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  • RE: Don't forget this date.

    Paul White NZ (4/2/2010)

    I wonder how long it will be before someone complains that this QotD is misleading and incorrect since the question specifies "(yyyy/mm/dd)" format and the answers are...

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    April 2, 2010 at 11:07 am

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)

    survived on 4 hours sleep Monday through Friday.

    Unenviable.:cool:

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    April 2, 2010 at 11:03 am

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Grant Fritchey (4/2/2010)

    It's the tests that are the more important topic anyway. The tests need to test both knowledge and ability. The point being that unlike MCTIP it's not simply...

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    April 2, 2010 at 11:01 am

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)

    If you spend 50% of your time coding, what were you doing with the other 50%? There is more than coding, so I have to say 1...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:51 am

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Steve Jones - Editor (4/2/2010)

    I think you ought to keep TIS, though perhaps make it lightweight to administer. Have someone list the time and percentage of that time, working with...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:50 am

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Paul White NZ (4/2/2010)

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)

    You know, if Paul keeps up this pace (100 pts/day average) in 2 months he'll be breathing down Barry's neck. Another 30 days, he'll...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:47 am

    #1144934

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)

    You know, if Paul keeps up this pace (100 pts/day average) in 2 months he'll be breathing down Barry's neck. Another 30 days, he'll quite possibly be...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:46 am

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GSquared (4/2/2010)

    GilaMonster (4/2/2010)

    GSquared (4/2/2010)

    I'd be specific. "Transactions in table variables can't be rolled back."

    I dunno, that could give the impression that failed inserts/updates don't roll back (insert 10 rows,...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:44 am

    #1144931

  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Jack Corbett (4/2/2010)

    To this point I've stayed out of the more detailed discussion, but I'll weigh in on the TIS.

    I think it needs to stay in. I agree that...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:41 am

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Lynn Pettis (4/2/2010)

    I think I can see people focusing this cert only to DBA's. I don't see that as the case. This should be certification that is also...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:37 am

    #1144926

  • RE: Talking baseball

    Ray K (4/2/2010)

    The whole ordeal sounds like it could be a movie. War Of The Roses McCourts.

    HAHA

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:34 am

    #1144923

  • RE: SQL side by side install - but not completely

    Paul White NZ (4/2/2010)

    CirquedeSQLeil (4/2/2010)

    If you do this kind of setup in dev first though, then you have a good way to test the application and flesh out those problems.

    You...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:34 am

    #1144922

  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Steve Thompson-454462 (4/2/2010)

    As to TIS, if this requirement is being dropped doesn't the J - for Journeyman need to be dropped as well (in my mind this implies having completed...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:32 am

    #1144921

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Snickers

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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    April 2, 2010 at 10:30 am

    #1144920

  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Luke L (4/2/2010)

    dma-669038 (4/2/2010)

    I can understand surely the overhead involved. I don't believe the process can be totally gamed and there must be some way for someone to verify experiential...

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    April 2, 2010 at 10:29 am

    #1144919

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