Learn SQL Server thru videos

I’m passionate about learning and helping people develop their full potential thru continuous personal and professional development. So everytime I chance upon something that would be of help to somebody else, I pass it along MSDev.com has tons of resources to help IT professionals and developers learn more about technology. Check out this link for […]

ISDATE() function returns 0 for valid DATETIMEOFFSET values?

Quite confusing but true. I was working on trying to validate a specific value if it is indeed a valid DATETIMEOFFSET data type using the ISDATE() function until I saw this forum post “Adam, The problem is that ISDATE returns 0 for valid DATETIMEOFFSET values.” I couldn’t believe it since Books Online until I tested […]

Why Likeability Affects Service Delivery

Tim Sanders in his book The Likeability Factor emphasizes the need to improve one’s likeability in order to be successful. He cited several studies that prove how likeability affects your job, the judge’s decision in a court hearing and what not. What’s fascinating is that we see this in action in just about any interaction […]