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  • RE: Recursive Queries in SQL:1999 and SQL Server 2005

    You may not think this is a tree structure but for each individual starter node, for all pratical puposes, it is and it would probably help you to think of...

  • RE: Un-retiring

    AnnA (8/5/2008)


    I will cry "Sexist!" to that. I've had lots of bad bosses--micromanagers, abusers, idiots, you name it.

    Well most managers are men.

    For what it's worth the...

  • RE: Un-retiring

    jeleda913 (8/5/2008)


    Part of the way that I got prepared to reenter the Tech. workforce was to study my a** off & get certified for the currently used technology ...

    I don't...

  • RE: Un-retiring

    This quote was talking about women in technology, but I've seen this same sentiment echoed among men as well. It seems that most of the people I know in technology...

  • RE: Nesting Stored Procedures

    I understand that I can use stored procedures from another stored procedure quite happily and merrily and have done so many times in the last 2 months.

    What I'm really struggling...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    I know I am probable beating a dead horse, but in the your example, your manager was incorrectly applying standards, if you have an existing system that uses 2...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    Steve Jones - Editor (5/22/2008)


    you're citing specific instances to show a general problem, but that's not the case. 4 digit years might cause problems, might not, might be a good...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    Jeff Moden (5/21/2008)


    Consistency didn't stop 20 inch wheels from coming out nor has it prevented the use of 13" wheels on some small cars.

    If consistency was considered more important than...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    Jeff Moden (5/21/2008)


    ntaylor (5/21/2008)


    Jeff Moden (5/21/2008)


    Properly done, written enforced standards won't prevent someone from trying something new,

    Again, though. How do you measure when it's being properly done?

    Consistency DOES =...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    Steve Jones - Editor (5/21/2008)


    I think definitions 1, 2, and 3 are the ones to apply here.

    How can you tell rejected ideas would ever be better or worse? Presumably someone...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    If the SDLC etc provides for, and encourages, improvement then there is not a problem.

    If the SDLC etc provides for, and encourages, improvement then you have acknowledged that...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    Jeff Moden (5/21/2008)


    Properly done, written enforced standards won't prevent someone from trying something new,

    Again, though. How do you measure when it's being properly done? You can easily measure when...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    CypherOz (5/19/2008)


    ntaylor (5/19/2008)


    What if developer B comes along and sees something they're NOT used to; but after 20 minutes fathoming out how it works takes 3 hours less making the...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    CypherOz (5/18/2008)


    In the context of commercial code... Quality is consistency.

    If code can be written by developer A and in 6 months developer B can pick it up and feel at...

  • RE: A Worthwhile Goal

    DAvid (5/18/2008)


    Software Quality and consistency is notoriously hard to measure.

    Let alone those poor souls that break out logic into separate named blocks before there is any need to...

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