I think it's a good idea, Phil, although I worry about concurrency if this were public. People might not get the same lessons.

I think a sample, perhaps in VHD format,...

Jack is correct. My Machanic asked why that was ever published, it's horrible, and said the most basic review wasn't done.

Going through the debate, it seems that there was some...

Apparently the debate of the article has spilled onto Twitter where I am now receiving complaints.

Fun.

The fact that it was a firing offense means that there is likely a good amount of discrimination or inequality taking place.

Hey, if they saw your salary, along with your MVP, they might get motivated...

Things are always subjective, but an open system allows for less discrimination. People just won't take those jobs if they aren't offered fair salaries enough for there to be better...

Chris Howarth (6/2/2009)

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It continues to amaze me that people don't use Integration Services (to pull data into a central repository) and Reporting Services to assist with tasks of this nature...

Lokesh, the updated article is approved, so the corrections should be visible.

Good job on the article.

Are you using SSMS or something else? I haven't seen anything like this centered. Do the results come back in the grid, or are you using text? I might try...

How are you displaying things? If you are running this in SSMS, it should remove the left spaces and return the data correctly. If you doubt that, have you pasted...

Congratulations, and thanks for the information.

I'd like to whack the Quote button. It gets a little crazy at times.

I edit mine down to just the person I'm quoting.

If that doesn't work, double check server and client tool versions. Sometimes those cause issues of they are different.

I have a few people a year sending me email for refunds for SSWUG. Apparently they get upset when SSWUG links to me.

TheSQLGuru (6/1/2009)

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Believe it or not Steve I have had not one but TWO hiring managers tell me in the last few months that my rate was significantly LESS than what...