Steve,

It's hard to tell whether you are using single or double quotes in your response. I've noticed that in most threads (not just yours). I suggest emphasizing which type of...

APPLY....no matter what APPLY. 18 months ago I finished training as an ORACLE programmer, with no experience I applied to lots of companies even if they said Bachelors degree required...

I'm looking forward to your next installation of The Case for SQL Logins. I've been the DBA for only 8 months and read everything I can get about security. Currently,...

Andy,

Thanks for that link. That's what I was looking for...and more. They have some neat SQL Server shirts also.

And on using both...naw...I don't use ORACLE anymore. I've moved on to...

I would like to find some also...specifically I have an ORACLE key chain and would like to find an SQL key chain. (I'm thinking about making one, but Bill Gates...

I'm a touch-typist (at 60 wpm).

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I can understand why 'hunt & peckers' do better on PDA's. As a touch typist, I got out of the habit of 'seeing' the...

Admit to your mistakes....

I once deleted a whole database (OOPPPSSS). The vendor had created a file and not documented it (oopppsss), the folder it was in was also used for...

...if a user says their query is running too slow and you say "Then quit running queries!"

...if the bosses are worried the database size is growing too quickly and you...