jay-h (8/14/2012)

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I'm a firm believer in 'if you can't explain it in plain English (or other), you don't understand it". While technical terminology may be necessary when addressing esoteric...

P Jones (5/31/2012)

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The problem of possibly changing databases should be catered for in the actual application code by using a data access layer that can be changed according to the...

@TravisDBA - Yes unfortunately you're correct. It's an unfortunate situation that I don't see changing without some type of drastic global event that can change attitudes. Until...

Yeah it really does. Been there, done that myself. It is called "pigeon-holing" and I have seen it derail many peoples career goals over the years until they got fed...

Completely agree with this one. At my current job I've started as standard IT Support and in my many years here I've grown and now do additional roles like DBA,...

When I ask vendors why, they generally tell me that they don’t have the in-house resources to do the testing. In other words, they are cheap and don’t want to...

While I do agree that there is no need for profanity in technical writing, documentation or presentations I completely disagree that it shouldn't be used in everyday life, workplace or...

Argh didn't get it wrong because I didn't know the answer but rather because I can't seem to count this morining.:blush:

CirquedeSQLeil (4/22/2010)

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Hugo makes a great point. If everything is explicitly laid out so as to invoke no thought, then the question may be too easy and far too few...

Hugo Kornelis (4/22/2010)

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As an author of eleven questions so far (2 of them not yet published), I can only say that you are wrong. I tried very hard to get...

Thing is you didn't need to...

Hi Jeff,

Sorry for not replying sooner. Hectic isn't the word for it these days. :crazy:

Anyway I finally got the missing piece of the puzzle. I'd forgotten to put an index...

Hi Jeff,

Yeah I hear where you're coming from and for contacts they have done this properly but not for other objects.

Orgs can have a main phone and/or fax on...

I had thought about an indexed view for the phone number part but I'm a bit hazy on whether I can do this or not. I've read a bit about...

Hi Jeff,

Yeah I am wanting everything in one view I'm afraid. The reason being is that the application I have to use (3rd Party) has the ability to create custom...