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David Burrows (5/21/2015)
Sean Lange (5/21/2015)
cunningham (5/21/2015)
soooo this is where you lot go to blow off steam!Yes indeed!!! Welcome to the "water cooler" commonly referred to as "the thread". 😀
Meh! The...
May 21, 2015 at 7:50 am
Probably a couple of stupid questions, but have to ask.
Was SQL 2000 on a VM?
And if so, is the same host?
Is this an in house designed database, or some vendor...
May 20, 2015 at 9:46 pm
There are also differences between transactional, data warehouse, and machines running cubes. Designing for the load peaks is critical. I was fortunate enough to have a couple server admins that...
May 19, 2015 at 7:25 am
We used a 4 4 5 fiscal calendar, stuffing the remaining days into the first and last week of the year.
This matched the fiscal calendar accounting used across all the...
April 20, 2015 at 8:32 am
Grant Fritchey (4/7/2015)
dwain.c (4/7/2015)
dwain.c (4/7/2015)
-- Some nitwit posting under the moniker of Dwain.C with a big fish for an avatar
-- gave...
April 8, 2015 at 6:42 am
DISTINCT is often very misused / misunderstood.
We had a query tool users had access to, and very often someone would come to me with a query that 'didn't work right'.
Many...
April 6, 2015 at 1:18 pm
So how does the cost and risk of you doing this compare to purchasing a 3rd party solution?
Taking a look into that might change the keeping costs down picture.
Not that...
April 6, 2015 at 7:54 am
The Database Architect that took me from the shop floor to work in the data warehouse group was a true gem.
20 years working with him building a the DW, and...
March 31, 2015 at 10:56 am
GilaMonster (3/31/2015)
Yet Another DBA (3/31/2015)
March 31, 2015 at 6:43 am
Iwas Bornready (3/30/2015)
After decades of programming, some of the basic thought processes come so natural it is easy to forget that everyone doesn't have them.
+1
Always been an advocate that doing...
March 30, 2015 at 7:49 am
Brandie Tarvin (3/23/2015)
xsevensinzx (3/22/2015)
Speaking on getting hired and the job market, here is an interesting read:http://lifehacker.com/the-programming-skills-jobs-and-company-types-that-pa-1692152608
Wait... 11-15 years of experience get paid less than up to 10 years of experience?
That...
March 23, 2015 at 6:50 am
GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)
For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce
That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but I can honestly...
March 18, 2015 at 10:27 am
ChrisM@Work (3/18/2015)
GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.
You're holding it upside down:-P
Here I am, thinking...
March 18, 2015 at 6:02 am
Ed Wagner (2/20/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/20/2015)
SQLRNNR (2/20/2015)
Ed Wagner (2/20/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (2/20/2015)
SQLRNNR (2/20/2015)
Lynn Pettis (2/20/2015)
... Mark one...
February 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm
TomThomson (2/16/2015)
ChrisM@Work (2/16/2015)
TomThomson (2/16/2015)
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Stop digging, Tom! For goodness' sake, you're coming across as a cranky old fella with a short fuse. This is not what we are used to seeing...
February 16, 2015 at 10:35 am
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