Ah, an old fashioned discussion on GOTO. Those were the days...punch cards and reels and hard drives the size of my desk.

Quick, raise your hands if you know what...

Frank,

Thanks. No still in the US. The French trip is being set back to Octobre or Novembre.

I vaguely remember using GOTO a few times, but that was in the...

First - you are giving anyone who signs into the database through the web site system admin? That's right up there in the poor practices list.

You have to use IIS...

GOTO is a good choice where Greg Larsen wants to use it.

I do find it funny that VB guys are complaining about GOTO. I've seen VB code that created contortions...

Yes, it sounds as if you need to run update_stats or reindex. The execution plans that were created for the queries are now seriously out of date.

Bonne chance

Dr. Peter Venkman:...

Congratualtions.

Glynne_Smith, I read the Sybex book, the examcram, and the Transcender and passed in the 90 percentile. Read the Sybex book. Take the Transcender. Re-Read the sections where you scored...

Yes, you could do that as a job in SQL Server.

I suppose the questions are how big are these tables and why go through the contortions to...

Yes, Ghostbusters. When she is telling them about the monsters in the refrigerator.

Dr. Peter Venkman: Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance.

Patrick

Frank, I did hire sisters once. It was a short term project (less than six months) and both brought different skills. They were fine.

All of the...

Firing sometimes happens. One of the times the person who recommended her came to me and said that it wasn't working.

It's always a risk. You just...

Ah, so they moved to Texas for the tax incentives.

I moved down from Minnesota and it was as if I gave myself a raise. The first few...

Steve, yes, you are right. It is emotional. I have found that it is always easier to hire friends of friends, or someone that one of my...

Talking with them. People who refuse to let a problem go, or enjoy discussions that delve into the code are important.

One of my best programmers does not have a...

Being by the book is not a bad thing if it is more than by rote.

I knew a MCSE who could not change the display settings. I watched him...

You will receive your new cert in the mail soon (mine was within two weeks) after you pass the last test.

Congrats.

Patrick