GilaMonster (4/18/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/18/2013)

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Also, tell the candidate up front that all new hires are required to sign an "employment at-will" contract. If they don't measure up, then they'll just...

You don't really need to work from a script of canned questions and answers. Managers and HR can ask the high level questions. But it's important to involve technical people...

Dree Vasquez (4/18/2013)

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Hi All

Thanks so much for all the suggestions. I really appreciate it.

I asked the Global developer and they said their procedures cannot be changed. And they also said...

carlos.antunez (4/15/2013)

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Thanks for the help

I guess that I should put down the entire query.

Your help was great and helped me out to accomplish, however, when the entire query was structured,...

Pravasis (4/14/2013)

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Mansfield (4/11/2013)

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1. Joining integer columns (provided that they are correctly indexed) is faster than joining other data types because it is relatively straightforward (see below)

2. It depends....

ulisseslourenco (4/12/2013)

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Hi people,

I have a question about nolock. I work in a company that there is a rule: all select query we must put nolock. If we don't put it...

In the example below, I've created a stored procedure called [acct_staging_truncate] which truncates a table. The user 'acctmaint' is db_owner, and user 'JoeSchmo' is a public member with no permissions...

Regarding vendors who support a client owned server, or clients who lease a vendor hosted server, there can be an account setup with elevated permissions that you enable or disable...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (4/8/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/5/2013)

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TravisDBA (4/5/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/5/2013)So, an a-hole boss will inevitably surround himself with either a-hole subordinates or mediocre supplicants. Meanwhile the most talented people will...

Jeff Moden (4/7/2013)

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opc.three (4/7/2013)

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You keep throwing this one back...

Miles Neale (4/5/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/5/2013) In professions like engineering, scientific research, and defense, emotions just get in the way. At least that's the case at the lower...

TravisDBA (4/5/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/5/2013)So, an a-hole boss will inevitably surround himself with either a-hole subordinates or mediocre supplicants. Meanwhile the most talented people will simply walk out the door....

TravisDBA (4/5/2013)

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Eric M Russell (4/5/2013)

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Belittling and sabotaging the efforts of co-workers goes beyond insensitivity. Fortunately where I work someone like that wouldn't last long. If one is not part of...

Belittling and sabotaging the efforts of co-workers goes beyond insensitivity. Fortunately where I work someone like that wouldn't last long. If one is not part of the solution, then one...

Are you asking what the SQL Server equivalent of Oracle's EXPLAIN PLAN ?

Perhaps this is...