Matt, I definitely like your suggestion of giving the users a compiled version of the .MDB. Right now what some of them do (fortunately not many) is when they're in...

Thank you Matt, Sean and Alvin. So it seems like, at least as far as the data types go, there's really nothing to worry about, if we go from SQL...

Well, actually in this case I am trying to run it from the client. I believe the reports are all .RDLC files, so they'll run "locally".

We are trying to run...

Eric M Russell (7/1/2015)

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Rod at work (7/1/2015)

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Eric M Russell (6/30/2015)

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There is a certain type of candidate who all seem to share the same basic resume, which seems impressive on the...

Jeff Moden (7/2/2015)

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podmate (7/2/2015)

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My first career was literally saving babies (running life support on extremely premature infants).

I find that IT is a far more stressful career than medicine.

In medicine, we...

GilaMonster (7/1/2015)

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Rod at work (7/1/2015)

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I have to respond to this, especially when you say that it appears there's a DBA/Developer factory pressing out people all using the same mold. That...

Eric M Russell (6/30/2015)

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There is a certain type of candidate who all seem to share the same basic resume, which seems impressive on the surface (a tag cloud with 30...

Alvin Ramard (7/1/2015)

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Jeff Moden (7/1/2015)

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Ed Wagner (6/30/2015)

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Alvin Ramard (6/30/2015)

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Jeff Moden (6/30/2015)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/30/2015)

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GoofyGuy (6/30/2015)

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None of the following are technical questions, they're just simple and conversational, but they...

Good article, Steve. However sometimes work is overwhelming, even when you're not at work. I was unemployed for nearly 9 months until I got the job I've now in (I...

WOW Steve, that definition of DBA is quite different from what I've been used to for many years. At best I have only considered myself to be an Accidental DBA....

I like the challenge, Steve. Even Accidental DBA's like myself? I'll try; see how it goes.

John Hanrahan (6/18/2015)

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I'm a little surprised. There are great resources for directed learning, websites like coursera.org, Pluralsight, even Khan Academy. And if you want tough and interesting projects...

I really appreciate what you wrote here, Andy. I'm a developer first and a DBA second. Some years ago I needed to learn how to write ASP.NET Web Forms apps...

Great post, Andy. Having started a new job I feel this intensely. I'm in the role of an asker. Things move so slowly that I wonder how I'll keep my...

I don't typically rename tables or views. There's been some badly named (IMO) tables, but I've just lived with them.

However, stored procedures are different. I've often taken an old SP...