Scott Arendt (9/16/2013)

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If you do your development in an environment where you own the hardware, software and infrastructure, are you really doing your development "in the cloud"? That used...

Thanks, I'll look it over this week.

There's not reference as the author didn't provide one and I couldn't find one. It's a bit of a hole in the SQL documentation and the way the language works.

If...

Hugo Kornelis (9/11/2013)

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And to all people who think they need to post to "get their point back" - rubbish! Points are never subtracted for giving an incorrect reply. You didn't...

Ray K (9/11/2013)

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I picked up Eli on waivers last week; unfortunately, I didn't know it had processed until after the game had already started. Granted, I won anyway, but...

Tom_Sacramento (9/11/2013)

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Hi Steve - Kinda of a dirty trick changing the question...

The question posed at the front page sets mychar to varchar(10) which would fail the batch insert so 0...

L' Eomot Inversé (9/5/2013)

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This question is somewhat confused and the answer is wrong.

It says the files "not be removed immediately" and asks how to force this garbage collection...

raulggonzalez (9/11/2013)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/11/2013)

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My apologies for the error. the question was tested, but as I'm sure many of you have done, I made a change in production,...

Richard Warr (9/11/2013)

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In amongst all of the anguish over what the correct answer is we've missed the main issue here. It appears that Steve is a fan of Steppenwolf (either...

simon.crick (9/11/2013)

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I agree 100% with the idea of a probationary period.

However... you still have to decide which candidate to hire for the probationary period, and it is still 6 months...

charles.jacobus-765275 (9/11/2013)

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I still don't see how this directly (or just) relates to Microsoft. "They [Microsoft] have too much incentive to cheat." I disagree. I would be interested in knowing how...

chrisn-585491 (9/11/2013)

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Steve mentioned self publication. There's a large number of people attempting to "game" that too. There's a lot of blog postings out there that are cribbed 99 percent from...

simon.crick (9/11/2013)

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Why not base your decision on the candidate's academic qualifications?

College and university exams are far more rigorous and comprehensive than any interview tests can ever be.

Choose a candidate with...

True, but the same is true for any measure (MD, JD, CPA, PE, etc.)

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If a DBA does not know the syntax...

My apologies for the error. the question was tested, but as I'm sure many of you have done, I made a change in production, altering the last name because I...