What's the problem? The software was released after all!!! :hehe:

Jeff Moden (4/1/2014)

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Stephanie J Brown (3/31/2014)

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I think what skeleton567 may be trying to say is that the NAME of the group perpetuates stereotypes. [font="Arial Black"]If instead of "Women in...

Dalkeith (4/1/2014)

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Good one you had me.

A friend is a surgeon and they have a daVinci machine.

To date they haven't been practical enough to see widescale use - they are also...

crmitchell (4/1/2014)

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I found the original B/W version...

This is VGaz here standing in. You can tell by my improved SQL skills, my astute postings and my sunny disposition. Roger, roger.

I haven't seen a better version than the Beeb's (that's a colloquialism for the BBC to you non-Brits) version from the...

When recruiting on behalf of a company I have never (knowingly) been biased based on age, gender, ethnicity, height, etc. I have always based it on skills and personalities i.e....

skeleton567 (3/31/2014)

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Interesting sidelight here. I'm retired and on my own time. Whose time have the rest of you been on today while getting into this discussion? Unless...

wgarces (3/31/2014)

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jtallent-840140 (3/31/2014)

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"If only developers were able to bring such a range of skills, experience and knowledge to the job!"

Wow, nice job generalizing and bashing an entire profession. Thanks for...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/31/2014)

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Gary Varga (3/31/2014)

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I think that these groups are great as long as their long term task is to make their own existence redundant (even if...

GilaMonster (3/31/2014)

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Here here. One of our developers came in sick for a week having lost their voice, and has now taken a month holiday with a brand new company laptop...

I’m always fascinated to talk to DBAs about their backgrounds. Somehow, DBAs have escaped a lot of the stereotyping, and because of the many different ways that they’ve entered the...

I think that these groups are great as long as their long term task is to make their own existence redundant (even if we believe that this may never happen)....

SQLBill (3/27/2014)

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I use the connection colour option in SSMS. See 'Use custom color' and set up registered servers using the desired colours. I tend to give red to production, yellow(ish)...

Often when I have seen someone develop the repeatable "perfect environment", be it as a set of scripts or a machine image or base VM etc., the mistake is to...