This week: Giving loyalty when loyalty is earned

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Published by SearchDatabase.com  October 25, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the editor: Giving loyalty when loyalty is earned >> Featured Topic: Ask the SQL expert >> Technical Advice: Featured expert advice >> Site Highlights: * Workplace ethics * Answers to dev career questions * SearchSmallBizIT.com's IT Update  From the Editor: by Tim DiChiara, Editor Do you owe your employer anything after completing expensive training that they paid for? Several weeks ago in this space, our news writer Rob Westervelt posed that question. In these tough times, is it every man for himself or do respect and ethics still count for something? Do you think that you might even be "black listed" for taking the training and then running? Check out what your fellow database geeks are saying: join the discussion here. For example, member CincyLin posted these thoughts: "I don't think you have to worry too much about employer-paid training anymore. Haven't you noticed how specific job postings are today? If their employees do not have the skills they need, companies just lay them off and post for a new employee who will have all the skills they need at a lower cost. Companies don't need to train anymore. There are enough unemployed with the skills they need to choose from. Nowadays, just to stay in the market you have to stay up on the current needs and get the training yourself. Company loyalty? Baah! I'll give loyalty when loyalty is earned." Agree? Disagree? Let us hear your rant! Cheers, Tim  Featured Topic: Ask the SQL expert by Tim DiChiara, Editor Our expert Rudy Limeback has been in the database field for 25 years and he knows his SQL. Browse his 250+ answers to your tough SQL questions inside... Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Rudy Limeback, Web and SQL Design Consultant, r937.com Category: SQL Rudy has worked with commercial databases since the mid-1970's, starting with IDMS, a Codasyl network system, and progressing through IBM's DB2 and Microsoft's SQL Server relational databases. He has developed data warehouses and transactional databases, always with an emphasis on making them easy to use for developers and end users alike. He specializes in writing SQL statements that are simple and easy to maintain. Rudy now operates r937.com, developing databases for use with dynamic Web sites. Ask him your tough SQL questions! Ask Rudy a question Featured expert advice >> Ask the Expert: Upgrading SQL Server 7 Our SQL Server expert Mike Hotek offers his opinion about the two methods of upgrading SQL Server 7 to 2000: side-by-side install vs. in-place upgrade. Tip of the Week: Oracle, open source putting the squeeze on SQL Server Oracle Corp. is beginning to win the battle for small and medium-sized customers, putting pressure on Microsoft SQL Server's developers. >> Read the full article  Site Highlights Workplace ethics What's a respectable amount of time a DBA should stay at a job after receiving employer-paid training? View the results of this poll here. View poll here Answers to dev career questions Want to boost your career? Need to know which certs are best for you? Get expert advice from Ed Tittel, at the Expert Answer Center. Pose your questions today or read his blog! Check it out SearchSmallBizIT.com's IT Update Activate your subscription Keep your finger on the latest buzz in the SMB IT industry. Sign up for SearchSmallBizIT.com's "IT Update" newsletter and get the latest news, advice and resources you need to set up an IT infrastructure that supports optimal business growth. 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