The fact that Disney, Sony and the rest of the media industry (those two irk me the most) don't want me to make copies of my $20 DVDs is incredibly...

I can divide my stored procedures to operate in different parts of the DB (CRM, Statistics, Reporting etc.). That's a module (call it whatever you want) - Mark Sandy

This...

If you need to divide the procedures into different functional areas and you're using SQL 2005 then you might want to look at using schemas; conventional best practice prior to...

Think about the time saved for creating screens for each reference table. -- Baskar

Let me say this again: Code Generation. You shouldn't be creating these screens manually anyway. There...

If you're worried about building an application to maintain a bunch of tables you shouldn't be. Just use a code generator to build the application. You don't have to go...

The big thing with XBOX 360 seems to be the advancements with online play. Being stuck with old-timey dial-up I am not that excited about the new XBOX. The Nintendo...

How does this compare to reporting services?

...instead of crying about what the government does not do, get together with the other leaders of business and solve the problem.  Get all of them to give 1/10...

I feel that the $104B would be better spent in a national initiative to develop alternative energy sources and wean us off of Oil - especially the foreign flavors.

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Sir Arthur C. Clarke said it best: "the dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program." I believe that the human race depends on an active space...

It should be noted (and probably has been in the past) that stored procedure calls need to be parameterized as well. Use the appropriate Command class for the target DBMS...

There is another part of management that makes it a difficult job. Although they primarily have to answer to their bosses they also have a responsibility to the people that...

I posted this earlier (apparently at the same time Steve was posting this thread ) - If someone wants to delete the other thread...

Joel Spolsky wrote an excellent article on the subject of Build vs. Buy.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000007.html

Yikes! I stand corrected. I also noticed that some people were using USB drives to back up data. What dummies! Those devices are soooo unreliable. Do not trust them for...