I BELIEVE THAT ALL UPPER CASE ANYTHING IS MORE DIFICULT TO READ AS IT PLACES THE EMPHASIS ON THOSE PARTS OF THE CODE THAT ARE ALSO COLORIZED (pink, blue and...

Nathan Allan is a guy I could work with. I like and already use most but not all of his DML style. For constrains on columns I use...

I agree with spelling things out but couldn't disagree more with prefixes. Love schema's for grouping Sales.Orders, Sales.OrderItem. For the folks that love a tName or vName let...

And so we reach the Goldilocks story of our time. If the pay seems to far above the market rate -- it must be for a good reason. ...

Ralph,

I'd feel sorry for you but I believe that's not what you want. I know what you mean when you see others getting the goods and you just get...

Come on folks. Name one business that isn't in business to make a profit. If they don't make a profit they don't hire anybody.

I work for...

Ralph further makes the point. All developers should take an active role in keeping their skills current with market demand. The cost to their future marketability is dangerously...

I believe David's post is spot on. It is attitude and not aptitude that makes the difference in the employee.

There is only one company I've had the misfortune to...

"I have seen the enemy and he is us"

-- Pogo.

America has propped up the younger generation with self-esteem programs and non-competitive (formerly competitive) games and sports. We don't...

IMHO, the line number is tramp data and not necessary from a DB design perspective.  However if it's important to the customer to have the order the items were placed in...

Your best bet is method 2.  I understand the [TableName].[ID] naming convention from the object perspective.  When you move that to a database will end up using an alias for the...

So... what's wrong with null?  Is it any more correct to have null or a zero length string for a middle name?  I notice the author didn't provide a middle name.  So does...

What a can of worms.  For what it's worth here's another opinion.  Remember it's worth what you paid for it:

Prefixes - as a general rule I avoid them like the...

I enjoyed your article as I'm struggling thru the forest heading in the other direction.  I believe there is a need out there for a series of books "Database A for...

I got it solved.  The third time is the charm.  Initially I had created a second plan to test out using a "new" plan.  The third time I deleted the existing...