Gary Varga (9/10/2013)

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Read the editorial. Read a few of the posts. Seems that simply we are, as a collective, astounded at the attitude of the minority.

As for support groups, I...

Regarding how I would solve hunger, it's interesting how the problem has been defined or presented. For example, the US Department of Agriculture released a study in 2012 stating that...

OCTom (9/6/2013)

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I was once asked how I would end workd hunger. My answer both appalled and intrigued the interviewers. I said to kill all of the hungry people. If there...

Occasionally I participate in technical interviews, if the candidate is applying for a database related position. I don't ask pop questions like "What is DDL?" or "What is a clustered...

wojzeh (9/5/2013)

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Eric M Russell (9/5/2013)

What's weird is that they called me back several weeks later and wanted to offer me a job.

I declined. So damn weird; I...

wojzeh (9/5/2013)

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Hi Steve! Thank you for this topic!

You said "My interviews have often been very technical, but have included a number of "how would you.." or "tell me about a...

On a slow day, when we're not on a coding sprint or...

TravisDBA (9/3/2013)

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Eric M Russell (9/3/2013)

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TravisDBA (9/3/2013)

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Probably not, but then again you could fill a book...

TravisDBA (9/3/2013)

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Probably not, but then again you could fill a book up with all the...

I didn't press for more details when I...

Craig-315134 (8/23/2013)

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@eric M Russell wrote:

Basically SSIS, BULK COPY, INSERT/UPDATE, etc. that violate foreign key constraints or duplicate keys. Not only do these bypass the application and middle tier, they tend...

Craig-315134 (8/23/2013)

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@jeff Moden wrote:

Too many people get to most databases without using the application.

???

Please explain, Jeff. You've thrown me. If people aren't using an application UI, what are they...

below86 (8/22/2013)

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I get it now, it was throwing me off when you said 'line', I was thinking the actual line number.

Maybe this is just me not understanding stored procedures but...

below86 (8/22/2013)

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Eric M Russell (8/22/2013)

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Chrissy321 (8/22/2013)

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And as I stated earlied how do you look at a log for a stored procedure? If I have a 1000 line SQL with...

Chrissy321 (8/22/2013)

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And as I stated earlied how do you look at a log for a stored procedure? If I have a 1000 line SQL with 50 different SQL statements...