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  • RE: SSIS Design Pattern - Staging Fixed Width Flat Files

    This is a very good point. To me it is unforgivable to allow process aborts. Better have a table for error rows and/or groups of rows. Then...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Are you a Data Scientist?

    I'm not so sure. I think a 'data scientist' WOULD in fact be one who gets people the data they want and need. It sounds like you do...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Are you a Data Scientist?

    No, Steve, I wasn't a data scientist, or any of those BS titles. I was a true programmer and SQL developer, the guy who actually made work the high-falutin'...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: The Case of the Shrinking CFO, err Database

    As usual, from my 42 years of experience, I have seen things such as this many times. The first thing you need to do is exactly what this process...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Writing Better T-SQL: Top-Down Design May Not be the Best Choice – Part II

    This is an excellent illustration of a REAL SQL pro. While we were seldom officially permitted time for this kind of in-depth analysis, it 'separates the men from the...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Efficiency

    We've found what we call 'retired folks wine, being pretty inexpensively priced. Yellow Tail wine imports of Australia, mostly cab, merlot, and shiraz. Latest liking is a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Efficiency

    Well, for you guys planning your retirement, I have one piece of advice. You need to plan on the ongoing expense of a bottle of your favorite wine daily...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Efficiency

    dennis.oconnor (3/26/2015)


    At age 75 I am valued and respected by management and users. So I have not noticed any age discrimination in my experience, but believe that my attitude is...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Efficiency

    sarafian_developer (10/21/2010)


    I have noticed the same, on me but on others.

    As a developer, you can't but notice the enthusiasm of youth and the get the work done approach of a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Two Days Off

    qh[/quote]

    I think they have tried to give guidance in different ways. Certainly they don't limit things and some of their arguments are shaky, but they don't necessarily say the cloud...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: How to use the IsNothing Inspection Function in SSRS

    Is there any difference between this and the SQL function ISNULL? For simplicity and to avoid 'mindclutter' why would we not call it the same? I'm just thinkin'...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Testing

    I've always advised the best way to avoid bugs or get them fixed is to force those who develop products, IT or other, to use their own products, with only...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Testing

    A real true developer, as opposed to a coder, will be humbled and mortified to have bugs found by others. You should know your code and be creative enough...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Testing

    I spent 42 years as a developer in various languages and as a DBA heavily involved in producing SQL code. Due to my own testing as I worked, I rarely...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Two Days Off

    Well, I think we just proved cloud service is NOT 'always on', regardless of the claims.

    I personally would NEVER have committed my company's data to off-site or remote servers. ...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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