
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Joe is OK. He knows his stuff but may be too much focused on portability and purity.
We are experts in Microsoft SQL Server and he is not.
Not that long ago when I wrote my presentation about Relational Division I wrote a query that is about 500 times faster (5+ hours down to 30 sek). Same result, just less resources and time.
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
USA
4964 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2011 : 17:24:34
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He doesn't know his stuff as much as he acts like he does. Anyone who speaks in platitudes and absolutes as he does is (1) often wrong and (2) extremely annoying.
I will agree he understands relational theory.
I don't believe that he has much expertise in real world implementation.
Further, portability is an unattainable goal. Remember when Java was going to solve the world's probelms by being able to run on any platform? That never exactly materialized. The second that business developers start writing code, it instantly becomes proprietary. If I have 100 instances of SQL Server, I'm not terribly interested whether or not my code runs on DB2. I am interested in making sure it runs as efficiently as possible on SQL Server.
That is the situation most IT professionals are in.
I once wrote a tool that mimicked query analyzer that I ran against DB2 and Oracle. It was a little crude, but in the shop I worked in, we had all 3 and I was tired of the tools that I had for DB2. I still had to actually write DB2 compliant T-SQL statements for them to run against it.
In any event, I've never met Joe, but have a mutual friend that I respect very much who tells me Joe's not as bad as he comes off here. I guess I'll reserve final judgement until I meet him, but as of now, I'm terribly offended by the way he treats junior members here. |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
USA
15557 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2011 : 17:59:00
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Originally posted by russell
In any event, I've never met Joe, but have a mutual friend that I respect very much who tells me Joe's not as bad as he comes off here.
That's the point, he's very likable in person, and he's an excellent public speaker. I posted some time ago that the internet is Joe Celko's psychiatrist, but he does take it way too far. |
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
Norway
3241 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2011 : 02:36:00
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Joe might be the greatest thing since Ghandi in real life for all I care...but online he's a complete ass and if this was my site I'd ban him in a heartbeat. He brings NOTHING but bad spirit and spam to the forums and personally I could live very well without both. Being the author of some books and speaking publicly about the subject we love the most does not give him some sort of universal forgiveness for treating people like he does.
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My blog-> http://thefirstsql.com/2011/02/07/regular-expressions-advanced-string-matching-and-new-split-function-sql-server-2008-r2/ |
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
USA
4964 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2011 : 10:28:25
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Originally posted by Lumbago
Joe might be the greatest thing since Ghandi in real life for all I care...but online he's a complete ass and if this was my site I'd ban him in a heartbeat. He brings NOTHING but bad spirit and spam to the forums and personally I could live very well without both. Being the author of some books and speaking publicly about the subject we love the most does not give him some sort of universal forgiveness for treating people like he does.
- Lumbago
My blog-> http://thefirstsql.com/2011/02/07/regular-expressions-advanced-string-matching-and-new-split-function-sql-server-2008-r2/
I agree. I'm an admin on SQL Mag forums. It used to be as popular as this site. We had one particular member who constantly badgered members (and was almost always wrong in his posts). I'm convinced that single user chased dozens, if not hundreds, of members away. The other admins and I wanted to ban the guy, but the editors didn't want us to. That user is banned from this site I believe. Luckily Joe doesn't post as much as this guy did lol |
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GilaMonster
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
South Africa
4507 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2011 : 17:17:14
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Originally posted by robvolk
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Originally posted by russell
In any event, I've never met Joe, but have a mutual friend that I respect very much who tells me Joe's not as bad as he comes off here.
That's the point, he's very likable in person, and he's an excellent public speaker.
He is. I've met him at PASS Summit and he's soft-spoken and a complete gentleman.
His online persona is an act, it's how he wants to come across online. That I think just makes it worse. It's not that he's arrogant and doesn't realise how he's coming across. Rather he's coming across exactly as he intends.
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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak
USA
4964 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2011 : 17:48:52
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So he Fs with people from the safety of behind his keyboard, but is nice to them in person?
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Sean Frost
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 06/25/2011 : 08:57:32
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I would conjecture that Celko's online persona is the real thing; that the allegedly polite and soft-spoken character is an act. His pretense in real life of being a nice person is similar to that of the robber who on occasion pretends or acts like an honest person.
If you are an honest person you never rob someone, whether online or offline. If you are a decent human being, you don't talk down to or insult others whether online or offline.
