+ Good question. Seemingly very simple, but makes you think.

- I too wish the poster had provided a good explanation directly rather than pointing to another article that does...

All your data are belong to us.

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile...

:hehe:

Thanks for the thought-provoking article Steve.

Alt + F1, because not only does it show you column names and datatypes, but you can also copy/paste from there into your query. Here's another tip: after you've brought...

I vote for this too! And yes trim would be very useful.

That sounds very much like Calvin's dad...

http://riteshjsr.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/recurring-motifs-in-calvin-and-hobbes-building-character/

🙂

A few days ago, there was an editorial on SSC about the DBA being too large/encompassing a term (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/terminology/109566/). It led to a very interesting discussion (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1577204-3554-1.aspx). One of the...

Yikes. I hope he's moved on to better things.

I'm...

This is a very interesting topic to me. I started out my IS career as a developer and eventually moved into database work. Although my...

Echoing other responses: do it, it will make a really great case study. Side benefit: since this is a high-profile site in the SQL community, any shortcomings of the Azure...

Towards the top of my script there is...

I was about to say Foundation but you beat me to it. However, I'm not holding my breath. There's so much money involved in movies now...

SQLServerCentral, and the SQL community (PASS, SQL Saturday etc), have played a very important role in my career development as a data professional. Thank you for...

Doing my first community level presentation at SQL Saturday Dallas. Being very nervous about how it would go, and then being very relieved that I didn't completely goof up, and...

Bundling in consumer products like music and TV does not make sense to me because it amounts to paying for incompetence (stuff nobody wants or very few buyers want) by...