I think there is a difference between conducting a simple business transaction with a suspect individual or government (ex: I give you 1,000 licenses of MS Office and you pay...

James Goodwin (7/1/2011)

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Regarding Nulls, I haven't followed the theoretical literature enough to notice that there is a raging debate here, but from a practical standpoint I have noticed that people...

I once interviewed for one of the big national auto insurance providers. Part of the interview process (which lasted all day and mostly involved me sitting and waiting in a...

Tom, I think that overall this is a good primer on first normal form. You brought up the point that what constitutes an atomic value depends on the context with...

SanDroid (6/30/2011)

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Eric M Russell (6/30/2011)

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SanDroid (6/30/2011)

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Eric M Russell (6/30/2011)

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I never contain phone or address related columns in something like the primary customer table.

#1 An address or phone number isn't...

SanDroid (6/30/2011)

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Eric M Russell (6/30/2011)

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I never contain phone or address related columns in something like the primary customer table.

#1 An address or phone number isn't an attribute or measure...

I never contain phone or address related columns in something like the primary customer table.

#1 An address or phone number isn't an attribute or measure of the customer; the...

OK, here's a flippant comment so you can ignore this... when does a candidate key ever get promoted from candidate to the spot light? After all, even a Candidate for...

OCTom (6/30/2011)

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Teamwork is overrated. I think the skillset and the willingness to learn new skills is more important. I have yet to see an employer value teamwork highly. They speak...

Revenant (6/29/2011)

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Eric M Russell (6/29/2011)

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. . . Even a RDBMS like SQL Server which is built exclusively on Win32/64 executables should be able to retain that functionality regardless of wether...

TravisDBA (6/29/2011)

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opc.three (6/28/2011)

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I am curious...I am not sure what you mean. Maybe it would help if I knew your standard...

PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (6/29/2011)

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Eric M Russell (6/27/2011)

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Actually, I think it may be possible for multiple SQL Server instances to share the same database files, but one requirement is that the database must...

Decades ago, mainframe computers were very mechanical and actually did use oil and hydraulic cooling systems for the disk storage systems. They even experimented with steering wheel input devices.

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opc.three (6/28/2011)

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I am curious...I am not sure what you mean. Maybe it would help if I knew your standard for...

"Changing the oil" is a good analogy for rebuilding the indexes, because indexes are something...