Very similar reaction to loud, noisy places now Grant. (Perhaps it's an age thing) But I really love getting to chat to people, and sitting around screaming at each other...

I remember many developers calling them "memory tables".

The worst aspect of why people used table variables was that the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer suggested they do so. At the time,...

Hey Steve, agree with other posters about it now being a choice you don't have to make. When I can easily get a laptop with 2x2TB NVMe SSDs, an i7...

The interesting thing with these types of breaches is the bigger picture impact on the business too.
Even if it later turns out that it wasn't as bad as potentially...

What's this "paycheck" thing you US guys keep talking about 🙂

Good article though Steve.

Regards,

Greg

Hi Koisntantin,
We've also got a free set for your list (SDU Tools): http://www.sqldownunder.com/resources/sdutools
All developer and DBA utilities.
Regards,
Greg

Also the content that Roger Wolter wrote here: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Microsoft-Programming-Developer-Reference/dp/0735626022

And at least two podcasts here: http://www.sqldownunder.com/Podcasts (Niels Berglund and Tom Moreau)

Locally we run one day workshops on...