A corollary to Joe's statement is that a lack of IT is a "disabler". In all but the smallest mom & pop operations, IT is mandatory. Without technology there are...

Approximately 2800 people somewhere in the world died from Malaria today. About the same number of teenage girls became unintentionally pregnant today in the USA. And someone is worried about...

A unique key or a primary key? Think about the difference for a minute.

If you want to be academic then, yes, you need a unique key. Here in the real...

I enjoy the occasional day at home doing nothing but hands-on technical work. No meetings. No spec documents. Few emails. No phone calls. No clients. Just me, the fat pants,...

:ermm: sorry about that last post everyone. I assumed there would be some word wrapping happening there. I was just being a wise-a** anyway. Maybe it can be deleted??

And "no",...

I've never really understood how it came to be the employers responsibility to provide for the general welfare (e.g. health) of the employee. Seems the gov't gave itself that job...

I live by this simple philosophy - "Question everything". The Antithesis to "Blind faith".

Very nice article Dr. John, thank you. I have had the (dis?)pleasure of validating and cleansing addresses more times than I care to remember.

Just wondering what the performance is like...

Hey, let's not forget that it's not always "our" fault. Harken back to the days of SQL 2000 Enterprise Mangler where Microsoft conveniently put "Delete" and "Refresh" right next to...

Arrogant DBA's, eh?

"What's that you say Mr. Web Developer? Just "put it in"? Sure, I'll stay up to 3am troubleshooting & optimizing your masterpiece while you are all snuggled...

A show of hands for all those in favor of a tax for the digital "have's" to subsidize access for the digital "have not's". If you raised your hand, you...

"Most DBAs don't ever deal with multiple languages or different collation and sort order settings in SQL Server"

Now there's a sweeping statement. In fact, I would say many (if not...

Ah yes, Colorado - mountains, fresh air, sunshine, open plains, and millions of cows standing around in vast feed lots waiting to be turned into dinner. Windmills? Geothermal? Hydro? Wood...

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Thanks Rudy. Some agents are better than others but they have ALL violated at least one of my recruiting 10 commandments at some point. I view the recruiting "industry" as...