IMHO (5/25/2011)

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I could never understand why companies went from "Personnel" to "Human Resources". I feel like being thought of as somebody else's resource is a tad demeaning too (although...

Scott Arendt (4/8/2011)

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tilew (4/7/2011)

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What I don't understand, is why SQL told me that the lenght is 4, but microsoft says "the storage size, in bytes, is two times the number...

george sibbald (9/24/2010)

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and it is very important if you receive service that has been 'above and beyond' that you provide feedback to that effect. Hopefully that will reinforce the behaviour...

Seth Lynch (10/23/2009)

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Robert Frasca (10/23/2009)

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I don't understand the "Book[Price < 4 ]"component. Shouldn't that mean that "<Name>book4</Name> " should NOT have been returned since the price of book 4...

There are two old sayings that I've come to live by regarding trust...

In God we trust, everyone else needs data.

I can see that Steve supports this one based on the...

AndyK (6/11/2009)

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Two bytes per character may be how Unicode is implemented in SQL Server - but code elements of one through four bytes are used in various definitions of Unicode....

GSquared (6/5/2009)

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David Fulton (6/5/2009)

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I am relatively new to IT, so my opinion is more from other areas and you may want to take it with a grain of salt. ...

Very well done.

A great example of practical math and DB tools.

bob.willsie (5/14/2009)

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Second, if the "oral" version of a book is created via a text to speech translator, I would view that as an "alternative form" of reading by the end...

NAND Flash is typically guaranteed to have 1,000,000 erase/write cycles per block. This doesn't mean you can only write to them 1,000,000 times. They are organized to have...

If you really want speed and accuracy for input you should try a wireless brain-wave reader. The only problem is that the words I misspell in my head still...

Note that

insert into TableName default values

should not be confused with

insert into TableName (columnName) values(default)

The latter of which is not valid for an identity column.

JenG (2/18/2009)

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I'm a great example of misuse of resources. I'm supposed to be a database developer and reporting expert. I spend most of my time doing desktop support...

There is an exception (isn't there always:)).

However, the ROWGUIDCOL attribute for a column has been overloaded to indicate that a default value should be generated. This behavior is specific to...

There is also a good reference at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280405.aspx