My fantasy best gift would be a 10-day trip to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro (seriously, but it is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!)

Realistically, I don't want anyone to buy me things - I...

Thanks, Jeff, for the excellent example of how to loop through a CSV column using a Tally Table.

I knew how to use a Tally Table for creating a series of...

Thanks for testing and comparing the performance of PATINDEX, LIKE and CHARINDEX! You've inspired me to test some of my procedures. Looks like they could benefit from using...

Some time ago, I checked BOL to read about the PATINDEX string function, because I wanted to use a regular expression instead of CHARINDEX with a character string.

Unfortunately,...

Interesting topic. I work for a health care facility, so most of the employees are NOT technical computer users. Just 3 months ago, the librarians offered an 8-week,...

Hugo Kornelis (8/29/2008)

If you still want to implement this and put it in production, feel free to do so ... but never forget that it IS undocumented, so you'll have...

Interesting technique! I can think of places where I can use this. Thanks!

Steve, too bad about the kids following you! I still feel most people are honest and would do what they can to help.

Your story reminds me of the time...

Bill Nicolich,

Wow! What a great write-up! Well said!

As for speaking up in a meeting, addressing the dead silence -- sometimes you just have to put the ball into play. "Perhaps the first thing we should do...

I feel really lucky to be working with a group of people who enjoy joking around. It's important to reduce stress in the workplace. I WAS hoping to...

Wow, Adam, what a great discussion from your article!

Thanks to all the people who provided specific books to read, and to those who pointed out that soft skills includes a...

Can we please rise above the "grammar issues".

I really enjoy hearing from the global community, and appreciate the effort everyone puts into volunteered articles.

I look forward to more articles in...

Stephanie,

No, I don't always have the strength to do certain things, so I need help with those tasks, but it doesn't stop me from doing as much hands-on as I...

Actually, we just bought a 1926 house, and gutted the basement so that we could completely re-wire the house (and re-do all the plumbing too).

We worked a deal with an...