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  • RE: What is the True Version of Code?

    Speaking as a dev and, therefore, someone who's used to viewing DBAs as a bunch of process Nazis (only kidding - but you know what I mean) seeing so many...

  • RE: Can we install BIDS for free on client PCs?

    We're really after BIDS rather than Report Builder (which is a bit rubbish IMO).

    Anyway, I finally found this in the SQL Server EULA (probably should have been the first place...

  • RE: =COUNT(SWITCH Query

    Also count just counts all non null values. Unless one of the values returned from your switch is a Nothing you're just going to get a count of all...

  • RE: The Design Investment

    I've spent almost all of my career building desktop line of business apps. I'm probably not as rabidly anal about standards as some of the more vociferous DBAs that...

  • RE: Hadoop and SQL Server

    Run Hadoop on a single node...

    True but you might as well say "Chop a horses legs off and all you've got is pedigree chum." The whole point of Hadoop...

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    Should I make the move to a more structured IT firm?

    Ultimately you should do what makes you happy and if you're enjoying what you're doing now then there's a strong...

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    Process is only beneficial if it provides a benefit. Sadly most process exists because it provides someone, somewhere with *** coverage. Providing a benefit and covering an ***...

  • RE: Managers: who needs them?

    I think that the editorial was deliberately overly simplistic to encourage a debate

    Yeah, I know. I didn't mean that to sound like as much of a bite as it might...

  • RE: Managers: who needs them?

    I have to say I found the article to be overly simplistic. It essentially says:-

    Some managers are bad => all managers are bad

    Some companies have too many managers =>...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    ...and how does that work with TDD?

    TDD favours small methods so very well. If you're in the camp that says you should only write test against the required functionality...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    It would be interesting to see how realistically maintainable software is after a decade of changes.

    I only started making a concious effort to switch style 2 or 3 years ago...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    The code does not contain the essential information that it is a Newton-Raphson approximation.

    Actually I agree with you there and I think it's the one flaw in the article. ...

  • RE: A Dearth of Comments

    I'm sure this'll invite some ire but I hate comments in code. I view the need to write a comment as a personal failure for which I should locked...

  • RE: The Real Scary DBAs

    Every business decision is about risk vs reward.

    The truth is that for many small businesses the cost of a fully trained and qualified DBA is a high and the risk...

  • RE: DevOps

    It's all so very "big company".

    In a smaller outfit like this with only half a dozen in the dev team covering DBA, design, development and day-to-day application support, you...

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