There is NEVER shame in pulling out good reference books. It's an indication of excellent character, in my opinion. To me it would indicate the person is aware...

Standard debugging - have you checked your DATA to see if any records have a Status values of "Closed"? Typos or missing data are common. Tell us what...

I have to agree with Anye Mercy about the "Production Support" issue, since that's the scenario where I work. Taking care of production issues eats up 50% of my...

Heh, heh. That's how they transmit the virus. Resistance is futile.:alien:

I've noticed an upsurge in poor questions and homework questions. Is there normally a flush of these in the fall, as summer ends and new graduates find jobs while...

Too late Steve, this thread got political a while ago!

Logic, however, and analysis, have a place in the forum. So to shift the thread slightly, I do wish EVERYONE...

I lurked for quite a while before I started getting involved in the discussions on this site. And I find that often the discussion I enter are not technical...

It's when theory hits reality that things get interesting. So given the "must contain a value" theory, if we translate that to reality then table A would need an...

Here's to stupid applications; they keep us employed! 😛

Though it can be annoying to work on them. My co-worker was reviewing another view that we're converting to a...

David, while it's not a link, the website you gave by the American Heritage folks (Top 10 Examples...) contains a reference to Al Gore's work (which I quote here -...

From a developer standpoint (we have NO DBA's, crazy I know but there's this budget... or not!)

BACKUPS! Appropriate to the database purpose (saved by them sooo many time)

Normalization

Primary Keys...

I agree with David (except for the weird part...), and a loud, hearty "AYE" on the 14+14.

And hey, changing jobs every 4 years would help me keep my desk...

I disagree with Andy and Brian. (Especially Andy)

The main reason for my disagreement actually has to do with something Andy said, re: the law being for big companies. ...

The common, running themes seem to be:

1. DON'T panic (it's just pretty useless as a strategy)

2. KEEP the spending under control

3. TAKE responsibility for yourself and your...

Like many who have posted, I bought my own first car $200!), and I still remember Financial 101 - spend less than you earn! My vehicles are paid off...