I'm sure he will soon.

Worrying about...

Good question, correct answer (well, it does depend on how one interprets "platform" but it's correct for what I think is the natural interpretation) but the explanation is a little...

I'll be the second pedant then.

Maybe it's my browser or maybe it's the article, but things like

Replace IIF with CASE, the becomes the WHEN clause, and the is the...

bitbucket-25253 (3/7/2010)

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Never had anyone return from suspension, and no legal action bought against the compnay. True was in U.S.A. so do not know if it would hold up legally...

Maybe I shouldn't do this, but here goes:

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With the following query:

WITH...

Nice question. I hadn't a clue, so today I made time to read all the BOL stuff about FILESTREAM, so today I have learnt more than most days.

Can't imagine why...

Steve Jones - Editor (3/7/2010)

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Tom,

unfortunately I think it is much harder than that to fire someone. At least on a first offense. I agree with you, but I wonder if...

Very useful article. I've been using SQL2008 for a while, but hadn't picked up on some of the simple changes - maybe now I'll remember some of them. ...

I read your...

Ron Kane (3/2/2010)

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I agree and am slightly concerned that anyone would ever look at posting the data and think it was a good idea.

But in the UK we have a...

Roger L Reid (3/2/2010)

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A nice improvement on the original, Timothy. So many developers never get past the point you started at.

May I recommend picking up "The Art of SQL"...

Karen Lopez - InfoAdvisors (3/2/2010)

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Oddly enough, I'm getting lots of push back from developers these days that having such tables is "bad design". I'm trying to track down a...

David Portas (3/3/2010)

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The ideas in RM/T are interesting but I think it's fair to say that they have since been superseded by much more comprehensive work on semantic modelling, such...

RBarryYoung (3/4/2010)

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Not only can you write procedurally in SQL, but you must and indeed, SQL must be designed not only to allow it, but to require it. Why?...

RBarryYoung (3/4/2010)

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In general, I think that <language> "Is A" <language-type> is just too strong a phrase for any language in real-world use. Maybe something like "Is A Type Of",...