Yes sir, credit to you, Thunderball it is. I mis-remembered the name.

I like the early James Bond movies, although I haven't seen this one for quite a while.

Hi Howard,

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

Thanks for the clarification,

Sean.

I don't think that the moon-landings were faked.

My understanding of modern commercial aircraft is that they are so complex, that simple training with light aircraft is by no means enough...

This argument suggests that the management structure of VW was completely incompetent rather than being simply greedy, immoral bastards, who were solely concentrating on profit (and bonus) maximisation. Simply on...

Until the regulatory aspect of Azure is clarified internationally — namely, which bodies governmental or otherwise — have access to the data, I will continue to treat Azure as «open»....

Like the hanko[1] in Japan, these devices are becoming an extension of ourselves. It is not uncommon for a device to have our authority. Many a tablet or smartphone has...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/15/2015)

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Hi Steve,

There are several metrics that can be used:

1. How fast can an everyday problem be solved? Does a complex query...

Hi Steve,

There are several metrics that can be used:

1. How fast can an everyday problem be solved? Does a complex query take the DBA 30 minutes to do...

SQL Server is expensive. It also needs an NT Server licence. One realistically needs new licences every 7 or so years.

This must be realised by senior management when the decision...

Firstly, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Secondly, is this not a task for the sysadmins? They are responsible for security. If they are happy that the server is nicely...

I wanted to make the point that one has to remember time-constraints.

Many problem-solvers are perfectionists and they want nothing but the perfect query. It may take them 2 weeks when...

PAH» Your comments "Better to listen and nod in most cases." remind me of a brief dip into the book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. one of...

I use the analogy of cost-based heuristics of the SQL Server query engine. It doesn't always choose the most efficient implementation of a query, rather just one that is fast...

In my experience, people who use DBs at least an SSMS level fall into several categories (and often they overlap) and they are:

• People who design DBs;

• People...

Hi Gail,

This query returns the number of threads per username, per title, per month, per forum within a specific timerange.

Since the limiting factors here are in the dbo.Threads table...