Man - it really throws me back to read the "old style" Clipper ads (believe it or not - Clipper is STILL BEING SOLD. CA sold it off to...

Steve Jones - Editor (10/16/2007)

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The absence of a degree does not imply any lack of skill, knowledge, intelligence, or anything else. If it's not there, ignore it and focus on...

Capacity planning is tricky even with the right historical data. Like the argument I keep having with my real estate agent: historical data is useful only when you have...

Ahh - that explains it. That's one of my rules of thumb - "when dealing with a dangerous manager, make up a highly obscure technical reason, and use it...

I understand. Really - I do. I've had these "fights" with the CFO. The problem is - there's no such thing as "precision agnostic" in floating-point arithmetics:...

Julie Breutzmann (10/16/2007)

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I have a degree in Computer Science and work at a College. Having a college degree says you "stuck it out" and achieved a long-term goal. It probably...

Jeff - the differences you're seeing are past the precision scale (7th number), aren't they? I'll bet you even get a substantially more "precise" result if and when you...

No doubt that there's a smallish cost difference (smallish because disks tend to be cheap these days). It's just that OP is trying to play for performance, and the...

Actually - I'd avoid Raid 5 altogether when dealing with SQL Server. Raid 1 or Raid 10 are the way to go. RAID5 has too much of a...

..which ultimately comes down to a business decision. I've seen more implementations using a 3/2 scenario, but it's going to be a factor of how much performance they're willing...

I'm sorry to be hard-nosed about it - but it's a very clear-cut answer: because you're outside of the stated precision of the calculation/ data type. The only way...

I know this is a slightly different spin on "Fun with Computers" - but this guy's very good with coming up with Fun About Computers. First time I've ever...

just write three separate tasks- each exporting to a separate file. If they don't have any dependencies, then just save the package, and let it rip?

Have you looked at the custom paging abilities of vs.net 2005? A lot of those controls (gridview formview, etc...) have built-in paging functions that won't return more than x...

The process can work without tax credits. In just about any city where space is at a premium, a company not having to provide/plan for space for 100% of...