Every business decision is about risk vs reward.

The truth is that for many small businesses the cost of a fully trained and qualified DBA is a high and the risk...

It's all so very "big company".

In a smaller outfit like this with only half a dozen in the dev team covering DBA, design, development and day-to-day application support, you...

That's pretty much what I want syntactically but Eric's comments on performance are welcome. The next task on my list for developing this is to scale it up and...

Not really. It brings the Element and Person parts of the path back together but now the First_Name is out in the breeze. The objective is to be...

You could create the table with a placeholder name you generate, then use sp_rename @generatedName, @userName; to pass the user defined name as a parameter so that you don't have...

I know what you mean but think of it this way: the problem is going to get delivered...

I think its awesome how sqlservercentral has solved a problem that the rest of the industry has been struggling with for quite a while now, who knew it was something...

I think we often forget that businesses don't exist to use our software or follow our procedures. They exist to deliver a product or service to a customer and,...

I personally think the problem's a bit overstated.

As a developer I think I've probably butted heads with every DBA I've ever worked with and, as long as it remained professional,...

If they don't get a tow they should at least get the boot. You need proper enforcement if the policy is to have legs. Give 'em an inch...

I think Barry's right that taking contacts etc home can be construed as theft. Think of it this way: If a company wants me to work from home...

Personally I think there's room for both the genius jerk and the uninspired socialite, but each is only suitable in the right place.

If I want a highly technical engine developed...

I've actually moved on from the contract where I developed that report so it's too late for me to fix now. It wasn't a show stopper so the customer...

I've got a degree and I'm ruddy useless. Just sayin'.

I actually do think qualifications and certifications can be a good indicator of competence buat's all they are; an indicator....

I think the problem is that it's easy to test someone's knowledge of syntax but it's close to impossible to test someone's ability to complete tasks in a classroom setting....