Archive for November 2008

Should the US auto industry be saved?

Nov 12th, 2008 | By Christian Donner | Category: Investment, Politics

Can it be saved? That is the question that should be asked instead.  Probably not, is the likely answer. Spending money on a bail-out of the US auto industry will be like pouring water in a bottomless bucket.
US auto makers have created a market for themselves that allowed them to comfortably deliver 1950’s technology while [...]



Combining contiguous date ranges in a SQL query – using CTE recursion

Nov 6th, 2008 | By Christian Donner | Category: SQL Server

Sometimes we need to reduce the granularity of date ranges by combining serveral contiguous rows into one. While this is a common classic SQL problem, I was unable to find an elegant solution that also performs well, and came up with my own. This article explains the problem and outlines the solution using a Common [...]