Vey Funny....

Steve,

It sounds to me like your friends got a staff member who isn;t a team player and is disinterested in the future direction of the company he works for / participates...

Being a web programmer and not a DBA, I guess, I have a little different slant on things.

It isn;t so much a matter of which naming convention you use.

Whether it...

I realise I am a little spoilt working ina university. There are a lot of smart people here, workig and studying.

My very first port of call, is always, Give someone...

Hi Will,

This is not meant as "nastily" at you, but just an FYI,I had a server that was doing really wierd crap.

Install windows / SQL Server / Coldfusion Web Server...

Well it looks you both of you guys have come up with the same solution!

Looks like a Winner to me!

Thanks to you both for your assistance. and thanks for taking...

Thanks for the assistance.

I ended up using the original column names as you suggested and of course, it all works fine and dandy.

Perhaps a WISHLIST entry about Aliases being able...

I am a Coldfusion Developer for a University in Melbourne, Australia.

I always start at the database side and implement DRI. I find that it actually assists my coding - not...

Thanks to you both...

Nice. simple and easy to implement.

Why overcomoplicate things - if you don't need to.

Appreciate the assistance.

A big thanks to everyone for their reply.

I really appreciate it.

I ended up programming a loop in T-SQL as suggested and it works quite nicely.

With regards to having access to...

Thanks for the reply....

Looks like it will definately work...

The only half problem I have with your approach is that in the current questionnaire there is something in the order of 87...

Firstly,

I have a campervan that has a Gell-type deep cylce battery and an inverter to convert the DC to AC for Important things like the DVD player and laptop!

I have...

Firstly I must say that I had a chuckle... But it was still a little harsh!

I quite enjoy the non-technical editorials... afterall, their editorials, not white papers!

If I wanted to...

"I have no time for study at work - I am being micro-managed by a the person who sits next to me so I cannot easily sneak in the odd...