On the whole I liked the article and agree with it.

One thing I might beg to differ on is the following statement:

Managers can help this by not [...] asking the...

Tom.Thomson (2/25/2010)

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paul.goldstraw (2/25/2010)

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I would say fixed width makes it easier to indent your code since every character fits in a same size block. For me, that's the only reason,...

Fatal Exception Error (2/23/2010)

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Good Question

I got it right but for the wrong reason's(process of elimination) in my opinion.

I must say I am not a fan of the image since I...

D'oh! :pinch:

Read ntext as nchar!

Tricky...

Nice one!

I quite frequently read the discussion if I got the answer right - it's all part of the...

JF1081 (3/3/2010)

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Assumption 3: I have more than one user in a "users" table. If I only had one user I would be better off writing the user's info on...

kaspencer (2/22/2010)

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I have noticed a mixture of decimal point indicators on invoices these days, and it certainly isn't unusual to get one using the comma [,] as a decimal point...

Looked at the MSDN article posted before trying to answer - had to search elsewhere as the MSDN en try wasn't very illuminating 🙂

Hugo Kornelis (2/26/2010)

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It might break when you upgrade to a new version, when you install a service pack or security fix, when you upgrade your hardware, or even when a...

Carlo Romagnano (2/19/2010)

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The main problem is not the format of date (dmy or mdy or ymd) nor if monday is the first day of the week, but identify the day...

Just been re-thinking about this.

Maybe the original premise is that you always want 5 for a Thursday, not because *someone's* calendar says this, but because *the programming language's* calendar does?

Sunday...

This article refers to the "English" calendar.

Of course, it should refer to the "American" calendar.

In England, like in most of the rest of Europe, the week is deemed to start...

ChrisP-374390 (2/18/2010)

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Most interesting window I have ever seen was where the app ran on a server also controlling a factory floor - we could roll out upgrades annually on Xmas...

:hehe: LOL!

(feels a strange urge to go hide behind the sofa...)