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  • RE: Project Management Management

    Gant charts; sometimes they're helpful, sometimes they're not

    I've always thought Gantt charts are a sort of shorthand for "this must be a well-managed project because it's got Gantt charts".

    True, their...

  • RE: Few interview questions

    That is a topic that gets endlessly debated

    I was just wondering whether an interviewer might be testing whether the candidate is alert to the debate as well as able to...

  • RE: How much it is feasible to store the photograph of Visitor in table?

    Like many others, I feel queasy about the overhead of storing files in the database. Whilst our building access control system (from a third party) stores and retrieves c.7000...

  • RE: Few interview questions

    Looking back at question 1

    Is it possible to have a NULL value in a foreign key field?

    Whilst "Is it possible" is answered by ALLOWED NULL, isn't there a design principle...

  • RE: Project Management Management

    Echoing Phil's comments, I'd say that much of the formality of project management is about keeping higher management happy and persuaded that things are happening and on track, rather than...

  • RE: VARCHAR datatype

    J: Well now there is talk of adding a digit

    In the UK we don't have a standard phone number length nor pattern (eg 023 1234 1234, 0117 123 1234, and...

  • RE: Should He Stay or Should He Go?

    Tracy, jcrawf02's advice looks good. And if you have an HR department, get their advice. Fitness and capability can be a legal minefield as well a row of...

  • RE: Should He Stay or Should He Go?

    while juggling running chainsaws and singing Ethyl Merman tunes

    Hey Grant, acquiring a skill like that that can really make a CV stand out...

  • RE: Should He Stay or Should He Go?

    A common complaint I heard in an earlier life, in the (UK) civil service, was that it was impossible to sack incompetent people because the terms and conditions guaranteed job...

  • RE: Worth Joining?

    With such a large multinational financial institution you might also want to form a view of their ethical policies, alongside their ethical record. Just a thought.

  • RE: SQL Failover server on ESX

    Thanks, Steve, I've heard of but never seen the magic of dragging an entire machine across hardware, without anyone noticing very much. Cool technology indeed.

    It makes sense that, while...

  • RE: SQL Failover server on ESX

    Steve, you say

    you cannot allow the VMs to float. Float all other VMs (file servers, print servers, etc.), but not the SQL Server

    I am using VM Workstation to run...

  • RE: SQLServer 2005 on VMWARE

    I can beat that: a system with an OS no-one understands any more, with a failed System Disk, using a LAN protocol we don't support any more... and they...

  • RE: SQLServer 2005 on VMWARE

    Lots of businesses are consolidating to virtual hosts, to save power and management overheads. VM is really impressive, it's been around a while, and I comfortably run SQL2K in...

  • RE: The Bulldogs

    ... not forgetting Brook's Law

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