TravisDBA (12/27/2012)

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Analogies on how to get animals to take pills is good stuff to know, I guess, but is SQL Server material getting a little hard to come by nowadays?...

Got it, and thanks.

5 of 7 for this type of year would be excellent!

M.

And the Merriest Christmas and Happy New Year's to you!

M.

Sorry to come to the ball late but here is another opinion.

Amazon and a number of others have identified a way of doing business. You go to the "shelves"...

We have a regular schedule for both system and application updates. If something fails it is rolled back. We have also failed forward on one or two things...

Steve, Honestly thank you for this. Very good piece.

I remember two disasters in the IT field over the years. One year back in the 70's the...

Did I read the article right? If you have an employee who does a good job, is somewhat driven to get the job done but sees value in his...

Steve,

Could I add that one of the real challenges is building meaningful and usable dimensions in OLAP cubes. At times it can drive a person crazy.

M.

There is a echo in the world of technology and you have to adjust to it. The echo says "The newest technology will cause a huge reduction in the...

I have no IPod, do not kick the old or take candy from babies, but I do encrypt data. Not all data but that in the sensitive class of...

Happy Belated Thanksgiving - was out of office for the HOliday. Hope all are well and warm and recovered from playing in the show!

The cost of not having the amount of data and saving a few dollars in the short run is far more costly than spending the dollars to understand the business...

Working in Environmental areas you become aware of water, but the basics still apply. If you pollute a stream of water at the source every inch of the water...

I sometimes write an email and save it. Then write a second version and save it. The I write a third summarizing the content of the first two...

You must not know my neighbor!

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