I don't know what level of access you have on the server to verify this, but perhaps the latest version of MDAC needs to be installed or re-installed. You can...

SQL Server is already seen as being limited, in comparison to Oracle, because it only runs on the MS Windows operating system. I think that removing 32bit support from the...

One way to get related items into a delimited column is using a sub-select and for xml clause. This involves the awkward problem of stripping off the leading or trailing...

Some of my older sub-queries that were using a GROUP BY with MAX() for things like "get the most recent address" or "get the primary phone number", I've replaced that...

As a part time data analyst and part time roaming developer, I see a lot of database, and if I were going to stand up and give a talk about...

I think it's a lot easier to pick up development or (especially) admin skills on SQL Server when compared to Oracle.

I woudn't call MS Access or Excel a "low end development tool". Primarily they are general purpose tools for data analysis and reporting, and they are actually state of the...

Often times it's good to just let the end users "prototype" their own applications in MS Access or Excel. The trial and error process is practically part of the discovery...

I agree...

The purpose of schemas are to logically organize objects in your data model. For...

Anyone who says that coding while listening to political talk radio makes them more productive has to be lying or is just fooling themselves.

I work on an office building floor where there are about 200 cubicles. Being cold and flu season, one thing I've noticed is that if one person coughs, then it...

Not often, but I sometimes turn on something like smooth jaz or classical music, if I'm working on repetitive tasks like deploying scripts, reading through a long list of emails,...

chrisn-585491 (12/1/2010)

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There's more than 3. One of the ones I hate is the smart slackers that expect you to do all the work while they waste time and take credit...

Wether it's appropriate to bring up salary during an interview depends on what type of interview it is. If it's just a technical interview where you're sitting across the table...