Um, thanks, Shaun :blush:

I'll admit I try to keep my posts as lighthearted as possible, but I never really thought of them as funny as such. Pleased to have added...

There have certainly been days when I've been caught in a cynical mood and, when asked, given my job role as "sh1t collector". It's certainly a title that seems to...

Now that's an idea...... 😎

OK, here's an analogy that perhaps illustrates a point. Driving competency tests were first introduced into the UK in 1934. That meant that, after that, there were a number of...

OK. That's the way it came across, but I'm happy to apologise if that wasn't your intention and I've misunderstood.

B.)...

PMSL

Interdum modo elabitur.... 😀

@Brad, if that worries you, then you need to get a lot more worried still. The...

smunson (6/24/2008)

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If their reaction is that childish, then where's the professionalism associated with publishing a website of this caliber? You can't be a pro and then react to every...

I don't doubt you're right, Skyline.

OK, 17 pages, here we come 😉

Well, I think we all now know that there are a couple of issues with the question and answer, that the author has willingly admitted this, and that SSC has...

You know, I've just realised how heartening it is to find such a lot of IT pros who're obviously (and rightly) focussed on "customer first". I see so many different...

Someguy (6/20/2008)

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I'm a developer looking in at the DBA from outside.

Backup/Disaster Recovery gets my nod for first skill.

I'm not sure if it's correct to call it a skill, but...

Hugo Kornelis (6/20/2008)

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majorbloodnock (6/20/2008)

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Of course, strictly speaking the question will only be correct for case insensitive collations, since the values in the question are "value1, value2, value3 and value4", yet...

Of course, strictly speaking the question will only be correct for case insensitive collations, since the values in the question are "value1, value2, value3 and value4", yet the comparison value...

Hmmm. Not sure I could rank the following, but here's a bit of a brain-dump.

1. Agreed with the article on keeping the data safe (i.e. able to take both regular,...

How appropriate for...