What an excellent idea! I used to just poke around blind as well. Trying that on a database where the tables all had 4 character names (which were...

I don't think Brad meant hoarding information, rather being such a skilled and valuable employee that it wouldn't make sense to let you go. If you're the only one...

We're a small company that does software development and the praise in public, criticize in private is here too. I guess it's more of a great company thing than...

Definitely from home. We even wrapped up a little early on the 31st with beer in the staff lounge. However I've been up since about 3:00 AM when...

I doubt BI will ever really "take off" beyond management at more companies using it. With the economy, capital expenditures like that may slow down this year. I...

Thanks for reminding me that I really need to finish insulating my basement. I'm putting 6" of insulation (R22) where I can down there and 4" everywhere else. ...

I think he meant try connecting to the database instance by using the IP address instead of the name of the server. i.e. if you would be connecting to...

A pointer is the thing that the mouse moves around :hehe:. I wouldn't really know what a pointer is had I not studied computer science in school. Having...

Well, the most impressive system would have to be the one in The Matrix. Heck, they even figured out how to use humans as a power source AND kept...

Potato cannons are all kinds of awesome. Mine is 4" combustion chamber by about a foot, then a 4 foot 2" barrel. Fueled from propane tank mounted to...

Your plan seems workable. If you're more comfortable doing the weighting in the application code then it'll work. I wouldn't put the final grade in the database since...

I was just going to type out what Grant said and I'd recommend normalizing the course_info table a bit more by putting semester and year in a different table(s).

I think...

Interesting topic. I'd want to become a lumberjack. I'd sleep all night and I'd work all day... then again I do that now too. At least I'd...

How do you write a stored procedure? That's pretty open ended. How does an artist make a painting? How does a musician write a song? Of...

When I started this job, I set a goal of 0 messages in my inbox. It went well for about 3 months, but I haven't been cleaning them out...