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  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Tell me why someone needs to do #1 and #2 above to successfully accomplish #3 especially when #1 is as loosely interpretive as a horoscope (IMHO... yeah... I took it...

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    I previously provided a link to a website I worked on many years ago containing rough version of the test. The website belongs to a business consultancy, that uses the...

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Jeff Moden (12/7/2012)


    Then, there are terms like "OCD" and, as someone pointed out on this thread, OCDs make good DBAs. So why then is it still labeled as a...

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    patrickmcginnis59 (12/6/2012)


    davoscollective (12/6/2012)


    patrickmcginnis59 (12/6/2012)


    6. Do you prefer to work

    (a) to deadlines

    (b) just "whenever"

    Heh something tells me that answering b) would tend to classify me as INJ-UNEMPLOYED.

    The idea is to...

  • RE: Better Looking Reports

    I agree with Koen, Tableau is an easy to use tool.

    Powerpivot is good too. It gives your clients interactive reporting in Excel, which in my experience they love!

    Reporting &...

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    patrickmcginnis59 (12/6/2012)


    6. Do you prefer to work

    (a) to deadlines

    (b) just "whenever"

    Heh something tells me that answering b) would tend to classify me as INJ-UNEMPLOYED.

    The idea is to answer based...

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Years ago I set up a questionaire on this website for anyone who wants to take the Myers-Briggs test. Note that for a more accurate result you should pay for...

  • RE: Queries

    L' Eomot Inversé (11/28/2012)


    seankyleprice (11/28/2012)


    I believe I maybe have an answer as to why the behaviour of SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON is different to the other set options, namely that the...

  • RE: Queries

    I guessed 7 and got it wrong.

    I've just created a test database to try this.

    Including actual execution plan shows nothing...

    displaying estimated execution plan shows 8 queries, however, these 2 ...

  • RE: Datetime Default

    "Assume that getdate() is today's date"

    No assumption required!

    I think you meant to say:

    Assume that the query is run at precisely 19/10/2012 12:40.

    I have to echo john.arnott and say don't be...

  • RE: A Tool for the Job

    Darren Wallace (11/20/2012)


    Ultimately any task where you care more about high speed and low cost than you do about consistency is a great candidate for NoSQL.

    That pretty much sums...

  • RE: Can we display Future year sales forcating using SSAS with predictions?

    You can create a data-mining project with SSAS. Use your cube as a datasource, there is an algorithm/model type called "Microsoft time series" which can do forecasting. It's way too...

  • RE: Data Mining Introduction

    rob.carter 79958 (11/12/2012) Its a nice article Daniel. The only comment I have is that in the Data Mining sub heading, the final paragraph states that you don't need to...

  • RE: Monitoring is Essential

    Monitoring exceptions, key to being exceptional. Flawless logic 😉

  • RE: BIT Conversions

    Ack! I can explain why the 32%.

    I read the question and thought the trick was about the numbers that weren't 1 or 0 and went ahead and ticked all the...

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