I had more or less decided to set the initial size to 4GB as creating such a file on the SAN is a surprisingly quick operation.

I was thinking of fixed...

Correct!

The performance of the stored procedure using the new table instead of the view is lower than when using the view alone.

It is an absolutely crazy result, especially as the...

For confidentiallity reasons I cannot post the actual view or the stored procedure but if you imagine the table is something similar to the following

AccountID INT

LineNo INT

SalesValue MONEY ,

CostValue MONEY...

Little fleas have bigger fleas upon their backs to bite them.

Bigger Fleas have greater fleas and so on ad infinitum.

That's my view of management.

As an employee I may get frustrated...

If I see a review that is all roses I look for the fertilizer. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

If a review is...

The thing is it wasn't just the .com startups that got into difficulty, it was the infrastructure guys as well.

British Telecom decided that what Britain needed was a high speed...

You have said something that is blindingly obvious but only after you have said it.

A subtle change in management style can have a big influence on morale.

I was asked to...

The general rule used to be salaries/pensions etc could be discussed at 2nd interviews.

If you go through a recruitment consultant then , once the offer is made you can let...

I take the view that if I get something out of SSC then I should put something back in.

I don't use SQL Server outside of my work therefore my use...

Yes, If you use the DTSRUNUI.EXE then it will produce an encrypted string that says what the package is, who the running user is, their password and various other...

Do you mind dirty reads?

If you don't mind use the WITH NOLOCK query hint on the SELECT statement.

It means that the readers might see obsolete values while the update is...

If your data for past years is static then I would look at having a specific table into which your write your summary information. That way the only time...

A sort of satanic public transport?

As a very good and wise Irish catholic friend said to this English protestant. People are stupid f@$%%rs.

I suspect he is referring to the cack handed implementation of the human rights act. As I understand it, if Sadam Hussein was to enter Britain and argue that...