That pretty much says it all.

Bye.

:w00t:

We oughta do less regurgitating BOL and more thinking that some very simple words mean really disparate things...

Well, ... yes, of course, but the "best" person for the job is defined as?

The appalling proponents of linearity in the...

Was once asked to produce a one page management report that necessitated 52 separate, seriously complex queries.

Some of the totals, from different parts of the several databases involved, produced conflicting...

preaching to the converted...

the dba's are probably not the audience to address here.

edited to take out too many "the's"

Wesley Norton (7/19/2010)

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[...] past successes in capitalism have had, at their core, workers who believed the company would take care of them as long as they did their jobs. That...

The more I learn the less I know.

[p]that wasn't a joke, we were being serious, but as usual...[/p]...

Edited ... oops curly { on a url doesn't make it look like a url 🙁

Jeff, you're sounding (reading?) almost as jaded as I am.

However, quoting from our esteemed editor...

Agreed, and there have been comments woven through...

thomasrawley, while i detest your naming conventions, how many compilers care if the name is fscl_yr, how many compilers care if the name is [Fiscal Year] ... go on bite...

Encryptionphopia and sharding http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic778027-263-1.aspx

Basically agree with that, but are your day job's backup processes the same now as they were, say, a year...

Hmmm. I personally think it's the same. The data gets backed up, stored securely and can be recovered...

The perennial debate with the security group.

Peter: Write the password down.

Security: That compromises security.

Peter: Backups do not compromise security, they enhance security.

Security: It's an exposure to record the password.

Peter: It's...