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Overlap with StackOverflow. – KennyTM Jun 6 '10 at 19:01

I've asked database questions on both Stack Overflow and Server Fault. Stack Overflow gets you quicker and better answers simply because more people hang out there. I suspect a strictly database site, would suffer the same way – cindi Jun 8 '10 at 17:22

Like the idea. there's a lot with databases that isn't development or admin (eg modelling). I'll come up with some questions. – Gary Jun 18 '10 at 6:58

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76 Example Questions (10 closed)

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added by Jeff Sep 16 '10 at 19:21

This is a problem I came up against when installing s/w for a new workstation. I ended up downloading the latest s/w from MySQL and had to revert to the older MySQL Query Browser to connect to this old MySQL db until it's upgraded. :D – Jeff Sep 16 '10 at 19:23

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added by CWCarlos, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 17:59

too simplistic? – pate Sep 30 '10 at 8:45

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added by user20166, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 17:59

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added by CWCarlos Sep 20 '10 at 14:51

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added by Leigh Riffel, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 17:57

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added by nos Sep 24 '10 at 18:32

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added by rlb.usa Jun 10 '10 at 16:19

closed as off topic by Aim Kai, Pedro Lopes, Grant Palin, peeles, Tea Drinker Aug 2 '10 at 22:12

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by Gary Jun 22 '10 at 0:46

closed as off topic by Grant Palin, William, Blake, Tea Drinker, xenoterracide Aug 4 '10 at 20:39

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

19th vote. ONE MORE OFF TOPIC VOTE NEEDED! – meder Oct 6 '10 at 6:30

@mader yeah, but it took over 3 months to get those 19 votes ... 'Can I write off MS SQL Server on my taxes' got 12 votes in less than a month. (so if there's anyone who's not voting for it, that's one of the over 20 votes on the top two, consider moving a vote) – Joe Oct 6 '10 at 17:00

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added by Dwayne King Jun 23 '10 at 2:43

closed as off topic by Aim Kai, Grant Palin, William, horsedrowner, chenshap Jul 15 '10 at 17:56

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	Belongs on StackOverflow. – horsedrowner Jul 14 '10 at 10:18
	Does it? telling them how to write a prepared statement is no good here? or write a stored procedure? – xenoterracide Aug 4 '10 at 20:16
	I would be tempted to say stackoverflow as well. Does it make a difference that Java is calling it? To me it sounds like the author wants a Java based answer not a DB based one. – Toby Aug 18 '10 at 22:24

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added by thursdaysgeek Jun 30 '10 at 22:13

While SSIS and DTS are part of MS SQL Server, my opinion is that these are a more specialized field and there are already useful sites that deal with SSIS and DTS. – Jeff Jul 20 '10 at 15:58

Where? What are those sites? And, are they in the SU family? – thursdaysgeek Jul 20 '10 at 21:15

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added by William Jul 8 '10 at 11:14

closed as off topic by Blake, peeles, CWCarlos, Jake Wharton, EJC Oct 6 '10 at 16:50

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by xenoterracide Aug 4 '10 at 20:28

closed as off topic by edosoft, Leigh Riffel, Gary, colithium, leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:50

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by colithium Aug 23 '10 at 4:02

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added by Stefan Lasiewski Aug 31 '10 at 3:57

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added by leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:52

(This is an off topic post!) – leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:53

I can see this being an off-topic post, but I can also see where people might try to answer it by asking additional questions such as what the legacy application was using, there might be some kind of OLE DB or ODBC connector/interface to it. Then again... if it was a 3rd party Accounts Payable program or something like that there might not be. – Jeff Sep 16 '10 at 19:32

@Jeff that was what I had in mind, was some sort of 3rd party proprietary software. – leeand00 Sep 16 '10 at 22:29

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added by leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:54

closed as off topic by Stefan Lasiewski, Jeff, chilltemp, Stephanie Page, CanSpice Sep 20 '10 at 16:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

(This is an off topic question!) – leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:54

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added by leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:55

	I believe this is an off topic question. – leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:55
	Asked another way, this might be a good question-- "We track inventory in several dozen spreadsheets. How can a RDBMS help me?" – Stefan Lasiewski Sep 10 '10 at 22:54
	I wish it was half a dozen spreadsheets. At least you could access the data with something that way! – leeand00 Sep 11 '10 at 15:56

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added by Jeff, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 18:05

I thought about using Access instead of Excel for this question, but figured it would be better as an off-topic example if it used Excel. I've worked with people in the past that kept everything in Excel, event things that would have been better in Excel; so I figured it might be a realistic off-topic Q. :D – Jeff Sep 16 '10 at 19:26

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added by ScottCher, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 17:58

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added by nos, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 17:49

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added by Brad Mace Oct 6 '10 at 4:57

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added by colithium Aug 23 '10 at 4:01

closed as off topic by Clint Miller, CanSpice, chilltemp, CWCarlos, Jake Wharton Sep 23 '10 at 12:19

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	This could go on forever, breaking it into either 1 DB or 1 language could make it answerable – BozoJoe Sep 17 '10 at 0:27
	...Well of course. The idea is that a SPECIFIC question that followed this form could be asked. On topic or off? – colithium Sep 17 '10 at 2:15

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added by leeand00 Sep 10 '10 at 2:49

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added by Master Of Disaster Jun 7 '10 at 11:54

	Reasonable for what application? I'd argue this is a bad question. – Good Person Jun 8 '10 at 13:48
	Not specific enough. A question like this would require too much background to answer properly. – Dwayne King Jun 23 '10 at 2:45

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added by Gary Jun 22 '10 at 0:47

This seems subjective. – Anonymous Jul 8 '10 at 13:59

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added by xenoterracide Jul 28 '10 at 16:53

closed as off topic by Greg Bray, Tea Drinker, edosoft, b.roth, Leigh Riffel Aug 17 '10 at 19:53

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by Filipe Costa Sep 17 '10 at 8:34

While this question isn't really off-topic, it'd be a good example of a "too vague" question. The best tool really depends on what you mean by "develop a database". – CanSpice Sep 20 '10 at 16:43

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added by William Jul 8 '10 at 11:15

closed as off topic by Joe, BenV, TGnat, horsedrowner, chenshap Jul 15 '10 at 17:55

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	I would be ok with this question if it were MySQL in reference to the recent forks and oracle buyout. But there's absolutely nothing to suggest that postgres is taking a downturn. – xenoterracide Jul 21 '10 at 7:57
	I'm just not sure conjecture about the future of a database system has a place in this site - I can read about this kind of stuff in the trade mags... – ScottCher Sep 21 '10 at 20:29