I'd like to add a another link. This one cleared the questions I had about locks.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151740.aspx

Tom

:w00t:

"Black-hearted orb that rules the night; removes the colours from our sight..."

The Moody Blues

I'd like to add my nickle's worth from my perspective as a developer.

FKs make my job so much easier. I don't have to write the code that prevents orphaned records....

How much data loss can you tolerate? That has been the question forever. It doesn't matter what platform I worked on, backup frequency and recovery options always boiled down to...

I have been asked some odd interview questions. I have told interviewers the questions were stupid and I would not work for a firm that had them for an employee....

Luis Cazares (2/4/2014)

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I'm a little confused by this:

I'll leave the name a secret for now, but look for a little fun in your mailbox this Wedneday, February 5, 2014.

A few...

This replaces the editorial? Can we have both?

I get the pun... data miner. But, what are the bubbles coming out of the miner's head. In cartoons it usually means someone...

I don't know how Steve means this. To me it means that you are a profit center for the organization rather than a cost center. You can provide "profit" by...

Serving Completely Useless Data

Serving Completely Useful Data

Systems Crying Under Duress

To be serious, it is likely as others have said: Select Create Update Delete.

Tom

I find it amazing that people can't stop...

Being a developer, I usually agree that a "proper" application with a "proper" database is better than an Excel solution. There are times, though, where an Excel solution makes sense....

GilaMonster (1/20/2014)

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OCTom (1/20/2014)

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Steve,

I agree with you comlpetely. It can set one apart from the crowd.

I find it ironic that you are writing this as your editorials often have misspellings and...

Steve,

I agree with you comlpetely. It can set one apart from the crowd.

I find it ironic that you are writing this as your editorials often have misspellings and grammatical errors....

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naked (as...