I'm waiting for the Nintendo DS version myself, though a Wii version could be...

Jack Corbett (3/31/2008)

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You don't mention which version of VB is being used, but if it is the latest bersion of VB.NET don't let them read anything about Linq until you...

Jack Corbett (3/29/2008)

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Basically what I meant about performance not being as big a deal is that, particularly with parameterized queries, you are just as likely to hit a cached execution...

Jeff Moden (3/29/2008)

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Well said. I especially like the two rules because, if you substitute the word "RBAR" for "Cursor", I use them all the time in a slightly different...

rbarryyoung (3/29/2008)

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FWIW, I teach many programmer how to use SQL Server and I have learned that the most important thing is to impose the following two rules/commandments right from the...

Loner (3/29/2008)

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I tried to re-train mainframe programmers (COBOL) to do SQL and VB once, the hardest thing for them was getting the concept.

For COBOL program, the 'read' file (VSAM flat...

Huh. I have three servers that email me their DBCC summaries. I'm out of the office for a week and a half and all three stop. Of...

Debra.Tope (3/25/2008)

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I am not a technical expert but we use the SQL Server ODBC Driver and it has worked fine for several years. If the table is to be updateable...

annette_curtis (2/29/2008)

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That's exactly my issue how do I pass parameters to SQL Server that are currently referenced in forms. A bit of code snippet would be helpful for me. I...

I have one simple 'want' for SSMS: the ability to make filtered object lists persistent. Admittedly I've only done one production system in 2005, and that is taken off-line...

Michael Valentine Jones (1/30/2008)

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Microsoft is pretty quick to drop support on prior versions.

Not every vendor does that:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/openvms_supportchart.html

OpenVMS VAX version 5.5-2 released in Nov 1991

Ending date for Prior Version Support-Sustaining Engineering:

At...

2008 has two features that I'm interested in: the breakdown of date/time data types, and the spatial data fields. The former is useful in many applications, the latter benefits...

Because of this problem we're instituting strict project management controls. Everything will be spec'd out, and if a request for change comes in after everyone signs off and development...

I really don't understand how this could have gone on for as long as it did. You've got the budgeting process, the performance review process, HR sending out insurance...

For us, virtualization looks like it has some good advantages. The thing that we need the most is to recover space in our racks! Our server room is...