Article and discussion was a good read, but I couldn't really agree with the schema used to get the point across. Especially at the end, where you start de-normalizing the...

Try a 23-character long alphanumeric PIN code with certain characters excluded for legibility that can't be repeated in the database. So Jeff's solution wouldn't work. I suppose I should have...

Yeah, it uses...

I've had countless arguments over the set-based versus procedural approaches, both for and against depending on the solution that was needed. Most of the time when I was arguing against...

I think the most important reason to keep historic emails is in the case of changing staff. If somebody from sales forwards me an email that requires action, then gets...

I think it's only really important to voice your opinion if it's relevant and progresses the conversation in one way or another. Everybody voicing their opinion is what causes long,...

The economic crisis is going to, and IS, a major problem for me. I am currently trying to re-mortgage the property from HELL - a light industrial lot with a...

I find that the breaks actually make me aware of how hard I'm working, so without breaks, I can usually push myself to extremes without too much stress. But as...

Birthdays mean different things for different people. I have obfuscated my birthday for so long, so well, that most people that know me, my closest friends (even of 20+ years),...

I agree that non-compete agreement should not be measured against knowledge/skills, but unfortunately it would be very hard to be sure that the same/similar technology wasn't being used. After all,...

Weight training in the morning before I go to work, running for 30 minutes after work followed by more weight training, usually 5 days a week... and lots of walking....

Great article.

I find in my own realm of the IT industry, testing is derived from a standardized form in which I'm supposed to estimate the exact path(es) to test and...

I mostly agree. No matter how much we "technologically evolve", we're technically always in the same boat. The things around us change while we stay the same - possibly this...

The example was a bit confusing, mostly because "DELETE TOP(2)" threw me off, but this would be very useful in deleting large amount of data on a production system. I...

I think the term "IT guy" is just because people outside of the industry don't understand what we do. I don't particularly care what people call me, especially when I'm...