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If the phrase "The DBA is Dead" is like saying "Dinosaurs are Dead", then it's not reallly true, because we're surrounded by the descendents of dinosaurs and VAX administrators who...

A well designed (normalized and optimized) database, with no frills, that doesn't receive ad-hoc query requests or bulk table loads, can run for weeks or months without DBA intervention, assuming...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/24/2014)

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Here's a few reasons why I'm...

Greg Edwards-268690 (1/24/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)

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There are other 3rd parties like Google and OpenOffice who are developing front end applications for managing Excel spreadsheets. I'd hate for Microsoft to get...

Gary Varga (1/24/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)

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Excel can be a cog in a large organization's data processing lifecycle, somthing that exists peripheral to the RDMS, but that's not always the case.

There...

Excel can be a cog in a large organization's data processing lifecycle, somthing that exists peripheral to the RDMS, but that's not always the case.

There are a lot of small...

As it stands today, if a user imports data from SQL Server or another relational database into an Excel spreadsheet, they can mangle the data contained in the sheet (often...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)

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patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)

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patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)

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One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)

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patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)

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One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That,...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)

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One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

Jim P. (1/21/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)

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One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

Jim P. (1/21/2014)

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Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)

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One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT EMPTY, DEFAULT, CHECK constraints. FOREIGN...

I learned the hard way that, sometimes the accounting department will hide or strikethrough records when they really intend for them to be deleted. To a non-technical user, it seems...