SQL Dumbass

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More Vendor Brilliance

Vendors never cease to amaze me. I know they could not possibly be as obtuse as they come across, but their communication skills and documentation needs so work. For example, consider this gem:

Have your SQL Server Administrator create a database named ‘[name_withheld_to_protect_the_dumbass]‘ with their desired options. The database collation must be SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CI_AS or SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CS_AS.

The hell?

You want me to create a database, with MY desired options, and then you tell me it has to have a specific collation. Hey, any chance you want to tell me that before I create the database? And look closely at those collations. One is case-insensitive, the other is case-sensitive. Well? Which is it going to be? Do you care, or not?

Vendors. Can’t live with ‘em…pass the beer nuts.

One Response to “More Vendor Brilliance”


  1. Futile

    “Can’t live with ‘em…pass the beer nuts”

    My friend and I used to quote that all the time in high school…back when Cheers was still being produced. My other favorite is:

    “How’s it going Mr. Peterson?”

    “Well, it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear”

    Loved that show!

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