Bill Talada (7/10/2013)

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The whole mess of programming "between" different apps and data requires scripting or macro languages which are usually syntactically very ugly and kludgy. I generally end up...

Alex Gay (7/10/2013)

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Whilst it is true that there are dabblers, and that devices are getting easier to use, knowledge of basic programming techniques would be a great advantage.

My phone/camera software...

Programming (at least coding) seems to require a skillset that *IS NOT* common, in fact it's extremely rare. Spreadsheets are no more programming than they are databases, they are spreadsheets....

Cloud is a security disaster.

Look at the NSA mess. Any large company now has to worry about where their data is stored, which country will pass what secret espionage orders...

I'm a single developer/DBA/chief cook & Bottle washer at my company. I use Subversion tied into Visual Studio and SSMS/Windows Explorer.

I actually like using Explorer as my navigation shell, Win...

I've worked in 5' tall cubicles, open plan, shared office, and private office. I've also worked in the computer room itself (not nearly as fun as you would think).

I have...

I don't know if I'd want backup information in the database or not. On the one hand I could see it, and you're right, having information about the backup in...

I freely admit to having gotten it wrong. 🙂

However, the question now becomes, why *doesn't* it compress seperately stored data? If you're using data compression, you NEED it, and if...

I've been a developer for over 30 years. No, it is not easy! 😀

The problem is the size of the problem domain and the sheer complexity of it. Take the...

In many ways SQL Server itself is an EAV system. Tables, columns, constraints, they're all records in tables.

However, having said that, why reinvent the wheel? SQL Server actually abstracts...

This issue is yet another example of why SQL is one of the worst-designed languages of all time from a syntactic POV.

Would it have killed the designers to create two...

Mr. hoek (12/24/2012)

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It would be nice that MSSQL tables would 'be' clustered or non clustered, but in fact they 'are' heaps with an optional 'clustered index' added to then.

Removing the...

I always liked the library analogy.

The clustered index is how the books are shelved (usually by Dewey Decimal number), the non-clustered indexes are the index cards in the card catalogs.

Of...

I find myself in strong disagreement with the editorial.

Sales people:

A) shouldn't be allowed near a computer without at least 3 armed guards to make sure they don't touch anything :laugh:

B)...

L' Eomot Inversé (10/22/2012)

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roger.plowman (10/22/2012)

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1) They're too busy to beta test software.

2) They're not too busy to call and complain.

3) They don't remember you have to sleep.

4) 18/7/365 on...