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  • RE: Do You Need an IT or CS Degree to be a Successful DBA?

    Nicole Bowman (5/5/2009)


    [...] not necessarily for the course information you get but for teaching you how to learn [...]

    Well phrased there Nicole, though it strikes me as unfortunate that...

  • RE: Do You Need an IT or CS Degree to be a Successful DBA?

    No to needing the IT or CS degree, or any other degree for that matter.

    The need for a degree is for self-preservation and managing the HR dweebs in order to...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Lynn

    Yes,

    :-),

    :cool:.

    Mr Dassin

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    Please stop trying to sell an idea that is simply a wrapper for somebody else's already hugely advanced and developed concept.

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    steve dassin (4/20/2009)


    dphillips (4/20/2009)


    And by the way Steve Dassin, you may want to go re-read Snarky's comments.

    :blink:

    Apparently in my haste to find an empathic voice I overlooked the true message...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Hey there Andrew, sorry the reference was so obscure.

    andrew gothard (4/19/2009)


    wldhrs (4/17/2009)


    RBarryYoung (4/16/2009) andrew gothard (4/15/2009) Jeff Moden (4/14/2009) Jim Russell (4/14/2009) Charles Kincaid (4/13/2009)


    Okkkk....

    All of you, have, like,...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    RBarryYoung (4/16/2009) andrew gothard (4/15/2009) Jeff Moden (4/14/2009) Jim Russell (4/14/2009) Charles Kincaid (4/13/2009)


    Okkkk....

    All of you, have, like, been taking a point of view that has only one common thread,...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Jim Russell (4/14/2009)


    ...can you spawn these recent comments into an "Old Farts" thread?

    Given the depth of industry experience that's demonstrated daily on this site, that one could have the potential...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Charles Kincaid (4/13/2009)


    OK, who remembers splicing punched paper tape?

    And the cut fingers from pulling the reel of tape through your hand while searching for the point to splice on the...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    andrew gothard (4/9/2009)


    would try and find some way of using a cursor to deliver the same result

    ROFL

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Completely eludes me what's so wrong with = == := != <> etc, etc, they're all still faster than typing

    ASSIGN THE VALUE OF A TO B

    IS A THE SAME AS...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Jeff Moden (4/7/2009) there are always exceptions to the rules of thumb... even if they're my rules of thumb.

    Hehe, the exceptions prove the usefulness of the rule.

    I've written way more...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Just been fiddling with my profile, changed the nickname from "peter" to "wldhrs" which is the one I usually use, and put my name in as the signature.

    Added an avatar...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Jeff Moden (4/6/2009)


    Heh... brackets... they sure did take a shortcut there. It would be nice if the automatic code generators didn't put those in unless actually required.

    I disagree with...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    brownph99 (4/6/2009)This type of code looks ok in books, and for little two table querys, but in the real world just makes life miserable.

    ROFL

    Completely agree.

    For simple code I use

    SELECT...

  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    Maybe Wittgenstein's Tractatus should be required reading before criticising a language.

    Isn't any human language a reflection of the social structure in which it is evolving?

    Or did the chicken come...

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