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...

It's not just an issue regarding DBAs. There are several closely related and legitimate job roles that involve using SQL and databases (reporting, programmer analyst, etc.), and it's amazing how...