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  • RE: What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?

    So, my question to you today is: what have you done when you inherited a mess? What response was taken and how did it all turn out?

    I made my career...

  • RE: Learn to Earn

    On the flip side of thing, I do feel dumping my knowledge into my team is going to help me advance. I feel that the better I can train someone...

  • RE: Hire the Right People

    I think you're splitting hairs here Steve. The point of that particular item was to say, "Hey, maybe you should of actually hired someone who works in development/engineering/whatever instead of...

  • RE: What is Normal?

    Ed Wagner (11/22/2016)


    David.Poole (11/21/2016)


    I've reached the conclusion that people don't realise what a well thought out data model gives them and they aren't interested in knowing.

    They see SQL Server as...

  • RE: Find the brackets

    Jeff Moden (11/16/2016)


    IMHO, cleaner code if you take the shortcut.

    SELECT mychar FROM mydata WHERE mychar LIKE '[[]%'

    Got this wrong because I use the above statement instead.

  • RE: What is Normal?

    I guess I live in the world of trying to eliminate normal. I'm always shooting to denormalize my data. 😛

  • RE: Share the Interesting Work

    I actually just hired a new team member a week ago. This article really talks to me in my current seat for sure.

    The purpose for the new hire is exactly...

  • RE: A Joke Come True

    peter.row (11/18/2016)


    David.Poole (11/18/2016)


    I would not describe myself as an Apple fanboy. What they are is industrial design rather than technical innovation. Unfortunately people tend to praise the things...

  • RE: A Joke Come True

    Would I use Linux over Windows for my current environments hosting my data warehouse in SQL Server? Absolutely, yes!

    For me, I use a lot of Python for my app development...

  • RE: Local Database Issues

    Same thing happens in gaming. Some people have claimed companies will install monitoring programs on your machine along with the game client (or part of the client) to check to...

  • RE: THE Database Engine

    I certainly think there are a number of good options out there in terms of engines. If I had two options, it would likely be SQL Server or PostgreSQL. Luckily...

  • RE: Good to have Multiple Data Warehouses?

    Jeff Moden (11/12/2016)


    To wit, I frequently go with the "no data warehouse" option in favor of just writing some streamlined code to solve actual problems instead of a system to...

  • RE: Go Code

    Ignorance can be corrected. Passion is what separates you from doing something and not being able to do something.

    I grew up with a father who was a machinist. He is...

  • RE: Service offerings on PowerBI

    Benki Chendu (11/9/2016)


    He he. I know they are very vast.

    But my question is very vague 🙁

    If I want to provide some visualizations or dashboards to my customers and want to...

  • RE: Migrating Data from SQL server 2012 to Data Warehouse

    Grant Fritchey (11/8/2016)


    xsevensinzx (11/8/2016)


    Oh, I was referring to the Redgate Data Platform Studio. Wasn't sure if that's fully integrated into the same consumption based model or something else. The Redgate...

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