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  • RE: Performance enhancement achieves the precise opposite

    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...

  • RE: Employee Retention From the Managers Perspective

    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...

  • RE: "Edited" Reviews?

    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...

  • RE: Ever Buy From These Guys?

    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...

  • RE: Being Retained

    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...

  • RE: Do You Talk Salary in the Interview?

    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...

  • RE: Stop Reading

    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...

  • RE: Scheduled DTS Package

    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...

  • RE: Updating a frequently used table

    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...

  • RE: Huge Number of Records - Failed to Be Loaded

    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...

  • RE: Honouring the dead in London (Terror attack)

    A sort of satanic public transport?

  • RE: Honouring the dead in London (Terror attack)

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

  • RE: Honouring the dead in London (Terror attack)

    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...

  • RE: Why Doesn''t BI Catch On?

    My experience with BI is that it tends to be targetted at the Sales/Marketing functions.

    I have yet to meet a sales/marketing person who is au fait with even the basic...

  • RE: Using Technology to Terrorize

    Providing they don't want to sit out after curfew!

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