There is not much you can do about Rendering Engine rules. If all columns are wide enough to contain data and the data is properly aligned, cells will not...

I would create a table with a unique name, eg MY_TEMP_2010_11_02, create the index on it, use the table and drop it after use.

I would be what I trained to be, aeronautical engineer, and I would have just enough time to build the best fighter ("scout," as they called them then) of WWII.

I like to leave around 4 PM to beat the traffic. I walk my dog and then I log on remotely at about 5:30 and tie all loose ends. ...

Interesting that it entirely misses support for the Cloud, which was the main reason for the refresh...

I am on the BI end. Disaster recovery is not my problem: I deal with derivered (2nd gen) data only. If I had perfect copies of the originalo...

I noticed that a transition from a DBA to manager is getting more and more difficult. Today's managers are largely business graduates with technical skills, no longer techies with...

IMO an important part of excellent service is remembering your customer. In my experience that is the spice that catapults above the average service to the next level.

Also, remember that there are legal requirements for may reports that have to be printed and kept in hard copy for years. Ask any pharmacist or payroll accountant...

On our BI system we have to deliver 95 reponses in 5 seconds or less. I wrote an app called KeepTicking which has its own performance database. I...

Of course. I should have said "In absence of any industry rules or guidelines, ..."

However, the Common Law still says that if a debt is due on February 24th...

The correct way is to celebrate a Feb 29th birthday on the 28th, that's how the Roman (Catholic) calendar does it. In fact, it is not the 29th that...

My reply is an unqualified "Yes."

Steve, “developer” means something else and more than a “programmer” used to mean. Check my avatar, if you will. As a “developer” I am now expected to do...

A good PM (or "project owner," as they are called lately) protects his team from too much process.

I am lucky that I have one on my current project, and we...