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  • RE: Identify the Column for 'String or binary data would be truncated'

    This would actually make a good problem solving interview question.

    Assuming you're selecting into a table, one simple approach is to use something like the following to determine...

  • RE: The Blame Game

    Rod at work - Friday, October 13, 2017 9:10 AM

    I've got a question which is related to Equifax, but not specific to...

  • RE: A Double Dose of Trouble

    So, if a major hack attack, or an odd unexplained IT disaster, does happen to occur on Friday 13, then it may not be purely a coincidence, for the same...

  • RE: The Blame Game

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, October 12, 2017 9:33 AM

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    Eric M Russell -...

  • RE: The Blame Game

    OK, two more separate screw-ups have occurred after the data breach. I'm beginning to lose faith in the IT guy over at Equifax.

    Someone Made a Fake Equifax Site....

  • RE: The Blame Game

    ... This is the first time I've seen an IT employee blamed. BA said an IT systems failurean IT systems failure with their major issues. Yahoo and Target were hacked,...

  • RE: Don't Use Code Coverage

    T-SQL is a high level declarative language that generally doesn't involve a lot of branching (although every organization has a handful of 2,000+ liners). So, I'm guessing that Code Coverage...

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    kannan_egd - Thursday, October 5, 2017 3:27 AM

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    If anybody knows the solutions or work around for my...

  • RE: Is this a good idea or a really, really dumb one?

    If is the database isn't building a dimensional model, a star-schema model, or computed summary tables, then it's not really a "data warehouse".

  • RE: Rewrite Your Code Tomorrow

    This topic reminded me of some writers and artists who (inadvertently or deliberately) destroy the first versions of their work, but then go on to produce a subsequent version for...

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    ZZartin - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 8:23 AM

    Eric M Russell - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7:55 AM

  • RE: Rewrite Your Code Tomorrow

    Even the best developers can write bad code when they're under the influence of adrenaline, sleep deprivation, and poor requirements. Just like professional authors have editors, it helps to have...

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    To effectively scale to TB sized tables, an enterprise class RDMS like SQL Server or Oracle must be paired with an enterprise class DBA.

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    kannan_egd - Wednesday, October 4, 2017 4:08 AM

    Yes, I too agree, but when comes to large volume data handling still SQL...

  • RE: Is this a good idea or a really, really dumb one?

    I'm not sure what you're asking, but if what you're saying is that there is one database view created for each application dashboard, meaning that each new application dashboard requires...

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