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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...
August 21, 2009 at 4:42 am
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...
August 5, 2009 at 4:07 am
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...
August 3, 2009 at 8:30 am
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...
August 3, 2009 at 7:09 am
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...
July 27, 2009 at 3:39 am
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...
June 2, 2009 at 4:53 am
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...
May 22, 2009 at 9:04 am
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...
May 12, 2009 at 7:51 am
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...
May 12, 2009 at 2:32 am
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...
May 6, 2009 at 4:15 am
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...
May 5, 2009 at 9:50 am
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...
May 1, 2009 at 5:37 am
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...
April 30, 2009 at 8:26 am
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...
April 8, 2009 at 2:43 am
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