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  • RE: Be Professional

    Miles Neale (8/6/2015)


    Being successful and appearing to be successful are two different things.

    I get a kick out of some judges on American Idol or America's Got Talent when they say...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: non trusted constraints vs performance

    If you have an SSIS package with a bulk load task and option 'Check Constraints' turned off, then it will automatically alter your check constraints to disable them prior...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    XYoung (8/6/2015)


    janet.stockton-taylor (8/6/2015)


    I did not say that it exists "everywhere". You're the only who said that. Perhaps you, while you worked in those "dozens" of shops, viewed the workplace...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    cdesmarais 49673 (8/5/2015)


    Eric M Russell (8/5/2015)


    cdesmarais 49673 (8/5/2015)


    jckfla (8/5/2015)

    I would hope data professionals would know the difference between anecdote and data, but reality always disappoints. In fact the percentage...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    cdesmarais 49673 (8/5/2015)


    jckfla (8/5/2015)

    I would hope data professionals would know the difference between anecdote and data, but reality always disappoints. In fact the percentage of women in the field...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    GA-426632 (8/5/2015)


    Do you have anything useful to say about the subject of cis-male dominance in IT?

    I'm not sure if you're addressing anyone in particular, but here is my take...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    Perhaps the funniest (and most realistic) version of this cartoon would have been two system admins (one male and one female) with the data modeler portrayed as a shirtless male...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    SQLRNNR (8/5/2015)


    Iwas Bornready (8/5/2015)


    What came to mind for me was the dual meaning of the word modeling. I didn't read into it any deeper than that. It's sad that others...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Model Employee

    I feel like we're all gathered around the latest addition to a sensational contemporary art exhibit, and we shouldn't judge it too quickly. Perhaps the artist intends this to be...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Be Professional

    mwyss (8/4/2015)


    Maybe "Appearance" would be better than Fitness. Wearing properly fitting clothes and being properly groomed helps convey that image of professionalism. Looking like you slept in your suit and...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: How can I check file extension efficiently?

    halifaxdal (7/31/2015)


    The data I am processing is normal in reality but a bit messy in SQL world.

    I have a table which contains a field to be parsed out possible filename...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Delete duplicate rows from ANY table.

    Let's assume you start with a table called OldEmployees. It contains (4) rows; (2) of which are considered duplicates based on a requirement that EmailAddress be unique for each employee.

    create...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Cloud Security Issues

    Am I right in thinking that to connect to a typical SQL Azure instance, you would need both a proper SSL certificate and an accountname / password ?

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: But we've always done it that way…

    xsevensinzx (8/4/2015)


    Grant Fritchey (8/4/2015)


    xsevensinzx (8/3/2015)


    In my years working in software development from a marketing perspective, the right way always seems a bit too subjective from the people who are advocating...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Is Skynet Coming?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/28/2015)


    Netflix has some neat robots, though they've put 75 people out of work.

    http://t.co/5uKV6WxTWp

    Apparently somebody in Philadelphia has a grudge against robots ...

    Hitchhiking Robot That Relied...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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