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  • RE: NULL and empty string question...

    Just as a side note:

    I don't know on what RDMS you learned SQL, but at least in Oracle, NULL and empty string '' are evaluated as equivalent. Also, by default...

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  • RE: The ABCs of Database Creation

    Maybe I'm missing something, but the table appears to lack a unique index on the natural key, which would allow duplicates. This would normally be a requirement for any table,...

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  • RE: Calculating elapsed time between records

    This should give you what you want. What we need to do is simply sum the total months of service for each employee who is still active (has one record...

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  • RE: Bad Management

    william-700725 (10/28/2015)


    ...I know there are at least some high-paying un-challenging gigs out there.

    WHERE? Those are the ones I want but can never find. I always get stuck having to earn...

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  • RE: Disabling Index operations for certain tables in SQL Server 2008 R2 other than DDL trigger

    Let's assume that the sync application is attempting to create an index on Customer table called ix_CustomerName. If you don't want that index, then you could try creating a filtered...

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  • RE: Leave Developers Alone

    Four years after the article was published; is the business still bugging developers?

    It helps if your IT department is using TFS or JIRA to manage requests the same way as...

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  • RE: Bad Management

    GoofyGuy (10/28/2015)


    ... a top-end consultant probably wouldn't be interested in anything other than a challenge.

    So then ... the less-exalted aren't interested ever in challenges, they're just in it for...

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  • RE: Bad Management

    Gary Varga (10/28/2015)


    Eric M Russell (10/19/2015)


    ...Top-end contractors are able to sniff out bad management from the start and pass the "opportunity" over, so the organization isn't likely to acquire them...

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  • RE: Positive or Negative

    Gary Varga (10/28/2015)


    Eric M Russell (10/28/2015)


    ...another advantage of Char(1) is that it offers the flexibility of supporting additional codes in the future. Computers reduce the world as 0 | 1,...

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  • RE: Positive or Negative

    ben.norris (10/28/2015)


    Eric M Russell (10/27/2015)


    However, if a single column approach is more appropriate, then I still prefer not to use 1 or 0 but rather a character using a less...

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  • RE: Masking Data

    Honestly, I hate healthcare IT, specifically healthcare data. The problem is that you have a lot of disparate vendors with proprietary and inconsistent data, who out of necessity must exchange...

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  • RE: Masking Data

    If you're going to do something like copy production data down to lower (ie: Dev and QA) environments, then you need a formalized process that is approved and scoped by...

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  • RE: Need a Query to Capture all the information In SQL

    Glenn Berry maintains a lot of system information type DMV queries on his blog site. You might find something there to fill in some of the missing items.

    https://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/sql-server-2008-diagnostic-information-queries-june-2012/

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  • RE: SQL Server Management Studio Query Analyzer Replacement

    You mentioned that you are managing the database. Of course you can do everything you need using T-SQL from a query window, but going with any other tool (like MS...

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  • RE: Data Migration Techniques

    Are we simply talking about what tool or technique to use for migrating data from an old transactional database into a new transactional database (ie: SSIS) ?

    http://www.amazon.com/Server-2012-Data-Integration-Recipes/dp/1430247916

    Or are we talking...

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