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Carla: "If I noticed..." Consider this example: My company apparently gives a small bonus (something like $50 a year) to staff who have worked more than 5 years...
January 25, 2008 at 10:11 am
I would report the problem IF I knew about it. This article got me to thinking about how I look at my bank statement. I don't analyze it...
January 25, 2008 at 9:23 am
Eric: Thanks for taking the time to write out your thoughts!
January 2, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Eric: Due to the way I learned SQL, I've never used distinct. But your posting got me to thinking. I wonder when are the "occasions when distinct...
January 2, 2008 at 9:43 am
Nice, easy-read article. It even introduced me to a new function (CheckSum), which I looked up when reading your article. I particularly appreciated the code comments. I'm...
January 2, 2008 at 9:06 am
The article aside, I appreciate the discussion here about various data modeling tools. I've been using ERwin for years. Like others, I have been rather unhappy with ERwin....
December 6, 2007 at 8:57 am
I really appreciated this article. I'm not a DBA per-say, but no one else is doing it... I do some of the items on the list (backups of...
November 29, 2007 at 9:42 am
As far as I know, I do not do agile programming. However, I do use prototypes extensively. In fact, my users never see or have to approve a...
November 26, 2007 at 12:39 pm
R L Reid wrote (11/21/2007)
...Based on the description of the project (a casual collection of personal book reviews), why are you bothering with a database?...
That wasn't the only description we...
November 21, 2007 at 11:20 am
Scope Creep?
Maybe. I agree that you don't want to make a project more complicated than it needs to be. But the key here is "than it needs to...
November 21, 2007 at 9:10 am
Here's another idea that (like others) adds to the scope, but seems in keeping with the spirit of the discussion. The initial requirements list rarely covers the needs of...
November 20, 2007 at 11:38 am
I appreciate this discussion. Most especially, I appreciate it when people explain the *whys* for their recommendations. It helps to understand where people are coming from. Just...
November 20, 2007 at 10:07 am
"Pay you now or pay you later." How about pay you never? I work in a place that can't afford real DBAs, not even as occasional consultants. ...
November 5, 2007 at 11:04 am
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