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  • RE: Asking for Interview Questions

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/18/2013)


    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (4/18/2013)


    Eric M Russell (4/18/2013)

    An IT guy who can't perform under pressure is next to useless, even if he's smart.

    I have to admit, I...

  • RE: Asking for Interview Questions

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/18/2013)


    Eric M Russell (4/18/2013)


    I was serious about the "employment at-will" contract, if that's an option in your country or state. It can include provisions for...

  • RE: Asking for Interview Questions

    GilaMonster (4/18/2013)


    Where I live, even asking a candidate to sign an at-will contract can get the company hauled up before the labour board and fined heavily, severance pay or no...

  • RE: Asking for Interview Questions

    GilaMonster (4/18/2013)


    Eric M Russell (4/18/2013)


    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...

  • RE: Asking for Interview Questions

    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...

  • RE: Stored Procedures Execute Permissions

    Dree Vasquez (4/18/2013)


    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...

  • RE: MSSQL Sql Not working or partially working

    carlos.antunez (4/15/2013)


    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,...

  • RE: Database Query

    Pravasis (4/14/2013)


    Mansfield (4/11/2013)


    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....

  • RE: Question about query hint nolock

    ulisseslourenco (4/12/2013)


    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...

  • RE: Stored Procedures Execute Permissions

    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...

  • RE: The Command Shell

    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...

  • RE: Insensitivity: A Good Technique?

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (4/8/2013)


    Eric M Russell (4/5/2013)


    TravisDBA (4/5/2013)


    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...

  • RE: The Command Shell

    Jeff Moden (4/7/2013)


    opc.three (4/7/2013)


    Jeff Moden (4/6/2013)


    If someone get's in as SA, it's not going to matter if you have xp_CmdShell turned off or not. 😉

    You keep throwing this one back...

  • RE: Insensitivity: A Good Technique?

    Miles Neale (4/5/2013)


    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...

  • RE: Insensitivity: A Good Technique?

    TravisDBA (4/5/2013)


    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....

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