Thanks for the explanation, Nick!

I picked another answer after deciding I could neither fake a message tab nor the red font color.

(Remind me not to be interviewed by you!)

"pyramid structure"?

If I had to guess (which you probably had to do in your interview):

a. One of those big old things that the Egyptians built?

b. Like an Org Chart (the...

Welcome to the club, Wayne.

If it is any consolation, it is even worse when you are working in one of those...

If the people making the recruiting/hiring decision have no insights into the job or understanding of the skills required, they tend to rely on secondary criteria such as certifications, degrees,...

Mark Horninger (7/3/2008)

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Jim Russell (7/3/2008)

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Well done!

IMHO, product specific certifications (which need continuing updates) are not a good investment. I limit myself (with the exception of Sun's Java) to certifications that...

Well done!

IMHO, product specific certifications (which need continuing updates) are not a good investment. I limit myself (with the exception of Sun's Java) to certifications that are non vendor specific....

Very much deserved!

(When I noted you were not listed when Jeff was, I simply assumed you already were an MVP -- you are one, independently of what MS thinks!)

I think a faster approach (typically) is:

1. add a new column with the new specification

2. run an update query to update the new column from the old

3 rename the...

Congrats to both. I am particularly delighted to see Jeff get the recognition he so richly deserves. (Just hope he doesn't get so involved in whatever MVPs do that it...

Good insight. I can confirm I also have a case where select * from view will run (about 00:01:35) but "Open View" times out.

The problem is discussed in this thread:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=943398&SiteID=1

(but...

[Old fart alert]

In the [good] old days, I used to describe my self as a "sytagramerator" (systems analyst, programmer, operator). I would, perhaps, need a much longer buzz word...

I get that at times also, but I too have noticed that the same query, if run from a procedure (or from Access or some other external source) will complete....

Just trust it -- if you create a #temptable, it will be there until the end of your script/session. If you create a new query to test if it...

Truth is, I'm happy with just moving the tables to the DB that needed them, in my case it made sense.

In the primary database, security is role based. So a...

Here is the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Puzzles-Answers-Kaufmann-Management-Systems/dp/1558604537/ref=tag_stp_st_edpp_ttl

I didn't find the ISBN.