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  • RE: Introduction to Bitmasking in SQL Server 2005

    Matthew Ross (2/12/2007)


    Lee,

    ... as far as using a DB for this, who cares? A DB is a data repository key word being data just as the file system (e.g....

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  • RE: New Relational Sub-Language?

    I'm late to the discussion, but here's my cynical two cents anyway...

    It will never happen, because if ANYONE ever actually delivered a relational language and platform, why would we...

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  • RE: Revisit What You Know

    Jeff, I can't and won't try to say that you are wrong on any particular point because I do agree with you that performance is critical. 

    The one thing that...

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  • RE: Revisit What You Know

    That's a really excellent question, I might steal it!  It sets up a situation that lets you distinguish those who have practical experience from those who don't.  My answer 5-6...

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  • RE: Revisit What You Know

    Jeff, your point about cursors is taken, but there are situations where they are, in reality, the best solution to the problem at hand.  Like almost everything else in the...

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  • RE: Is XML the Answer?

    My position has both hardened and softened somewhat over the past few years. 

    I still think that XML is “a stupid answer to all the wrong questions”, and that the...

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  • RE: Is a Temporary Table Really Necessary?

    It has to do with the narrower scope of variables vs. temp tables.  Temp tables are available for all batches in a connection, variables are scoped to the batch.  Therefore...

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  • RE: 2007 Tech Salary Survey Results

    "All else being equal" is the key phrase here, and while numbers may not lie, those who put them together certainly do.  Sowell's argument is not that women aren't compensated...

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  • RE: 2007 Tech Salary Survey Results

    The whole "women get paid less for doing the same work" is such a tired old lie that I just can't let this pass.

    No credible study has ever been able...

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  • RE: Lookup Table Madness

    It makes perfect sense to have a single set of data available across the enterprise and things like Color, or EmployeeStatus etc... are very likely candidates for this, but in...

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  • RE: Lookup Table Madness

    I have yet to hear a truly useful definition for Domain\Lookup\DataDictionary\etc... tables.  Why is it deemed necessary to treat them differently than any other tables?  And by extension, why is...

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  • RE: The Effect of NOLOCK on Performance

    Jeff is correct, but doing this carries the same risks as using nolock.

    If you are using SQL 2005 then Read Committed Snapshot isolation level might be an appropriate choice.

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  • RE: Setting a trace for specific objects..how?

    I believe it applies only to RPC and will return the objectId of the stored procedure that was called.

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  • RE: Some Usages for XML

    2,147,483,647 bytes, basically 2 Gigabytes

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  • RE: Setting a trace for specific objects..how?

    Object_id is not applicable to SQL:stmtStarting or ending.  You can accomplish this by putting a filter on the TextData column.  So something like "SELECT%FROM%TableName%" would probably do the trick.  Minus...

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