ChrisM@Work (12/15/2016)

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Luis Cazares (12/15/2016)

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TomThomson (12/15/2016)

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The quasi-BNF for inline TVFs at the CREATE FUNCTION (Transact-SQL) page is quite amusing: it gives you four options for the parentheses: have both, have neither,...

White

joshua 15769 (12/9/2016)

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(Don't get me wrong, I know how to code, but I'm not that great.)

The test I give to a interviewee would be writing a code which would add,...

Luis Cazares (12/15/2016)

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I've never written an iTVF using parenthesis around the query. However, the other answers were completely wrong and the correct answer states that it can not that it...

I think that all three approaches are needed, and more importantly I think that for some messes it is essential to use two of these three approaches, and for...

Wingenious (12/7/2016)

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If we were all deeply pessimistic about redeveloping software then we might still be using VisiCalc.

Sure, redeveloping software involves costs and risks, but so does running a business on...

Gary Varga (in editorial)

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Of course, doing neither may be a valid option. For example, if you are working on a technology that is not changing in your environment, your job...

Eden

It's crazy to...

Matt Miller (#4) (12/6/2016)

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I could see the value of an organization for monitoring work product and skills, but ethics aren't a skill. Ethics are a trait: you can't really...

Rod at work (12/6/2016)

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Something I've been thinking about concerning a suggestion that Uncle Bob made, has me thinking since I first read the article some days ago. He bemoaned the...

Targe

David.Poole (12/2/2016)

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I think I would push for the DDL commands to be part of the ANSI SQL Standard before setting them up in SQL Server.

I think there should be a...

I like the idea in principle, but suspect that if this were done by people who think in database terms rather than in overall system terms we would end up...

Good question.

I found the suggestion that the SQL Browser used Simple SOAP Binding Protocol quite amusing. 😀 Especially as 13% of answers so for picked that option....