pjdiller wrote:

I think the Technical IQ vs. Emotional IQ has some validity, but I think it has more to do with interest than ability.

Very possibly so, my friend, but...

Generalisations are dangerous at best, so (deep breath) here come some:

I think men and women tend to show different kinds of intelligence at work.

Men seem to have a higher...

trubolatta wrote:

My alternative is simply not to insert duplicate records in the production database in the first place [sample code follows] ...

Yes, this is a nice method. Very clean,...

Suresh,

I'm a developer, not a DBA; still, I've been working with RDBMSs since 1984 (IBM DB/2 v1), and I can tell you that yours is not a 'solution looking for...

Steve Jones wrote: 'It's quite possible in your case that the orchestra realized that they needed more than a volunteer could provide and decided to hire someone.'

One might think so,...

JJ B wrote: 'There are two stories here (no doubt out of thousands everywhere) of people who were "bit" by organizations which did not properly manage the feelings of their...

JJ B wrote: 'You just have to remember that while organizations should treat their volunteers like gold, they often do not. ... It's sad, but it's the way these things...

Some years ago, I developed a new website for a local symphony orchestra, and by all accounts, did a good job of it. However, after moving out of the area...

Maybe I'm missing the point of this article. Why not use the native SSRS security model instead? Our shop relies upon it, in conjunction with the AD-based report user groups...

I'm the mirror image of Brian Donahue - a Brit "exiled" in the US.

On 4 July, my family and I observe the loss of the American colonies by wearing black...

Jessica,

I'll second the suggestion about using a text editor which reveals hex codes. There are many available - I like using the Boxer text editor (www.boxersoftware.com) because it includes this...

Hello, Janet,

There's an old saying: "A fish rots from the head on down." Dysfunctional organisations are usually that way because the people at or near the top of them...

Hi, Jack,

Thanks for responding to my distress call!  I tried out your idea - I placed the public function in the report "code-behind", and called it from the "Jump to...

Alex,

In response to:

"2. Is there a way to embed a PDF file into the report somehow? Say, at the end of each report, I need to include a few pages...

It's interesting to note something of a division between private industry and government within these posts.   It's not so much a direct comparison of smarts vs stupidity, but of cupidity...