One more thing: the number of times an answer appears on different sites is in no way a predictor of its veracity.  In my work in ethnomusicology I've noticed a...

Part of the trust is knowing different sites and different communities.

This week I was doing a server daemon in Perl  to collect data from a port.  Anything I get from CPAN,...

Steve said:  "really two lists: a Windows based list with C#, and VB.NET and a *nix based list with PHP, Perl, Ruby, Java, and Python."

Why is that two lists?  Who...

Steve brings up one really significant point which surprises me coming from an editor (and I'm not being insulting, I come from a long line of journalists).

And at the same...

BTW, assuming YOU aren't the #1 Boss, and it isn't the #1 Boss asking, to deflect questionable requests without making enemies, kick it upstairs is a good strategy.  "I'd like...

yep - we do more or less the same thing - directly connect the "SAN" to the server and avoid the network.  Doesn't seem to be a good idea to...

Of course, the answer is "it depends".   You say "SAN" - if this is something like an Equalogic PS series array, you may be able to put everything there because it...

Oh - someone beat me to it:

"Granted most DBAs wouldn't be held legally responsible for obeying a corporate order"

Good article, but Steve, if you leave publishing for the socalled "real...

The "single lookup" may or may not make sense in anyone's particular situation.  What stuns me is that it has become a "hot issue" - yet 90%of the database programmers...

Not technically a cluster product, but filling a niche just below clustering and above hand mirroring, there's XOsoft (now CA XOsoft, and I hope the CA aquisition doesn't send what...

Perl is very much for the administrator and developer and not for the end user.  It has a prominent place in the toolbox, but it's not for end users.

My one...

Nicely done, Mike.  

I'm one of those who after 25 years (and several ports) have come to feel that C J Date has it right - NULLs really wreak havoc...

Steve, ignoring the offshoring issues - a good intern is a great thing (as long as you're willing to lose them or start paying them a lot more in a...

What's your job, if you work in databases?  It's learning.  

If you never learn new stuff, you'll lose.  If you start as a coder and stay a coder, eventually someone...