Electric Cars. An interesting concept. I think they have their potential. The issue that needs to be recond with is where does the power come from. ...

Being in a DBA role which supports a lot of customers...

we used to have a great test for anyone interviewing for a position. over the phone walk someone through...

Controlled innovation is key if a company wants any new customers. It is also key to retaining old customers. If a product is developed and never changed either...

We also run a test\quiz as part of our interview process. It is about 20 questions or so. The odd part is we wead out plenty before hand....

Interesting diversion yet somewhat on topic. Do you take the person back who is seeking greener grass?

I don't feel the money game should be played. Counter offers are...

I think that Human Competitive Nature has shifted from survival to desires. The grass always looks greener on the other side and thus people are inclined to move jobs\companies....

ignorant rant of a shot in the dark...

lets say that i am a vendor supplying a backend to a large customer base. I provide an API schematic to them...

From my experience your database design is dependant on your arogance. One database i was involved in designing uses some PK's however primarily it is controlled by a few...

The Oracle vs SQL Server debate is a good one when it comes to size. I do not have much knowledge of DB2 but I will ignorantly put it...

design is a huge factor in size. I work mainly on check imaging databases for research purposes. One system i supported stored images in the db. The...

One of the most world renowned parenting methods.

So here is something interesting. One day i says to meself... "Self, you should let sql server tell you what indexes are missing according to MS on this dev...

In small systems... duplicate away... if you have no intention of scaling up and performance is not a potential issue to you. Now on a moral\ethical and straight up...

The other HUGE issue is that we as humans and especially americans have lost a very important ability. Survival.

So the power is out. Who cares. You can't...

yah. Wow. By default... add a trace flag. HMMMMM!