j.zinn (7/10/2014)

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I'd love to see a native Regular Expression support. I sometimes use a CLR for pattern matching, but it's a slow alternative to a natively incorporated function. Using Regular...

Sean Lange (7/7/2014)

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NO. This will not return rows where Sheet_ID currently set to...

Andy Warren (7/7/2014)

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Gary, I lean that way too. I don't want to write procs for developers, but I don't want see the world reduced to CRUD either. If the ORM'ish...

Yeah, I mean I've been succuessful at Process improvement, etc...

Well currently...

Oh I agree it's an ugly question. It...

Beatrix Kiddo (7/7/2014)

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If you did consider going back you would be in a strong position to negotiate on salary, working hours, training budget before agreeing to anything, I suppose. Plus...

Honestly when you look at Microsoft's larger play it really does feel like they are attempting to reduce the number of DBA's and DB Developers.

Their Entity Framework changes and marketing...

Not sure. I bumped into my old boss...

Update:

After a couple of 1 on 1's with my manager he explained to me the role on the team he wants me doing. He wants me to primarily focus...

Grant Fritchey (6/27/2014)

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Chord77 (6/27/2014)

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Spoke to my manager this morning.

He wants my primary role to be process improvement and creation. I've done it (successfully) in the past, but that...

Spoke to my manager this morning.

He wants my primary role to be process improvement and creation. I've done it (successfully) in the past, but that wasn't the job...

Congrats!

Grant Fritchey (6/23/2014)

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Never go back to the old job. All the reasons you left are still there. It's the same arguments for never taking a counter-offer. If all you needed...

Thanks for the advice.

I agree, being careful will be very important. I spoke to one of the more experienced members this week and we discussed our background and...