TVR (6/23/2009)

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I think this is exactly why certifications are important.

For instance, if the person pass the MCTS exam, that person should be "capable" of fulfilling a junior/intermediate DBA role and...

Dan Guzman (6/19/2009)

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I'm a wizard man myself, as I've learned, I then take apart the wizard'd scripts and modify them, that way I get the best of both worlds, and...

george sibbald (6/4/2009)

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If you can afford the risk of it not working might be worth trying just restarting SQL, would be interesting to know if thats enough to clear the...

Tao Klerks (6/5/2009)

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Irish Flyer (6/5/2009)

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NCHAR(1) should not be used, because it is, again, an unnecessary overhead. ASCII character columns, when used with UNICODE column data in T-SQL, are automatically...

edwardelliott (5/13/2009)

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Hi,

I just had an alert from that connect item, Microsoft have confirmed it is a bug but won't fix it in this version as it isn't important enough. ...

cherylf (5/14/2009)

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webrunner (5/14/2009)

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...that the text-to-speech feature has the potential to render audiobooks obsolete. Although I think at the present time, the market may see people decide whether they like the...

Steve Jones - Editor (5/14/2009)

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I may not have presented my argument well.

The writers organizations (or some of them) feel that the text-to-speech feature is a "performance" and that right is...

James Rochez (5/14/2009)

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bob.willsie (5/14/2009)

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Second, if the "oral" version of a book is created via a text to speech translator, I would view that as an "alternative form" of reading by...

cherylf (5/14/2009)

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Universal Design people, Universal Design. The written word should be equally accessible to ALL people. Text to Speech technology is not just for the convenience of fully...

Anye Mercy (5/12/2009)

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I'm surprised at how many people seem to think ability to troubleshoot isn't a necessary skill for a developer or for strategic thinking. Troubleshooting is, at its...

jim.money (5/12/2009)

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I fill the business analyst role in our small Company.

Whenever I interview someone for an Analyst role, I pose a series of problems ranging from basic algebra...

mike brockington (5/12/2009)

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I am curious about that - how exactly do you...

blandry (5/12/2009)

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Its been my experience that trying to interview someone by playing the "Stump the Chump" game only gets you someone who might be very good at trouble-shooting, but may...

bear in a box (5/12/2009)

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Kobayashi Maru

I once did something like KM on my best programmer I ever trained. After a week, I told him inheritance could be done in...

ChrisMoix (5/11/2009)

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I'd like a good definition of what a DBA is as well. Or better yet a range of Database related job titles:

DBA - The A stands for Administrator (which...