Who cares?? What does Access have to do with REAL databases?

Those who persist in advocating OODBs truly show either (1) a complete lack of practical experience in actual operational management of an implemented system, or (2) a failure to fully...

The correct answer is CHAR(1).

Here are the reasons:

VARCHAR(1) should not be used because of the additional overhead involved when using ANY variable definition, since SQL Server has to determine the...

Interesting discussion, though I think the terminology is really in the way. What most agreements resemble most is a car lease, where you make a down payment and pay...

TO: Gift Peddie

I understand you had some bad experiences, but believe me when I say they are the exception rather than the rule.

I have been in the IT business for...

I realize this may be a bit late, but according to Microsoft, the fastest, most efficient way to do what you are doing is with a remote query execution that...

Brad M. McGehee (5/5/2009)

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malathi.mahadevan (5/5/2009)

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Not sure if anyone has thoughts of retiring as a DBA? We are probably yet to meet people who have. The hassle of staying a DBA...

It is fine to say that a degree does not help beyond the initial stages of one's career, and many of the people saying they don't necessarily look at that...

It took me 23 years from High School to a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, working the whole time as a Programmer/Analyst/System Architect/Project Manager. There came a point...

One may use the Wizard or a DMX CREATE MODEL statement to create a structure/model.

With regard to the Wizard:

"A mining structure that is based on a cube requires different steps...

David Reed (3/6/2009)

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I might be interested, Flyer. Especially if your stock price is doing better than ours. I'm very partial to exclusive, private health care, too, for the family,...

Tomm,

When you meet someone for the first time, what is one of the first questions you ask them? "What do you do for a living?" In other words, "What have...

David,

Some of us actually have a life. We only work to support our real life away from the job. If you have to be forced to take your...

I'll go down the list posted:

Retraining - Some guarantee of xx days of training for every xx years of service if they get rid of your technology?

Most companies offer some...

Yes, that is exactly why. As I said, the issue of the correct answer relates to the specific phrasing and setup of the scenario. If there were either...