I don't post much on this forum, but I read it regularly; a lot of what I learned about SQL can be attributed to the expertise and kindness of the people on this forum. So I, along with countless others who I am sure find this forum to be of immense value, would like to see it thrive and be a place where anyone can ask questions. I don't want to see it be a place where self-professed experts with a holier-than-thou attitude intimidate novices.
Put yourself in the shoes of someone who is asking a question for the very first time on this forum. Imagine that s/he has limited English language skills.
She says something like this:
"I have a table tblCustomer which has a field called lastname".
And the response s/he gets from this imbecile Celko is:
"There is no such thing as a field, you stupid moron! Prefixing table names with tbl is like eating a baby without ketchup you idiot, (http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=159291) and don't ever come back here until you learn ISO-43232323, blah blah blah...".
A lot of people who see that may take the castigation seriously and never come back to the forum ever again.
So, I want to add my voice to Lumbago's and beseech those who own/run this forum or are influential (robvolk, tkizer, graz, peso etc...). I am begging you, please, ban this charlatan!
Lumbago, if you were a girl, I could have kissed you (or the other way around) for saying it like it is. I was a coward and the only response I ever posted to Celko's diatribes was a tonuge-in-cheek reply (http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=161897) |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
USA
15557 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2011 : 09:29:05
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Not sure how we'd go about implementing it, but something like this has always intrigued me:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/06/suspension-ban-or-hellban.html
Especially the "ninth circle" hellban, where only hellbanned users can see each other. I imagine the fun Joe would have with the likes of Crespo, dtong, and some of our other colorful characters. |
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
Norway
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jimf
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
USA
2865 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 07:34:39
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Maybe he could put a link to SQLUSA at the bottom of Joe's advertisements that stays there for a certain number of days. Increasing each time there's a malevolent post.
Jim
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webfred
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
Germany
8513 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 07:37:36
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Originally posted by jimf
Maybe he could put a link to SQLUSA at the bottom of Joe's advertisements that stays there for a certain number of days. Increasing each time there's a malevolent post.
Jim
Everyday I learn something that somebody else already knew
 that's a very bad (evil) idea
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nigelrivett
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
Norway
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nigelrivett
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
3328 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 08:13:40
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Originally posted by russell
He doesn't know his stuff as much as he acts like he does. Anyone who speaks in platitudes and absolutes as he does is (1) often wrong and (2) extremely annoying.
I will agree he understands relational theory.
I don't believe that he has much expertise in real world implementation.
Further, portability is an unattainable goal. Remember when Java was going to solve the world's probelms by being able to run on any platform? That never exactly materialized. The second that business developers start writing code, it instantly becomes proprietary. If I have 100 instances of SQL Server, I'm not terribly interested whether or not my code runs on DB2. I am interested in making sure it runs as efficiently as possible on SQL Server.
That is the situation most IT professionals are in.
I once wrote a tool that mimicked query analyzer that I ran against DB2 and Oracle. It was a little crude, but in the shop I worked in, we had all 3 and I was tired of the tools that I had for DB2. I still had to actually write DB2 compliant T-SQL statements for them to run against it.
In any event, I've never met Joe, but have a mutual friend that I respect very much who tells me Joe's not as bad as he comes off here. I guess I'll reserve final judgement until I meet him, but as of now, I'm terribly offended by the way he treats junior members here.
He does have experience in implementations but not sql server (or at least not sql server specific).
He should add "Listen to what I say not the way I say it" to his signature.
Think this idea of labels complying with standards is a bit of a fantasy though.
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elwoos
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
2039 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 08:57:16
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Maybe i'm just perverse but I think we should adopt a "standard" for posts e.g. thou must never include lists of books, and berate anyone who fails to comply with the standard
Steve
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nigelrivett
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
3328 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 09:18:51
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I'm retiring at the end of this week (nothing special - tried it a number of times before and it doesn't stick).
Might have time to write books now so I disagree.
Busy with open university studies at the moment though so I guess not.
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
USA
6997 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 09:36:27
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Originally posted by nigelrivett
I'm retiring at the end of this week (nothing special - tried it a number of times before and it doesn't stick).
Might have time to write books now so I disagree.
Busy with open university studies at the moment though so I guess not.
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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.
Good luck on your attempted retirement!
Does that mean you won't be posting here anymore?
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nigelrivett
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
3328 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2011 : 09:47:25
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Nope - lots more, just means I'm not getting paid for it.
Mind you I'm doing more than what is considered a full time university course so theoretically I won't have time.
I seem to find more time to study when I'm working full time as well though.
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nigelrivett
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
United Kingdom
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