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  • RE: X in Technology

    I started a career in IT when being a bit odd was kind of expected. It wasn't a case of minority-x in technology it was a case of minority-x...

  • RE: The Worst Code

    Gary Varga (3/19/2014)


    I trust that the delay was put in the web page and NOT with the query!!!

    Normal coding practises ensure any excess performance is bled off:rolleyes:

  • RE: Byte Me: Vendor Problems

    We've just renamed all our alleged coffee/tea/hot chocolate to "brown", as in "I'll have a cup of brown".

  • RE: The Worst Code

    My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?

    YES. Our chief exec stood up before the entire company and said that a web site...

  • RE: The Worst Code

    I understand the pragmatic need to get stuff done.

    One thing I have learnt about compromised solutions is that the time saved by short-cuts increments in a linear fashion (up to...

  • RE: Is Rolling Back The Same as Failing?

    A rollback in a non-production environment should be celebrated as preventing a rollback scenario in the production environment. It means that your pre-production environments have justified their existence!

    Both deployments...

  • RE: Geeky Entertainment

    I picked up a few Dean Crawford books on a 2nd hand stall. Enjoyable escapism, sort of x-files meets Clive Cussler.

    Hollywood seems to be doing more reboots than I...

  • RE: Lawsuits and Data Breaches

    In theory in the UK the data protection registra can send the CEO of a company in breach of legislation to prison.

    Having data without security is like driving without insurance.

    You...

  • RE: The SQLCLR Impact

    SQL# contains just about everything I'd want to do that isn't already in T-SQL.

    It think SQLCLR has yet to have its day. I firmly believe that it has potential...

  • RE: Time to Retire

    I really must replace my 8 year old PC running XP. It's good enough for web browsing, running MS Word, tinkering with SQL 2008R2 and a few others. ...

  • RE: The Remote Balance

    A present headache is trying to employ agile methodologies across geographically disperse teams. One of the things about agile is that it encourages all participants to be co-located and...

  • RE: Time to Retire

    The tech debt things certainly rings true for me. There's nothing like working through the source code for an old report and finding that what it was reporting was...

  • RE: What is Continuous Integration for Databases?

    The trick is to have a defined baseline for the database for the CI build to deploy onto. In effect the first DB step in a CI deployment is...

  • RE: Create/write to an Excel 2007/2010 spreadsheet from an SSIS package

    Koen Verbeeck (2/11/2014)


    What exactly is wrong with the Excel Destination in SSIS?

    Nothing. This article is demonstrating a proof of concept using a library without having to install Excel on...

  • RE: Oddball Interview Questions

    I've given an oddball answer to a straight question.....and got the job.

    It was the "have you got any questions for me" question.

    My answer was "have you got any wire because...

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