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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Jeff Moden (3/30/2010)


    No... you're quite correct about SSIS and SSRS. The difference between myself and many managers is before I'd conduct interviews for a position that required either or...

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  • RE: Search for Underscore (_)

    bpowers (3/30/2010)


    How do search a table for anything containing an underscore? Since this is a wildcard in SQL I can not find a way to search for it.

    SELECT ID FROM...

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  • RE: View definition permission issue

    Per MSDN:

    The effective permissions that a principal has on a securable are the result of the explicit permissions defined for that principal on that securable, the permissions defined on the...

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    dma-669038 (3/30/2010)


    GSquared (3/30/2010)


    Jeff Moden (3/30/2010)


    GSquared (3/30/2010)


    There is no way short of hiring someone and putting them to work, to fully verify that someone knows the skills they are claiming. None...

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  • RE: Mixing tables from different databases/applications into one database

    The reasons I can think of are:

    It can make scaling the database out more difficult. If one application eventually ends up needing its own server, due to size and/or...

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  • RE: Need help with T-SQL Statement

    Is that script dynamically generated? It seems to run on its own.

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Kit G (3/30/2010)


    I just realized I'm not understanding the context of a word being used here. That word is "gamer".

    From the search I did on the Internet and various...

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    Jeff Moden (3/30/2010)


    GSquared (3/30/2010)


    There is no way short of hiring someone and putting them to work, to fully verify that someone knows the skills they are claiming. None that's realistic,...

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  • RE: Frequently fragmented indexes

    Are the indexes used for range scans, or for selecting single rows?

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  • RE: Using ">", "<", "<>" in a Parameter

    You can do that. Would be dynamic SQL, and you'd have to take all usual efforts to prevent injection attacks.

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  • RE: 3rd party replication software

    We use XOSoft at the company I currently work for. It's quite good at failover, and horrible at failback.

    If we want to start using the DR servers, it's very...

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  • RE: DATA BASE LOG SHIPPING AND MIRRORING

    If that's an interview question, then the correct answer is "I don't know, but I can research it", and then tell the interviewer how you'd go about researching it. ...

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  • RE: Using ">", "<", "<>" in a Parameter

    Add a drop-down to the report parameters with the various comparison operators in the drop-down. Then use that parameter in the Where clause.

    Where @Operator = '>' and MyColumn >...

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    C.J. (3/30/2010)


    How do I unsubscribe from e-mail notifications of comments to THIS thread only?

    Since last week, I'm spending the first several minutes of each morning deleting notifications of comments...

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  • RE: The Missing Certification

    dma-669038 (3/30/2010)


    GSquared (3/30/2010)


    Jack Corbett (3/30/2010)


    Good points Gus.

    Since most businesses aren't willing (at least in the US) to even pay to train people who already work for them, it would be...

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