Monthly Archives: July 2015

Half a Year

Posted on July 3, 2015 by way0utwest

Today is a holiday for much of the US workforce. Tomorrow is Independence Day, though we have another year until the sequel of the movie by that name. This is the day the US started down the road of becoming a country, … Continue reading →

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Defining Foreign Keys at Table Create Time

Posted on July 2, 2015 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. How many of you can define a foreign key when you create the table? Probably a few of you, … Continue reading →

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SSMS Maturity

Posted on July 2, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve used a lot of tools with SQL Server over the years. We had a variety of individual tools from Microsoft for SQL Server 4.2, including the isqlw query editor that I used for years. I wrestled with the Enterprise Manager MMC … Continue reading →

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Training Computer Scientists

Posted on July 1, 2015 by way0utwest

We work in an interesting industry. While I think you can certainly enter many other professions, electrician, plumber, artist, etc. without any formal schooling, programming allows you to earn a very good living with little physical effort. You can also … Continue reading →

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