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Is VB Script even supported any more? I thought MS had killed it
October 25, 2024 at 12:31 pm
"On the plus side, storing telephone number as int uses less storage than a varchar. Ok you won't need to use any numeric functions on it, but you probably won't...
July 12, 2024 at 12:53 pm
Well,
while I agree with you that it's an abomination, and I would also go as far as to say it's a hallmark of absolute rank, wilful incompetence, and if you...
June 20, 2024 at 1:46 pm
the lesser of 4 sockets or 24 cores, yes. So realistically the limit on modern kit is 24 with the number of cores on chips these days.
That said, while I've...
January 21, 2022 at 9:10 am
One of my absolute pet hates. I'm not quite sure whether this is because it's an abomination in itself (it just smells of "I couldn't be bothered to actually think...
September 22, 2021 at 7:57 am
Aye, but if you can manage to find anything in Dynamics or Sharepoint that could be considered good practice, I do believe there's a prize on offer
August 4, 2021 at 3:38 pm
Given that the name is misleading, certainly in terms of how many people claim to understand it, I would personally change the NOLOCK hint name to IDeliberatelyCodedThisJoinToReturnCrap. With immediate effect,...
June 4, 2021 at 11:47 am
Third party contracts like that are only as good as the last test.
February 18, 2020 at 11:30 am
Given some of the systems I work with, probably Plague Doctor
November 1, 2019 at 11:20 am
yet there are still thousands of scientists who argue climate change is not human caused, that it is the natural cycle of the earth. Ice sheets are breaking...
September 10, 2019 at 4:53 pm
Hey, that approach worked brilliantly on the Chevrolet Corvair though, didn't it ... um.
September 10, 2019 at 4:40 pm
As far as natural / surrogate keys go, natural keys *may* be inappropriate as a PK. However, whether it's the PK or not, if you do not assign a unique...
August 21, 2019 at 3:31 pm
I believe that the actually probably refers to the fact that people now pay lip service to the need for security "security is a priority on our systems", while still...
March 20, 2019 at 9:08 am
February 13, 2019 at 2:54 am
Ken Hiatt - Monday, January 28, 2019 10:32 PMWhere do the fines go?
This is not defined in the EU legislation, so it's...
January 30, 2019 at 3:56 am
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