Nice article Randolph. Because language is a living/evolving organism it can be hard to keep up with changes, especially now when everything seems to be changing so fast, but we...

Never used synonyms, but I inherited an old database that has badly named objects with no real naming conventions. For example, there is a table called Order that contains sales...

I tend to keep the audit columns in the same table, and don't worry about their position.

An alternative to splitting your Customer table into separate Master and Supplemental tables may...

patrickmcginnis59 (1/12/2012)

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I remember growing up thinking how advances in the sciences, arts and humanities and intellectualism in general would lead to a sort of human nirvana, when the worlds problems...

The trilogy of religion, faith and spirituality can keep the mind occupied endlessly.

I see religion as an attempt to impose our beliefs on others, biased by personal opinions and corrupted...

My mind has wandered to such thoughts lately. I have noticed that I am becoming more focused, more driven to do and achieve things - not necessarily career-wise, just generally....

GilaMonster (10/16/2011)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/5/2011)

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No science here, but I'd like to see:

IRE v WAL = IRE

ENG v FRA = ENG

RSA v AUS =...

steveb. (10/16/2011)

Yeah it is looking good for the ABs they played really well against Aus.,

Wales though i feel were robbed, I don't want to be someone that...

I picked Wales over France, but from New...

steveb. (10/13/2011)

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Naked Ape (10/12/2011)

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Hailing from the rugby (union) mad country of New Zealand...

Hailing from the rugby (union) mad country of New Zealand I can only agree...

GSquared (9/8/2011)

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The real problem is the very definition of "species". It's weak, in that it's either too broad or too narrow.

Of course, living things are dependent on...

ChrisM@Work (9/8/2011)

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The best explanation I've remembered over the years is this: if two members can breed and produce offspring which can themselves breed between themselves and their parent members, then...

Very nice.

Alas, the pencil maker needed to employ a good Business Analyst. Any BA worth their salt would have worked out the requirement for 4,392 pencils, 16 pens and a...

In an ADP/ADE you can use SQL scripts with parameters through the Data properties of the form/report. Enter the SQL script name (eg. dbo.mySQLScript) into the Record Source property and...