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  • RE: All-in-one

    For devices like phone, watch, planner, mp3 player, browser - and the like, I prefer "one device to rule them all" rather than having to keep track of all this...

  • RE: Why I Run SQLServerCentral

    Keep up the good work SSC team!

    The interesting side note in this thread for me is the talk about passion and motivation. Steve and some others have said they have...

  • RE: Is Unit Testing Important?

    Michael Valentine Jones (11/10/2009)


    Developers who do not unit test are incompetent...

    I can get behind the idea that development isn't complete without unit testing because with unit testing, there is a...

  • RE: Is Unit Testing Important?

    There are times when I feel I can stay in the "safety zone" without unit testing. For instance, when I'm developing an application for in-house use, where the cost of...

  • RE: What Do We Want from PASS?

    One thing PASS could do is: Get noticed outside of the database industry. Get in the news so the mass public becomes aware of the organization in a good or...

  • RE: Motivating the Team

    Em = f(Ea, Mi, Ce)

    The little formula I put up there says something like a motivated employee is a function of three factors more or less: employee attitude, manager interation...

  • RE: Understanding Locks for a single row insert

    Thanks, Steve. I'll have a look.

    In addition to your resources, It looks like SQL Profiler (and Windows Perf Mon with Locks Object Counter - if you just want counts, presumably)...

  • RE: Accidently Agile

    Hey folks. I had fun scanning the original article and the old posts. I keep my eye on the topic of Agile so I can learn more - and learn...

  • RE: Squeezing the DBA

    My economist of choice, Robert Frank conducted a study of economists found in his book Passions Within Reason and found that they are less cooperative than average. In cooperative games,...

  • RE: Take a Seat

    jack (7/29/2009)


    http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Embody-Chairs .

    Jack: That "Embody" has got to be the "Rolls Royce" of task chairs. Does anyone actually have one of these? It's probably worth more than my car.

    I rounded...

  • RE: Take a Seat

    As a young buck (judging by your picture) you may not appreciate this, but after several years, these stresses take their toll on our bodies.

    Steve Tahan

    Let's just say I'm not...

  • RE: Take a Seat

    So cancel this afternoon's massage and spa treatment and do a little local shopping - there are great deals to be had.

    Blandry: The spa treatment comment had me rolling. Thanks....

  • RE: Get DDL for any SQL 2000 table

    Thanks Lowell for sharing. Lately there have been articles and discussions about test-driven database development where I think a script like yours should be considered. For instance, Andy Leonard is...

  • RE: An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 4

    I have followed all four of Andy's articles in the "An Example of Test-Driven Development" series. I don't know if he plans more. Look under the tag "Test-Driven Development" and...

  • RE: What is the Best Way to Test SQL?

    The newest MCTS exam 70-433 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Development test so far to my knowledge is completely silent on test-driven development techniques.

    The team system of Visual Studio...

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