Would there be reasons to not just use COALESCE all the time? For the simple case, the effort to use COALESCE instead of ISNULL is the same.

Synonyms solved a huge problem for me. We are developing a lot of reports in SSRS that will be distributed to different clients. All of the data is accessed via...

I agree with the decision to go with the TrackPoint 100%. In fact, I have an IBM keyboard for my desktop system with a TrackPoint in it, no need for...