KaplanDBA (6/30/2011)

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Setting aside the fact that I'd rather normalize this further than just 1NF, I want to understand your argument better:

Well, NULL should always mean "The database doesn't contain this...

JJ B (6/30/2011)

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I appreciated the article. More so, I appreciated the author's replies in these discussions. Very informational and more so, a great example of professional conduct in response...

If I'd seen that comment in time I'd have tried to get Steve to add a few...

Roy Ernest (6/24/2011)

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I tried this. Let us see if that will work.. 🙂 Looking forward to this vacation. Going with my kids. This is the first time they are going...

Mike Dougherty-384281 (6/30/2011)

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1) Good job on the topic: it caught my attention. That alone is a considerable feat in a world of information overload.

2) Where's the rest...

JimTheWhip (6/30/2011)

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I started to forward this to a colleague who is just starting to design databases. After reading it thoroughly I thought better of it. I think the author has...

George H. (6/30/2011)

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Hello,

I found this article interesting. However, granted I'm not a full-time DB designer, I am slightly confused by the statement:

Some people would still use the three columns, using...

Steven993 (6/30/2011)

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This is...

David Portas (6/30/2011)

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1. I find this article problematic because it uses terminology and ideas that are not going to be universally understood in the same way by all readers. In...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/25/2011)

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Tom.Thomson (5/18/2010)

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Nice guidelines up to a point. There something rather bizarre though: the claim that "following" is not a noun and therefor can't begin...

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Nice straighforward question. Thanks.

Dude63 (6/21/2011)

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The answer should be no. Of course you can log ship to another database on the instance, but this was a simple yes or no question. Give...

But Craig, don't you realise that it is normal for all advertised jobs in computing that...