Building and administering Dev Edition on a VM isn't just for advanced features. It's how I learned the simple basics, too.
Very useful technique.
I also keep a database called ProofOfConcept available as a playground for testing new things. Dropable at a moment's notice. Any time I'm testing new concepts, I use that database. I also use it to build answers to questions in these forums. If someone posts table scripts and all that, I fire them up in that database, and build the solution there before posting it here. Very handy, since I know I can drop anything in there at any time, including the whole database.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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