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  • RE: Using the Timestamp Data Type - SQL School Video

    I'm under the impression that SQL Server 2008 is getting rid of the current timestamp behavior and changing to be a real date-time data type rather than binary. I...

  • RE: Slack SQL Server

    Chris Harshman (1/23/2009)


    It's not that I don't like using SQL Server, ... The tools and features that come with [SQL Server] provide so much more value than Oracle does....

  • RE: Slack SQL Server

    Jeff Moden (1/23/2009)


    I'm good with that... I've used both Oracle and SQL Server... I have to admit that I "cut my teeth" on SQL Server so there's some predjudice but,...

  • RE: Slack SQL Server

    I appreciate all the ideas posted here. They have re-awakened some of my own itches.

    At the same time, looking at these posts has depressed me. I hope we...

  • RE: Free Tools for the SQL Server DBA Part 2

    Great article. More than deciding what to put in the list itself, I appreciated that you gave enough of a description of each product that I could tell you...

  • RE: Automating Excel from SQL Server

    What a well written, easy to understand article. Thanks for doing it. I found the content of the article relevant and appropriate. I also appreciate the discussion...

  • RE: Finding Values With Numerous Columns

    I appreciate this article and discussion.

    I have to do ad-hoc report queries off of a Sybase database created by an other agency (let's call them the State). I have...

  • RE: Normalizing-Denormalized Tables

    Jeff, Thanks for doing all that work and also for the copy tip. Both came in helpful for me!

    - JJ

  • RE: Introduction to DML Triggers

    There's one part of this article that I particularly appreciated. I had often read about certain tasks not not belonging in a trigger. But I could not figure...

  • RE: Databases for Change

    Such a well-written editorial with a great message. I was impressed with how you dealt with a potentially difficult subject (bringing in the presidential election) in such a neutral...

  • RE: Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns

    Once again, such good explanations/teaching.

    I'm like an earlier poster. I haven't been able to find an advantage to the pivot syntax. (Though unpivot came in handy once.) ...

  • RE: Building a Security Philosophy

    ...but I'd argue you are creating unnecessary risk.

    Beyond never creating the data in the first place or locking it up so that no one can ever do anything with it,...

  • RE: Building a Security Philosophy

    Brian:

    What you are saying now makes better sense to me. What got lost in this discussion (and most discussions like it) is the last part of your last posting,...

  • RE: Building a Security Philosophy

    K. Brian Kelley (8/13/2008)

    Delete a table as in DELETE FROM Table (no predicate WHERE clause).

    Ah, you mean delete all the data from the table.

    I see the difference, but...

  • RE: Building a Security Philosophy

    david.gerrard (8/13/2008)


    (I'm probably teaching my granny to suck eggs here, but...)

    I didn't know about that site. Looks like it could be a good resource for me. Thanks for...

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