Thanks David. I was merely curious. I figured that Oracle might have a better plan with their focus on enterprise.

Agreed. I think Phil's point about longer legacy support is a good one as well....

I think the copywright enforcement and take-down procedures are totally whacked. The impetus for extending these laws into the digital realm came from "big content" producers (record companies, film comapanies,...

I'm 21 and have been working as a developer for 2.5 years, but that's not long enough for me to have any money to lose, so the market has no...

I had a faulty trigger implementation a while back that I couldn't figure out. You're article let me see the problem.

Thanks Jack

Jim Russell (9/30/2008)

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... our biggest problem is with managers from other departments who go through an entire approval process for new specs, then the day after the changes...

I've never had th misfortune of being saddled with a poor manager. I have one boss who is himself a programmer, still spending at least half his office day developing...

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I've always seen the distinct difference between front end/business app coding and database coding. They really are two separate disciplines, and any SQL against relational data can be...

that's the kind of stuff i'm hoping doesn't happen...

The idea of the federal government putting databases together gives me pause, but I do think it's a good idea. Not only could it potentially improve transparency and accountability in...

I'd have to go for a 4string fretless jazz bass. It's outside of my budget but not absurdly expensive.

For when the time comes: Many happy returns, Mr. Jones.

i would have been more interested to see a unique application of the PATINDEX function, rather than examples that could have more easily been CHARINDEX situations. Searching for PATINDEX('%ber%',monthname) >...

a well-written article, and with appropriate citations, no less!

Thanks Timothy. I'll be looking for more articles from you...

Cheers!

A lowly developer

Well Mr. Moden, you've done it again. A superbly useful article.

You're ongoing contributions are much appreciated.

The editorial mentioned there is an article describing this already maligned plan; could someone post a link?

P.S. damn straight blandry. we should all be terrified.