I prefer 'The devil d*mn thee black, thou cream-faced lune'. It is very satisfying.

I am intrigued as to why anyone would need this technique in a normalised database. Was this developer wrestling with a pivot table by any chnce that had been saved...

Great, but it does a much simpler operation and certainly doesn't de-tabbify. In code, you are likely to get a mixture of spaces and tabs. The tab character actually is...

[p]I can't quite remember writing this. I think I must have been trying to check out the process for submitting scripts for some reason, and grabbed something I had to...

Yeah. Sorry about the delay, but Steve and I are really keen on more cartoons on SSC and Simple-Talk.

Sorry, my fault. I got swamped with some unexpected urgent jobs, and a few other things, but I'm hoping to get something sorted out next week.

Sid, it may be better to ask this question on ASK.SQLServerCentral.COM, as it may skew a forum that is really about Jakub Dvorak's article, and you'll get more people...

I'd also suggest reading article in link below. This is exhausting description of all possible options which you can use for sharing data between procedures. I really spent a lot...

An interesting technique for sidestepping checks to see whether a function is deterministic. I'd love to see a practical example where this would be a good solution.

[p]If this happens, I'll eat my trousers. No. It is difficult for the tech people...

Sure you can Call me Phil and call...

This is a fascinating bit of code that attempts an approach that would provide very useful facilities for any database that was integrating with a JSON-savvy application. I love the...

Oh, yes, there is a lot in common with writing literature and software, and the editing and testing processes are likewise entwined. The one cannot work without the other, and...

Yes. Nice to see them again. Many of these are unforgettable. I love the comic strip of Derek the Robot DBA being virtualised into coffee machine at Teched by mistake....

Don't feel inhibited if you believe that you're not a brilliant artist. The important thing is the humor of the workplace and the technology. We can always redraw, but adding...