A beautiful question, which may have made some of the backwoodsmen notice that there are collations other than the one which fits US ASCII perfectly and fits nothing else. ...

A nice easy question, but I guess the only thing anyone might learn from it is that the alien forms "fn hour" and "fn minute" work just like the...

And then there's http://www.despair.com/consulting.html as well, but I hope that's not a good fit for anyone here.

GilaMonster (9/21/2010)

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Variation: The architect...

re-freakin'-furbishing 🙁

Trey Staker (9/20/2010)

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I don't know about these additional window function but I have really appreciated the window functions they added in sql 2005. When I first saw this note...

I suspect the misconception arose because NTBackup was a bit naughty and would apparently...

SkyBox (9/20/2010)

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I considered using the Maint plan wizard, but couldn't decide if I should use the append vs. overwrite option. What am I missing here? I did notice...

There's a problem with the backup script you posted if you intend...

Matt Miller (#4) (9/17/2010)

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GSquared (9/1/2010)

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Here's an interesting one. This is the list of skills someone wants for their "DBA":

Must have advanced proficiency and extensive knowledge of web development and...

Michael Poppers (6/14/2010)

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Somwhere within my neuron subsystem, I...

Toreador (6/21/2010)

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I agree with Hugo - I knew the modulus answer, but had no idea what the others were. So got it correct as only one option had the right...

Fun question.

nice question. But some of the wrong answers could have looked a little more realistic to make the right answer less obvious.

Nice question. I particularly liked the inclusion of the string in the final select, so that people could see what was going on.

Surprised by some of the comments -...