Done.

Happy to add this, and apologies for not thinking of it.

If you come up with other ideas, please send them to the webmaster (@ domain dot com)

I'm sure you did. The problem is neither of us knows...

Yet Another DBA (1/21/2014)

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Chris, all applications will have errors, I haven't found one app that hasn't but still live in hope.

I have heard that MS Access:

* has been used for...

Jeff Moden (1/17/2014)

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And, no... being a craftsperson doesn't necessarily mean taking extra time to do something. It means that you already know how to do something the best way...

Evil Kraig F (1/16/2014)

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The generic you (and I) understand the value of validating backups. You can even automate the process to simplify things. I think I'm getting closer...

chris.smith 91049 (1/21/2014)

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Yet, every company I've worked at has known the problem, and yet still produces them - the problem is that the manager is looking for a short term...

Yet Another DBA (1/21/2014)

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I have seen Excel being used by an insurance actuary and then someone promised that the same equations could be done in a "proper" language and...

Jeff Moden (1/20/2014)

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It's not Excel, spreadsheets, or anything else in particular. It's crap code and human error in general. I just saw an article yesterday where a couple...

On replay: They need to just get another 2 officials in the booth and not have the silly delay of someone walking over to a monitor as they do in...

Thanks, but I'm fine. I've seen you 4 or 5 times with this. Just...

Ed Wagner (1/15/2014)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/15/2014)

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WayneS (1/15/2014)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/13/2014)

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I'm hoping to get back to SQLBits this year, but with surgery coming, timing will matter. I...

Evil Kraig F (1/15/2014)

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As to the topic, Steve, your definition of craftsperson seems to change a bit from what's in the article to what you've clarified here. I agree,...

below86 (1/15/2014)

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And I would say that in your example Norm Abram could do the bare minimum to build a book shelve, and he would still turn out better quality work(and...

below86 (1/15/2014)

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I think this line is what 'set' me off: "Doing just enough to complete a job is the sign of a amateur, not a craftsman."

Doing just enough to complete...

WayneS (1/15/2014)

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Steve, did I...