I agree that it is a grammatical problem. You can’t “be” an IT or a cable like you can "be" a doctor or lawyer, but you can be a...

(Almost 19 years ago) Due to a severely out-of-balance month-end run, I was called at the hospital while my wife was being induced for the birth of our eldest....

We use the following code to create scripts for specific tables, views, stored procs, and functions. First we create an object list. Then each object is scripted out...

Another possible aspect to this discussion is to look at what is actually happening in “computer controlled” equipment like this. In the case of a breathalyzer, radar gun, or...

Several years ago (10?), when I was on a local township board, I attended a session put on by the State of Michigan Archives discussing long-term archival of documents.

At the...

I will confess that I was not considering multiple aggregations.

When I review the original posting, however, I notice two things:

1.The original post says nothing about aggregating anything. ...

Real world example using dynamic pivot:

I have processes where I want to run a series of tests gathering specific record counts at specific times. I collect the results of...

If I’m following this correctly, you are trying to select specific records from an Oracle database based on key information in your SQL Server database. Due to the size...

I am VERY careful with any emails I send. As too many stories attest to, an email can end up in some of the strangest places either through carelessness,...

I must confess to also being confused for a moment, there. Ahh, the ambiguity of the English language! To be...

It was the theory that's given me the foundations for the rest of my career and I can still see a difference in scope and understanding between those who have...

If you've never seen the movie / read the book, check out "Mr. Blandings Build His Dreamhouse" (movie with Cary Grant and Myrna...

Therein lies the key to estimating!

It seems...

This is very much a subjective time vs. benefit question.

I have spent half a day improving the speed of a query from 10 minutes to 30 seconds, especially when that...

I have worked in the IT industry (with no certifications) for over 21 years for a combination of four employers.  The largest was 1000 total employees, the smallest was 8. ...