Currently, my job is at a remote site and our entire team is distributed, so 80% of my work is done telecommuting.  Quite honestly, I believe I would be more...

My first program real program was a basic application on a TRS-80 to track yearbook sales for the librarian in my high school.  As mentioned earlier, databases did not exist...

Before I started working in computers, I loved them -- couldn't get enough of them, constantly reading and learning more.  After being in the industry for almost 15 years, something...

My first real job was at a company that had an IBM 8100 system.  We called it Frankenstein because it was huge and ugly.  It had a whopping 10Mb hard...

I expect that a company I work for to help me keep my skills and knowledge to an acceptable level.  We do pay for training, but it is not as...

Way back in 1992-1993, I was a network admin working with a crappy Novell 2.14 system.  Back then, IT people worked for the CFO and controllers and ours was too cheap to...

One of my favorites I use for my tagline:

"Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est"  by Bacon

which translates to "knowledge is power itself" -- pretty cool for...

Friends of mine have been on the losing side of the off-shoring debate, but I am still not an isolationist.  I think there are some areas where we cannot effectively...

Steve,

I recently took a job that does not allow me to do as much SQL or reading as I used to.  With my limited time, I find that I basically read...

It is hard to make a judgement without the code snippet.  Could you post it?

I hope this is not a production server if you haven't gotten an answer in over...

You mention something very close to the point in mentioning VCR's.  Why is it that for many years the networks have not had a problem with recording their soap operas,...

My first impression was:

By doing this, aren't you creating a denial of service for potential valid users?

Regards,

Joe

Now that was worth checking out!!

That is a lame excuse to see your name "in lights".  I feel sad that I spent the 15-30 seconds figuring it out.

I agree with the locking -- you have to use transaction.  However, sometimes dynamic SQL is necessary -- it depends on the situation.

However, the question I have is:  Did the...