A few years ago I was speaking at a conference in Raleigh, NC where Ted Neward and I found a fun way to promote a Java vs. .NET debate that was planned one evening. We stood in the middle of a crowd during one of the breaks and starting “arguing” about Java vs. .NET with one another. Our voice levels quickly raised and we ended it by slapping each ...

Working in mixed database environments is a very interesting challenge, both for DBAs and developers. If we already have experience with SQL Server, and need to work with Oracle, our SQL Server experience may be an advantage  - we already have a good handle on what an RDBMS should do (backups, restores, etc.). On the other hand, our ...

I found this gem yesterday here: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1391668&page=1 here is the question I have a situation where a person can have more then one item ordered. I need to layout the information as follows: Person Item Ordered Item Description ---------------------------------------------- 1 1 of ...