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  • RE: Guest Editorial: Improving Northwind

    David Reed (3/11/2009)


    ... At the risk of starting another holy war, it's routinely alleged that AW "violates best practices". Tell me which are your pet "best practices" and how they're...

  • RE: Guest Editorial: Improving Northwind

    Maybe it is best to leave Northwind alone. However, I do like GSquared's idea also. Maybe this is something to latch onto AdventureWorks, since it was built to...

  • RE: Question of the Day for 28 Jul 2006

    I got it right, but not for the where clause...

    In option A, the GROUP BY is on the NAME of the employee... bad, bad. There could be 2 John...

  • RE: The Challenges of Being Safe

    Yelena Varshal (3/10/2009)


    My advice is to use legal Nondisclosure Agreements

    I tend to agree with Yelena. If you don't trust them, they shouldn't be there anyway. Company data or...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    jcrawf02 (3/9/2009)


    dphillips (3/9/2009)


    Union or none, the ultimate goal would be to manage one's finances in a manner that allows one the freedom to make the choices they desire, rather than...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    Samuel Johnson (3/7/2009)


    "I know lots of you don't think unions are good..." Where does that come from? My guess is that just as many (in fact probably more)...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    Union or none, the ultimate goal would be to manage one's finances in a manner that allows one the freedom to make the choices they desire, rather than being forced...

  • RE: What Does Support Look Like?

    I feel that this cycle came about largely due to the release cycles of the open-source world. It is a bit fast, but open-source has little to lose if...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    Robert Davis (3/6/2009)


    Since we're talking wish list here, I would like to petition for 4 day work weeks (4 x 10 hours) as the standard.

    Why stop there? Go for...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    Tomm Carr (3/6/2009)


    ... The last time, I took a course to get my CDL and hit the road for a year...

    I have considered that very job choice many a time....

  • RE: Instr convert from access to sql server

    True. Access does not strip spaces. So it depends on desired outcome.

  • RE: Instr convert from access to sql server

    andrewd.smith (3/6/2009)


    ...

    A translation of this Access expression is:

    LEN(SUBSTRING([Field3], 1, CHARINDEX(' or', [Field3]) - 1))

    Or simply:

    CHARINDEX(' or', [Field3]) - 1

  • RE: Instr convert from access to sql server

    yulichka (3/6/2009)


    Also, how can I convert this:Len(Left([Field3],InStr(1,[Field3]," or")-1)) Thank you

    Why would you pull the LEN of a LEFT that uses a position value you will end up with in the...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    The only benefit I find useful in a union is the right to leave the union and still work side by side with those who choose to be part of...

  • RE: Up Your Value

    The best counter-measure to performance reviews is a detailed log of accomplishments and contributions. Journaling is a Good Thing.

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