{"id":942,"date":"2009-03-03T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Common-questions-from-newsgroups-and-forums.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-27T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T17:20:30","slug":"common-questions-from-newsgroups-and-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/common-questions-from-newsgroups-and-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"Common questions from newsgroups and forums"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nIf you're new to the blog then you may not have seen my Search Engine Q&A series (or seen it and not realized what it is). It started out that I was watching the incoming search engine queries that hit the blog and worked out what common questions people were searching for, but then I turned it into a 'what are common problems on the forums that I see'. Anyway, there are a bunch of questions that I've answered that make some interesting reading and touch on some pretty diverse topics. Here they are in chronological order, with links. Don't forget that I fastidiously categorize all posts and you can use the category links on the left hand side of the blog. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

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    \n Enjoy!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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