I don't know any of the names on that list of 15. How about someone that actually wrote some software that I still use on a daily basis like...

If string_expression is not of type varchar(max) or nvarchar(max), REPLICATE truncates the return value at 8,000 bytes. To return values greater than 8,000 bytes, string_expression must be explicitly cast to...

Take a look at the third reference in the Bayer/McCreight paper from 1972 -

3. Landauer, W. I.: The balanced tree and its utilization in information retreival.

IEEE Trans. on...

It's a limit in system.web - http://weblogs.asp.net/hosamkamel/archive/2007/09/18/resolving-maximum-request-length-exceeded-exception.aspx

I changed the web.config under the reports and reportserver virtual directories to this to resolve the error:

It turns out that there is another limit...

'LDAP://SERVERNAME/ou=OUName,dc=host,dc=domain,dc=tld' is the way that you specify the Active Directory server, it...

I use four tinyints for the IP, another tinyint for the CIDR mask, and a clustered index on the four tinyints. This design is fast and it's easy to...

One character is equal to one byte and one unicode character is equal to two bytes. The question specifies one character of data that will never be null or...

foxjazz (3/13/2009)

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ok example sort of (my computer is sick so I can't give you something already done)

select name from mynametable where changedate > @yesterday

fetch from @sel into @name

while (@@fetch_status =...

The knockoffs may gain all of the features, but they still lack the level of support and documentation I get from MSDN. To match that, they would need to...

Jeff Moden (1/22/2009)

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Heh... ya just hit a sweet spot, Steve...

Some functionality like we used to be able to get from sp_GetFileDetails except for a whole directory. Think "hibrid"...

Bill's amazing fashion sense at the time he started Microsoft:

Enough said. 😀

gcopeland (1/9/2009)

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GSquared (1/9/2009)

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Couple of fallacies:

The way that Gates and Ballmer dress is considered socially appropriate for executives. It says nothing whatsoever about technical skill. You're concatenating two thoughts...

gcopeland (1/9/2009)

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In 2000, I was worth $8.5 M on paper...

gcopeland (1/9/2009)

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I suggest that anyone who advocates non-professional dress for technical performers has absolutely no evidence to back that up. Your technical skills are so good that you don't...

I miss the old days when the VC guys gave you more money if they thought you were poorly dressed. I remember being told to untuck my shirt when...