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  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    OCTom (12/5/2014)


    Doctor Who 2 (12/5/2014)


    Two questions: First, what is "SWAG estimates"? I've never heard that term.

    Second, when you suggest writing a proposal do you mean to write it and print...

  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    Doctor Who 2 (12/5/2014)


    Two questions: First, what is "SWAG estimates"? I've never heard that term.

    Second, when you suggest writing a proposal do you mean to write it and print it...

  • RE: Overcoming Proposal Objections

    Gary Varga (12/5/2014)


    Fortunately, most people in IT that I have come across have little interest in personal accolades. Kudos from their peers is a different matter. Basically, most people in...

  • RE: Real World T-SQL Tricks

    Thanks to Jeff Moden I have used tally tables. They make life so much easier. I use them instead of looping constructs.

    I have also used TRY...CATCH to catch potential errors...

  • RE: SQL DBA knowing user passwords

    My experience is that nobody knows anyone else's password. Period. End of story. It is a fire-able offense if this is violated. As a developer, it would be a lot...

  • RE: Am I breaking Normalization

    How about using an Orders History table and store the ordered price there?

    Tom

  • RE: What's a Toaster?

    I disagree with the premise that a toaster is simply a generic applicance and any one will do. They are not all the same and their performance is key to...

  • RE: Talking baseball

    The Giants take game 1 handily. Bumgarner's pitching is amazing!

    Tom

  • RE: DONEPROC

    ksatpute123 (10/22/2014)


    Raghavendra Mudugal (10/22/2014)


    Thank you for the post, really eye opening.. And really had no idea what this was.

    I read it and without any research, i selected the choice and...

  • RE: Talking baseball

    I'll go out on a limb and predict the Giants in 6. The Royals are on a hot steak that can't last.

    I have no skin in the game. I...

  • RE: SETSPN

    Xavon (10/17/2014)


    SETSPN? Isn't that the newest ESPN child network? :hehe:

    Nice question to end a troublesome week of QotDs.

    I believe you are correct. It is an all-tennis network. 😉

    Tom

  • RE: Mercenary

    I enjoy developing an application that makes someone's daily work life better and easier. To see someone using my software and being happy to use it makes me happy.

    Tom

  • RE: The Next Five Years

    crussell-931424 (10/6/2014)


    I'm fairly confident that in five years I will be retired.

    Retirement is just around the corner for me... less than four months. :w00t:

    Tom

  • RE: The Decline of SQL Server

    Gary Varga (10/3/2014)


    I have yet to see a decline in MS SQL Server use but I have seen people take up Open Source as a strategy for their development stack...

  • RE: I am no Asimov

    I hope you're not a Houdini; otherwise, everything you've done is just illusion. 🙂

    I had a colleague whom we named Houdini. He seemed to be busy but never accomplished anything.

    Tom

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