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"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 29, 2014 at 2:59 pm
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 29, 2014 at 2:53 pm
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 29, 2014 at 8:27 am
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/24/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)
Here is an example of why it matters:Did Harvard Economists Make an Excel Error that Led to Economic Austerity?
Here's a few reasons why I'm...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 24, 2014 at 2:23 pm
Greg Edwards-268690 (1/24/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 24, 2014 at 10:17 am
Gary Varga (1/24/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)
There...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 24, 2014 at 9:11 am
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 24, 2014 at 7:46 am
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 23, 2014 at 8:10 am
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 22, 2014 at 11:23 am
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 22, 2014 at 10:50 am
patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 22, 2014 at 10:05 am
Jim P. (1/21/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 22, 2014 at 7:28 am
Jim P. (1/21/2014)
Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 21, 2014 at 10:32 am
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 21, 2014 at 9:37 am
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...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
January 21, 2014 at 8:36 am
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