Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 08/18/05 10:02

 (a@b.com) writes:
> now we enter the realm of "horse-shit". i provided a description of the
> tables, just not a create table script. not only that, but i also provided
> sample data *and* sample output from the query *i* provided -

Yeah, you did. But you still did not manage did to explain the problem.

Believe it or not, when we suggest that you should post CREATE TABLE
and all that, it is to help you. And, to some extent a little test:
how much effort are you prepare to lay down yourself.

>| You see, it's not that I'm paid to do this or anything.
>
> cry me a river. i'm a "non-paid" contributer to 3 other newsgroups in
> which, my technical prowess is appreciated and respected...

Maybe you are. That does however not mean that people here have any
particular reason to spend their free time to guess what you are up to.

And, of course, the attitude you have shown in no way encourages people
to help you.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp

[Back to original message]