Is Access Dead? Microsoft Access has filled a niche in software tools for departmental applications for many years. It provides a lot of rich functionality for less technical individuals to use filling business data requirements when development resources are not available. Some people have tried to create applications with a broader user base having different levels of success. The product […]
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Reader Response Null and MOD
Reader Response – Null and MOD Last time I introduced the topic of null from a different light. Usually, those opposed to the use of null, are approaching it from a perspective of “Why store nothing if nothing is what you really have.” I submitted a practical reason; if you allow null in your data, you are required to have […]
Reader Response Null and MOD
Reader Response – Null and MOD Last time I introduced the topic of null from a different light. Usually, those opposed to the use of null, are approaching it from a perspective of “Why store nothing if nothing is what you really have.” I submitted a practical reason; if you allow null in your data, you are required to have […]
Why NULL?
Why NULL? Let me open a can of worms here. Should you use/allow null in your databases? Personally, I’m very flexible on the use of null. I’m not going to move to 4th or 5th normal form in an OLTP database just to get rid of null values; although I’m not against the process either. What I am finding, however, […]
Why NULL?
Why NULL? Let me open a can of worms here. Should you use/allow null in your databases? Personally, I’m very flexible on the use of null. I’m not going to move to 4th or 5th normal form in an OLTP database just to get rid of null values; although I’m not against the process either. What I am finding, however, […]
LINQ What is its Place? – More Reader Feedback
SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Microsoft BI Expert Jen Underwood talks with Stephen about the ever-changing roles of the DBA. You won’t want to miss this. [Watch the Show] LINQ – What is its Place – More Reader Feedback This will be the last newsletter on this topic for a while. I have more responses from readers than I can possibly […]
LINQ What is its Place? – More Reader Feedback
SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Microsoft BI Expert Jen Underwood talks with Stephen about the ever-changing roles of the DBA. You won’t want to miss this. [Watch the Show] LINQ – What is its Place – More Reader Feedback This will be the last newsletter on this topic for a while. I have more responses from readers than I can possibly […]
LINQ What is its Place?
LINQ – What is its Place? The concept of making LINQ work natively in SQL Server has certainly resulted in a great response from our readers. I have so many responses it would take up three or four whole newsletters. People tend to fall in one or more camps when it comes to the idea of enabling LINQ to work […]
LINQ What is its Place?
LINQ – What is its Place? The concept of making LINQ work natively in SQL Server has certainly resulted in a great response from our readers. I have so many responses it would take up three or four whole newsletters. People tend to fall in one or more camps when it comes to the idea of enabling LINQ to work […]
Is LINQ the New SQL More Readers Respond
Is LINQ the New SQL – More Readers Respond It seems this topic has drawn the interest of many. Here are more responses from our readers. Mahabubur: It’s a wonderful idea you expressed here. I am a software engineer and like T-SQL thus love to write LINQ to SQL. However , always i have to heard that LINQ is very […]