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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BTW, I received my copy of SQL Server MVP Deep Dives two weeks ago, but I ordered it 3 weeks earlier from Amazon.com, even if I chose the Expedited International...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (3/25/2010)


    I actually now have to present what I think I should be doing. Anyone have a DBA Job description they want to share? 😉

    I'm sure you bought...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (3/25/2010)


    I pretend I'm a DBA, but like Grant I'm more of a Database Developer, who wants to be a DBA. I actuallyu just finished a discussion with...

  • RE: design - very important

    ErWin can do some checks, but it tests for some basic mistakes, that's it. This is a quote from Erwin manual:

    ...ERwin provides some support for normalization of data models, but...

  • RE: design - very important

    Michael Valentine Jones (3/24/2010)


    The time spent gaining a good understanding of the business process and modeling the data pays off in faster development and lower maintenance costs.

    I think this is...

  • RE: design - very important

    Rob Schripsema (3/24/2010)


    The most common place to allow dynamic queries to creep in in code is when you have some complex search function you have to implement, with optional parameters,...

  • RE: design - very important

    repent_kog_is_near (3/24/2010)


    are there any good times/reasons to allow DML from App code?

    Generally speaking, DML from app is about dynamic SQL and/or ORM middleware. I don't see any other good reason...

  • RE: design - very important

    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (3/24/2010)


    repent_kog_is_near (3/23/2010)


    I am sure the good logical design (Normalization) is very critical.

    Even when normalization to -at least- the 3NF is critical for an OLTP system allow me to point...

  • RE: T-SQL Oddities

    You definitely have to check out this[/url] and this.

    Very funny.

  • RE: design - very important

    Normalize, normalize, and then normalize again. This is the key to a successful db design.

    What else belongs to the design phase? These points come to my mind:

    Proper data types

    Constraints

    ...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Welcome back, Barry!

    Glad to hear you're (quite) fine!

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Luke L (3/23/2010)


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    CirquedeSQLeil (3/22/2010)


    Visions of Itchy and Scratchy just ran through my head.

    ROTFL! :hehe::hehe::hehe:

    Jason, I don't want to be unrespectful, but, looking at the quite high...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (3/22/2010)


    Visions of Itchy and Scratchy just ran through my head.

    ROTFL! :hehe::hehe::hehe:

    Jason, I don't want to be unrespectful, but, looking at the quite high number of wedding anniversaries most threadizens...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (3/22/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (3/22/2010)


    GSquared (3/22/2010)


    tstaker (3/22/2010)


    Anyone have anything funny, interesting or weird to talk about today? I'm bored.

    My main subjects of conversation so far today have been politics...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (3/22/2010)


    Gianluca Sartori (3/22/2010)


    I don't know who decided to install a new sever, who decided this instance could not fit into the existing servers, who decided the way the instances...

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