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  • RE: Salary vs contract rate?

    20% is probably a bit light. Since you would now be self-employed, you're going to have to pay the 6.75% to medicare and Medicaid your employer used to be...

  • RE: Hacking Data

    Eric M Russell (3/23/2011)


    An MP3 player and an automobile engine are two unrelated systems that should not be tightly coupled.

    Hmm that reminds me of some quotes I saw back in...

  • RE: Are We Suckers?

    Craigmeister (12/18/2015)


    Another part of the complexity is the "slave labor" idea might be accepted by people just starting out. The article sort of mentions those people, but the author really...

  • RE: Software Estimates

    xsevensinzx (9/1/2015)


    I'm not really seeing the connection between the first linked stories in the first paragraph.

    A solution--which is what the doctor is aiming to apply--is totally different than the benefit...

  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    Eric M Russell (12/2/2015)


    lnardozi 61862 (12/2/2015)


    Here is the problem in a nutshell - salary opacity and salary equality.

    Demigod of SQL = x$

    Seat Filler = x$

    Unfortunately, just as much money is...

  • RE: NULL and empty string question...

    drew.allen (10/30/2015)


    Matt Miller (#4) (10/30/2015)


    drew.allen (10/29/2015)


    Sean Lange (10/29/2015)


    g.britton (10/29/2015)


    For that matter I wish we had true Boolean variables. But I dream.

    We do.

    create table MyTrueBoolean

    (

    TrueBool bit not null

    )

    If you have...

  • RE: NULL and empty string question...

    drew.allen (10/29/2015)


    Sean Lange (10/29/2015)


    g.britton (10/29/2015)


    For that matter I wish we had true Boolean variables. But I dream.

    We do.

    create table MyTrueBoolean

    (

    TrueBool bit not null

    )

    If you have a bit column and...

  • RE: Cursor written for complex condition is running forever.

    By the way - you might care to post the test data in a consumable way, so that those helping can access it quickly. I did it for you...

  • RE: This shouldn't be that hard - IDENTITY_INSERT in a function

    Your bigger issue is that functions are not allowed to leave side effects. So while you could design a procedure which might do what you need, a function is...

  • RE: Which is more efficient? WHERE SUBSTRING = ...or... WHERE fldField LIKE 'x%'

    As promised, if you make is so the indexing can help to some degree:

    LIKE test against clustered indexed column ...

  • RE: Which is more efficient? WHERE SUBSTRING = ...or... WHERE fldField LIKE 'x%'

    _watching (10/15/2015)


    Matt Miller (#4) (10/15/2015)


    ChrisM@Work (10/15/2015)


    _watching (10/14/2015)


    If you're interested in updated speed comparisons on how fast each is (well, on SQL 2014 anyway), this ➡ LIKE vs SUBSTRING vs LEFT/RIGHT...

  • RE: Which is more efficient? WHERE SUBSTRING = ...or... WHERE fldField LIKE 'x%'

    ChrisM@Work (10/15/2015)


    _watching (10/14/2015)


    If you're interested in updated speed comparisons on how fast each is (well, on SQL 2014 anyway), this ➡ LIKE vs SUBSTRING vs LEFT/RIGHT vs CHARINDEX article with...

  • RE: Are you a Data Scientist?

    Eric M Russell (10/1/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/30/2015)


    ccd3000 (9/29/2015)


    Well, I.T. hijacked and cheapened the 'Engineer' moniker a long time ago so why not 'Scientist'?

    Indeed we have.

    That's why...

  • RE: Seeking Architecture Design Feedback

    No - I think it would be critical to get feedback. I will say though - you may have waited too long. From the sounds of it, you're...

  • RE: Aging Software

    GoofyGuy (10/7/2015)


    Eric M Russell wrote:

    IoT appliances benefit service providers more than it does consumers.

    I guess I'll trot out my capitalist top-hat and say that if consumers are willing to accept...

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