Software and IT operations for the banking sector are already regulated, and rightly so. So too is software for military and health purposes. But it isn't reasonable to impose the...

Understandable vs acceptable.

OCTom (3/4/2014)

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I think it's kind of odd that the team felt badly about this. The team should feel satisfied that their procedures are correct.

Is any of us perfect that...

No situation - especially this one - should be allowed to drag a team down in this way. Technically is was the right thing to do, and it ensured the...

sknox (2/12/2014)

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...This can be alleviated by formatting, e.g:

WHERE

(

(a = b)

OR

(b = c)

)

AND

...

as opposed to

WHERE ((a =...

Always add brackets when mixing operators. Even if you know the rules, brackets make a calculation less prone to misunderstanding.

Very good advice. So how's your job hunt going so far Steve?!

Perhaps SQL types aren't quite as impressed by presentation as some sectors of the IT population. Rather like engineers (are we data engineers?), we look at function first every time....

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/2/2013)

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Some of you might have noticed that the "Yesterday's Question of the Day" is back in the newsletter (today's).

...we had some authors of questions...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2013)

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I'm debating this and I think we'll add the "yesterday's" item back. I don't see compelling reasons not to.

In terms of the answers, are you...

It would be very cool if the QOD in the newsletter could also show the answer alternatives...

Toreador (7/31/2013)

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I get the impression that some people saw the latest Microsoft "everything looks the same" interfaces (Windows 8, VS 2012, etc), and rather than shaking their heads in disbelief,...

Toreador (7/29/2013)

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I get the same narrow strip of text, only it's now left justified, and the right 2/3 of the...

+1

Opinions were requested in this thread and there were over 100 replies. The headlines now precede your editorial Steve, and "yesterday's answer" has disappeared (because it made the email too...