I was quite surprised when QOTD said I was incorrect. I was supspicious when there were check boxes and not radio buttons, yet only one correct answer. I had...

It is an interesting comparison. It is true that the programming world has a lot of wannabes, I probably fit in there somewhere, but many of the techniques used...

On my first read I thought that it was asking for consitancy on each execution, but when I thought about the select statements and the order of the between values,...

When all devlopment is performed on one platform and under one set of devleopment software, then you can start licensing, but why. There is enough regulation out there now...

Debugging has a relationship to diagnosis. Doctors do practice medicine. It is not an exact science. A patient comes in and explains what is wrong. The doctor...

It wasn't that long ago that I went through buying my first house. I was loaded down with tons of paper that had to be explained to me. ...

I like the analogy.

I also like the manufacturering analogy for team development. My father was a draftsman. He drew up the plans and manufacturers followed precisely what...

This is a good article. Could you do something besides temp tables? Yes, and the author points this out. Are there draw backs to using temp tables?...

I think the question is good and the possible answers were fine. To me, the first 2 possible answers showed what the author was trying to get across. I agree...

vinu,

Use the script that Gail posted twice.

ALTER TABLE tablename ALTER COLUMN...

I agree with the others, great question!

If you had asked me about the resource database prior to this question I would have failed miserably. I would not have stated it as a sytem database. ...

I wanted to thank everyone for their input and the links. I have been in 2 companies now that have a SAN. In both companies the storage management team...

Picard is an arrogant.... I just opened the pathway. He gets the credit for the demise of your insignificant world. I have odds that your race doesn't make...

Derek Dongray (5/8/2008)

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majorbloodnock (5/8/2008)

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I've just realised. If someone reports a SQL Server bug to Microsoft, they can post it as a QOTD to see how much of a problem it...