Well I have to say I had no idea what was being asked. I didn't see any reference to a context. Maybe I should have looked harder.

The spam people clearly target the articles that everyone is going to read...

Superbly balanced article. But in true Oliver Twist fashion, "Can I have some more?"

In the real-world datetime data I've dealt with, they often follow roughly cyclical patterns, not pure random...

Well the fact that you posted here tells me you're off to a good start :hehe:

My 2c worth:

:: Don't let people belittle your trade by telling you "SQL is...

There are some fairly fundamental problems here that are not helping your case (no pun intended). Some of the column names are worse than unhelpful; they're reserved words and using...

Of coarse he does!

Heh. I can think of a few organisations whose data would be safer stored in a professionally run cloud environment than in their own local mess....

In some cases we've even gone a layer of abstraction further than putting the formatting logic in the sql, and put it in an underlying metadata table. For example where...

Fantastic work Jessica. Can anybody suggest some sites that demonstrate clever uses of complex custom functions in SSRS?

Given that this is a database-oriented forum, the (loaded) question that I'd like to ask is this: What do you want the vendor to supply you in relation to the...

I heartily agree. It's been a long time since I studied...

This article was called "Generating Test Data: Part 1 - Generating Random Integers and Floats" It should have been called "Generating Test Data: Part 1 - A Way Cool Compendium...

Can't wait for the rest of the series...

Anyone in Business Intelligence is a pram. Each day we carry a bunch of babies and make them feel comfortable while they have their tantrums. Course it's the DBAs pushing...

Tom and Enrico

I'm only learning this stuff (SQL Server). That's why I come here. There seems to be a better cross section of SQL experts here than I have found...