I have two 19" LCD monitors at work, and they are much superior to the single 21" CRT monstrosity that I used to have.  That thing was so gigantic that I actually...

The term "planet" seems to me to be more a social definition than a scientific one.  Everyone has their opinion of which objects should be classified as planets, and lobby to...

How would you go about setting up the rules?  Someone has to have rights to configure these rules, and it has to be someone with a certain skill level.  Certainly...

This likely won't make any difference when looping through stored procedure names, but it should be noted that "_" is a wildcard, representing any one character. 

like 'dt_%'...

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"Would you pay 10x something is worth just to keep the money spent in your own community?"

So you're telling me that if I hire ten US developers for a project,...

To use an extreme example, would it be the same situation if the U.S. contractor charged 10 times the amount as the offshore contractor?  Would that still be benefiting the...

If Wal-mart is so terrible to their employees, why do people continue to work there? 

In market economics, price is the equalizer between supply and demand, and on a large...

I can only assume that Mr. Thaker's motivation was to gain respect by publishing useful and well thought out articles.  I'm sure he did gain some, at least for a...

I agree with you that it is critical to have intangible rewards, such as a good working environment, friendly co-workers and management, and recognition for your achievements. 

My company offers, among...

Great Article!

In a desktop application I helped write, we found that the normal user workflow caused the app to hit the database multiple times for the same data, as users...

Although it is 1) undocumented, and 2) less secure than other libraries, it is the only method that SQL Server provides, and is certainly better than storing passwords in clear...

ah, yes, thank you

Along the same lines as Philips response, we never format dates inside the database unless absolutely necessary, usually because we have to change the stored procedure/view anyway, and because of...

I learned much of the foundation of what I needed for database administration from college.  I know too many people who can navigate their way through Enterprise Manager, and write...

Home-built Athlon 2800+ mostly for gaming, but also for a little fiddling with .Net/PHP/MySQL

HP 1.7 GHz (1.7?! Dang thing is slower than my kids picking up their toys at the...