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  • RE: Life Logging

    Apropos the title I note there is now a puntastic sitcom called 'Scrotal Recall'. Based on STI transmission or somesuch, not that I'd watch such a thing. I wonder if...

  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    I recently upgraded an old application from SQL 2000 to 2008 R2. Simple, you may think, and indeed apart from a few old school joins in procs (*= type stuff)...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    Jack Corbett (9/17/2014)


    Gary Varga (9/17/2014)


    Jack Corbett (1/5/2009)


    ...I worked for/with an excellent developer who did not document well...

    In my opinion, that is an oxymoron. Excellent developers document...

  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    Evil Kraig F (9/16/2014)


    courtney.smith (9/16/2014)


    At the end of the day stored procs or views start to become a maintenance nightmare on any sufficiently large system.

    I would posit that it's easier...

  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    Ask a developer to use a stored procedure and majority will look at you as if you are mad.

    Not really in my experience. Some are better than others, but it's...

  • RE: Swallowing the Camel

    I'm going to throw my hat into the ring with Courtney on this one. I think the article misrepresents developers, at least good developers.

    "I actually see the purpose of...

  • RE: Data Vices

    I'd be interested to see whether any contributors have noticed much change in their vices over the last 6 years! I did not contribute but would say that my vices...

  • RE: PIVOT

    Hardy21 (8/26/2014)


    Luis Cazares (8/25/2014)


    jshahan (8/25/2014)


    sestell1 (8/25/2014)


    Does anyone actually use the PIVOT operator?

    I find it so limited that I almost always roll my own using GROUP BY and CASE.

    I like PIVOT...

  • RE: PIVOT

    jshahan (8/25/2014)


    sestell1 (8/25/2014)


    Does anyone actually use the PIVOT operator?

    I find it so limited that I almost always roll my own using GROUP BY and CASE.

    I like PIVOT because you can...

  • RE: Production Subsets

    I'm with David and Gary. I'm not in a shop where we have subsets of devs like 3GL and DB specific types. We have got as database guy but to...

  • RE: Using Views

    In light of the QOTD is anyone using synonyms for such purposes yet or would they not work for that? Don't know much about them.

    Views have been soured for me...

  • RE: Summer, Summer, Summertime

    BenWard (7/31/2014)


    Of all the international technical forums in the world with litterally millions of members what's the chances of a Saints fan and a born & bread Portsmouth man striking...

  • RE: Summer, Summer, Summertime

    BenWard (7/29/2014)


    call.copse (7/29/2014)


    BenWard (7/28/2014)


    call.copse (7/28/2014)


    but I'd like to have watched England longer

    Really? Playing like that I could barely stand to watch just 2 of the 3 games they did play!

    There...

  • RE: Summer, Summer, Summertime

    BenWard (7/28/2014)


    call.copse (7/28/2014)


    but I'd like to have watched England longer

    Really? Playing like that I could barely stand to watch just 2 of the 3 games they did play!

    There was no...

  • RE: Summer, Summer, Summertime

    Meow Now (7/25/2014)


    Unfortunately, my summer has been just one arrest away from a country song. Hey, it happens...I'm just glad football season is around the corner.

    Fantastic metaphor (is that the...

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