I am the BI go-to guy here where I work (medium sized dental clinic, about 275 employees, about 90% clinical staff). With that said, I do work closely with...

I'm not entirely sure of what I may be missing here, but could you just add another data flow task after the initial data flow task and use your SELECT...

service acct as sysadmin worked for me as well. Does anyone know if there are lesser priv's that work?

I like to remember that it's not permanent; just weather the storm. Every day is a brand new day. It doesn't usually last more than an hour with...

As Nick states, it does fill in the holes. I've been certified in various areas since 1999. Since then, other things I've noticed about certs:

1. It's what...

Two very different skillsets. What is in common though, is that you learn each by doing. As a DBA, you will work through so many technical things that...

My company has allowed "unofficial" timeoff allowed by the Manager's discretion. Sounds good, but that gets political. I worked 48-50 hrs/wk my first year here. An entire...

There are Managers that put themselves ahead of the company they work for. There are many managers like that. Perhaps if the result of the savings was more...

Does READABILITY count? How usable is an editorial that is difficult to read? I don't mean to get on your case Steve, but each editoral has some major...

I think that 5% plus two weeks is acceptable. However, as a manager, I prefer to see staff learning and educating in their own time as well. This...

For me, my worst experience was at 2am... keeping in mind that I had started my day at 7am (17 straight hours) trying to fix some software on our...

I actually never left Madison, WI, where I went to the University of Wisconsin. It is common to hear that people never left this town (pop 220,000 or so...

I could have said so many things here, but to be objective about it:

College is like having a credit score. There are other things that will give you a...

It's Amazon's mistake and It should not renege.  This is why:

Who's to say the error wasn't in the promotion, rather than the charge?  Amazon is simply choosing the side of...

I find it interesting how people forget why they have a job.  It is because there is a need to get work done.  What I have found common in the...