TomThomson (8/11/2016)

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It seems to me that wireless keyboards are OK in individual offices (and in hotel rooms, which was the first case I looked at way back in 2002 or...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/21/2016)

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Stephanie Giovannini (7/21/2016)

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I don't understand why code re-writes cause so much fear, both among developers and management. It's the code equivalent of cleaning out the...

roger.plowman (6/27/2016)

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Sean Redmond (6/27/2016)

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What's the point of having DBAs if people believe that ORM tools will do it all?

Veeam does backup and point-in-time restores.

It seems to me that one side...

Sean Lange (6/14/2016)

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Brandie Tarvin (6/14/2016)

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Ed Wagner (6/14/2016)

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BrainDonor (6/14/2016)

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Brandie Tarvin (6/14/2016)

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I am seriously considering removing my LinkedIn profile all of a sudden. I did not join to be marketed to. According...

Eirikur Eiriksson (6/9/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (6/9/2016)

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I will say that ROW_NUMBER() is a dangerous tool to use when trying to deduplicate data. It's dangerous in that unless the ORDER BY you...

I will say that ROW_NUMBER() is a dangerous tool to use when trying to deduplicate data. It's dangerous in that unless the ORDER BY you provide can already provide a...

tindog (6/2/2016)

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umailedit (6/1/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (6/1/2016)If the two candidates were close (i.e. the rating for both was fairly close) it may be hard to quantify why you prefer one over...

umailedit (6/1/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (5/31/2016)

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Why? Why do we have to assume anything? You might have see a spark or creativity or a sense of pride in their work...

tindog (6/1/2016)

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TheComedian (6/1/2016)

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No diversity in technology? Are you kidding me? Go to Toronto and in the IT department of any major bank, you will see a lot more...

umailedit (5/31/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (5/31/2016)I find it interesting that the editorial mentioned that no one specifically recognized bias in their conduct, but somehow we are to accept blindly that bias...

dietztm (5/27/2016)

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People who say they rarely see bias need to be aware that their lack of perception is not evidence that it doesn't exist. In fact, they are the ones...

TomThomson (3/22/2016)

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No, that's wrong. A "resume" is a misspelling of "resumé" which just means "summary" (without...

Jeff Moden (3/18/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (3/18/2016)

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Just because CSV didn't provide a way to notate NULL vs '' (or rather you and your data provided didn't agree on a way to...

Luis Cazares (3/17/2016)

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ScottPletcher (3/17/2016)

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Jeff Moden (3/16/2016)

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Sergiy (3/16/2016)

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Jeff Moden (3/16/2016)

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I strongly agree. NULL is not...

Inline schema tend to refer back to legacy patterns using DTD: the XML defined the content of the document whereas the inline schema defined the layout and formatting. In...