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  • RE: Self-Service vs. Managed BI

    kpatrick (7/22/2010)


    SIf a user pulls their own data themselves, how likely are they to test their results rigorously before proceeding to distribute the report?

    It's a coin flip, but I'd like...

  • RE: Talking baseball

    I have learned to always turn my back going back to first, whether walking or diving. Playing first, I see balls thrown low by the pitcher constantly, and even a...

  • RE: Self-Service vs. Managed BI

    kpatrick (7/22/2010)


    ... Certainly there is a lot of tweaking involved, but why not take an agile or iterative approach?

    I think this is the idea behind PowerPivot and it's...

  • RE: Self-Service vs. Managed BI

    Dirk Wegener (7/22/2010)


    I think the selling point for the simple Excel and Access files is the ability to easily manipulate them.

    yeah, but how can those reports be trusted?! you...

  • RE: Self-Service vs. Managed BI

    Greg Edwards-268690 (7/22/2010)


    They found out that this 'creative' person had started with the SO Cycle Time detail, removing some data points, and presenting it as WO Cycle time. So for...

  • RE: SQL Server 2005 Resources Management

    Keep in mind this is for the whole server instance, not by user or job. So if you limit memory, you are limiting it for the entire instance and a...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (7/21/2010)


    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (7/21/2010)


    Lynn Pettis (7/21/2010)


    Just hope I don't come across like that when I post. Please, someone, hit me with the proverbial 2 x 4 if I ever start...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    I think I would like it better if people could get let go without so much documentation. It would still have to be for non-discriminatory reasons, but shouldn't require a...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jcrawf02 (7/21/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (7/19/2010)


    I saw Fat Red's on Memphis Beat. Is that a real place?

    It was, but his sister killed him, so they closed it down...

    Wasn't that a...

  • RE: Raw Materials - Surface Area

    That's great.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Joe seems to pop in once or twice a year here, with about the same reception.

    He actually is a very nice man in person. Kind of a reference-shock if you've...

  • RE: Sudden denial of permissions

    It is possible. Perhaps run dbcc on the db? It will check system tables.

    If you have a new db with same permissions, can you do a join to the...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    CA, VA, CO, all have at-will employment. Always been hard to let people go in my companies.

  • RE: Sudden denial of permissions

    Interesting, perhaps someone has issued a deny on system tables? People need those in 2000 for quite a few things.

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    Until Red Gate, I had always worked at "at will" employment places. Still didn't prevent HR from being scared to terminate people.

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