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  • RE: Be a Craftsman

    rboggess (8/3/2009)


    A bit off topic here, but ...

    [snip]

    I guess I can see some relation here to Software Engineering -- if you're creating serious software you shouldn't be jaggin-off. 😀

    :w00t: ...

  • RE: Be a Craftsman

    For the past 40 years, for example, we’ve tortured ourselves over our inability to finish a software

    project on time and on budget. But as I hinted earlier, this never should...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Waiting

    This one was really good. I have read it four times and I see something new each time. The cool thing is that it "works" each time through....

  • RE: Documenting Database Code: Structured Headers

    I like to replace the NULLS with blanks. I also found a way to have it return just my tables.

    SELECT

    sys.tables.name AS [Table Name]

    ,sys.columns.name AS [Column...

  • RE: Estimating Priorities

    In many ways having too much freedom causes us problems.

    Sure, bit I'll take that every day, and every second of the day, over the alternatives. If freedom is a...

  • RE: I Want a Database

    jcrawf02 (7/22/2009)


    BOL?

    Well you could then include MS Help. i had something more dynamic in mind though.

    I've used NTFS to organize and manage large sets of data in a rapid...

  • RE: I Want a Database

    Speaking of specialized databases there is one that almost everyone overlooks. Most of us are using it right now and don't realize it. It's been around for a...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Alternative Energy

    LOL!! Even though I perceived the outcome by the second panel I enjoyed it all the way through. Great twist on the old mantra of "the development eats...

  • RE: Intersect, Except, Union, All and Any

    The image problem is not the fault of the browser. The site seems to have had a problem with some images. It lost my avatar, for example.

    I use...

  • RE: Intersect, Except, Union, All and Any

    Great article David. Nice work.

  • RE: SQL Server vs. JET

    Could it be that the Exchange team thinks in "spreadsheets" and not sets?

    I used a lot of "table" storage mechanisms over the years and could typically beat the...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Administration Automated

    Rachel Byford (7/16/2009)


    I think you're all being rather mean to Derek - his was a perfectly reasonable response!

    From his pont of view, agreed.

  • RE: Raw Materials - Administration Automated

    Noel McKinney (7/15/2009)


    Derek the robot will do DBCC CHECKDB REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS in the next strip, just to be sure his work is done.

    I can hear him now.

    "Data Integrity Found! Ex-ter-min-ate!...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Administration Automated

    So about the robot babysitter. Let's make sure that it does not have a DBA brain.

    Or just don't name your baby TABLE.

  • RE: The Worst Advice

    DROP TABLE [EveryThing] :hehe:

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