Eric M Russell (5/22/2014)

Your boss should have simply explained to you that your salary was too high compared to the market. That would have given you an opportunity to work...

Administrator privileges on the database or on the network?

Learning is a tricky balance.

To get even moderately able at any new technique involves practice doing it, not simply reading. For this reason, I try to...

Actually it may be .Item(0).Item(0).

You are trying to get from the set that filter returns down to a member which YTD expects, even though the set has only...

Perhaps a .Item(0) after the filter?

You should not need the exists at all. In fact remove just that word and leave the rest and see if it gives what you want (you may...

I'm not sure I've ever heard buggy code, bad design, and lack of security standards or QA referred to as an 'emergent practice' or 'breakthrough idea' before.

Kind of makes the...

Why don't we build most of our software like we build bridges?

Because families don't drive cars over most of our software with certain death below.

Its important not to paint all...

Gary Varga (5/12/2014)

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Having seen the (terrible) level of knowledge that developers who think that they are experts in SQL Server have as well, I am little surprised at Jeff's frustration....

Aside from the (very interesting) theory vs practical discussion, the other issue with a comp sci education can be that it is broad based, but there is little room to...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/13/2014)

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That's interesting. however, do we want the first or last year? When I started in CS, the first year was hard, really hard with theory...

I still remember sitting in the main 2nd year comp sci course on the opening day, listening to the professor explain how the comp sci program was about preparing students...

Could you explain why you would want to change the name of an SSIS column?

I can get (sort of) wanting dynamic output to a destination, but that could be done...

Yeah, the laptop example was not the best.

Anyway, the point of the triangle (if there is one) is an easy to remember example to show that the 3 factors are...

Gary Varga (4/15/2014)

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Craig A. Silvis (4/15/2014)

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imho it is a service, not rudeness, to the caller to say no thanks and hang up. they are looking for sales and if you...