No, I have never worked for an organization that offered sabbaticals. I have heard of them most often in academia, where professors take a sabbatical to either write a...

Scott, thanks for the great information. We are just starting to think about virtualizing SQL servers.

ALZDBA (6/16/2011)

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Nice overview !

I always keep in mind this very to the point...

Will the talks be recorded and posted afterwards? I have a meeting today and won't be able to attend, but I'd really like to watch it later.

Here's one that drives me up the wall: "But that's the way I've always done it!"

I don't care. Time to start doing it right, better, newer technology, etc.

Which is why I'd love to be able to...

I started working from home (as an employee, not self-employed) in 1991, after the birth of my daughter. At that time, I had to take a cut in pay,...

I think the "trap" is that the code "looks" like it is writing dynamic sql, but it really isn't.

Well, put me down as someone who did not know you could use CASE in the ORDER BY clause, although now that I've seen it, it makes sense. I...

Anye Mercy (10/21/2010)

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Last year my honey bought me a Kindle with his holiday bonus from work. (This wasn't the cheap part.)

Since then I've spent countless hours reading the books...

tim.kay (10/21/2010)

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. . . a tour of local swings and slides. We took some snacks and drinks. All it cost me was a little bit of petrol. ...

wendyp (10/6/2010)

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At SQL Saturday in Kansas City, one of the attendees brought his 12 year old daughter. She was very gracious to add to our Women In Tech discussion. We...

JenMidnightDBA (10/6/2010)

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Hah! Right there with you. My 11yo girl is a proficient user, but much prefers art over computers. (The thing is, both my daughter and yours will use computers...

My daughter is 19, and she has seen me work at a computer since she was a baby. (I had the good fortune to work at a company that let...

Excellent question! I don't think it's so much about relying on a default (bad practice) so much as forgetting to specify the length, which may not result in a...

When I first read through the code, my first thought was that load on the system would impact the calculations. So I did a quick and dirty test, taking...