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  • RE: An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 5

    What is the point of storing this kind of information in the Database itself, but not using some kind of trigger?

    People should be able to find out what they are...

  • RE: Uptime = Downtime? (Database Weekly, Aug 3, 2009)

    Heh... that's why I'm able to make a living.

    And how many times to you get brought in to sort out a system that had been 'upgraded' or 'fixed' by...

  • RE: Uptime = Downtime? (Database Weekly, Aug 3, 2009)

    Steve Jones - Editor (8/3/2009)


    software ... always has defects in it.

    Indeed, but the point I was trying to make was that by that same token, your fixes will also...

  • RE: Uptime = Downtime? (Database Weekly, Aug 3, 2009)

    The key thing is that the maintenance schedules that all modern armies use are based on solid statistical studies, and a good understanding of the design specifications.

    In contrast, Formula...

  • RE: The Reading Poll

    There is an additional issue here, which I don't think has been touched on in this thread, which is that major printing houses can abuse this system. As I understand...

  • RE: Intruding into Dummy Websites

    Just a quick note to warn any Brits reading this, that under British law, attacking a server or database without the owners express permission, is illegal under criminal law. Claiming...

  • RE: Introduction to Bitmasking in SQL Server, Part 2

    I would love to see what this is being compared against, in order to describe this as 'elegant'.

    In my dictionary, elegance requires something to be as simple as practicable, but

    Bitwise...

  • RE: Testing Skills

    webrunner (5/12/2009)


    if they have bad or no examples to back up their resume, you know they're not for real.

    I am curious about that - how exactly do you expect a...

  • RE: Testing Skills

    That specific technique would only really be applicable if you were trying to hire someone to fill a purely support role - you would need a different task if you...

  • RE: An Example of Test-Driven Development

    @Lynn

    Maybe I should have made it explicit that my comments were based on experience, not on conjecture.

    If the OP thinks it works well, I would be interested to...

  • RE: Flash

    The very fact that these things come with 'wear leveling algorithms' is surely a very large hint that Flash memory at any price suffers from degradation over time. Every report...

  • RE: An Example of Test-Driven Development

    Great explanation of 'how' but could have done with a bit more info one exactly 'why' to do things like this.

    As far as I can see, writing the test first...

  • RE: The Best High Availability

    Steve Jones - Editor (4/30/2009)


    ... I think the disk issues that affect the server are rare.

    I agree, but we are talking about comparitive numbers - in my experience, the...

  • RE: The Best High Availability

    Steve, in the editorial you say: "Clustering in SQL Server works well" but then point out that it can't cope with a disc failure.

    What percentage of outages would ascribe to...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Steve Jones - Editor (4/7/2009)I think T-SQL is relatively easy to read as well, once it's formatted the way I see it.

    At least as easy to read as some of...

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