Brian J. Parker (1/21/2015)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2015)

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For those of us in IT, I'm not sure if we need Big Brother standing up for us on the playground; we can vote...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/21/2015)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2015)

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I don't take offense if I'm called after work, so long as it's regarding something that's broke in production. The way I...

I don't take offense if I'm called after work, so long as it's regarding something that's broke in production. The way I see it, if I done by due dilligence,...

ProductID, ProductId, and product_id are all respectable options, so long as it's done consistently.

However, I would take issue with ID by itself, on every table. Anytime I see that,...

The data model of a database is like the foundation of skyscraper. It defines the scope, constraints, and scalability of the database. Get it wrong, and your SQL and data...

alanspeckman (1/20/2015)

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Is there a DMV that will give me a rate-of-change on a database, amount of log data generated over a period of time?

I need a quick way of showing...

Sean Lange (1/20/2015)

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Eric M Russell (1/20/2015)

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I've used product_id. I like typing code in all lowercase, both keywords and identifiers, which is ok so long as underscores are also used for...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2015)

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david.gugg (1/20/2015)

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We're on 2008 R2 Enterprise at my shop and we've cancelled plans to upgrade to 2012 because of the costs. Once Microsoft stops...

I've used product_id. I like typing code in all lowercase, both keywords and identifiers, which is ok so long as underscores are also used for clarity. Also, I don't have...

An Enterprise license for SQL Server can cost 100k to upgrade, but each full time DBA or developer on staff costs 100k per year, even if they're working with a...

Indianrock (1/20/2015)

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We have a number of Sql 2008 and Sql 2012 Enterprise installations, but I recently saw our company take some serious steps towards Linux/Python/Java/DB2.

We have huge mix of platforms...

I'm sure the folks in Microsofts accounting department took Econ 101 while in university. If enterprise level customers keep switching to other database platforms primarily on the basis of SQL...

I know it must be difficult for Microsoft's accounting and marketing department to decide what features to include in each edition, and it's also difficult for an organization to decide...

Looking back at past jobs, I can say from experience that, sometimes procrastination is really just lack of motivation. For example, when the department's IT strategy for the coming year...

Andrew..Peterson (1/16/2015)

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Oh, and I have seen some demo's of where MS has done a great deal of work integrating Hadoop into the parallel data warehouse (old name). I would...