Jeff Moden (4/4/2010)
Considering the subject matter in the article, I suspect the article is about "proven but unsupported" things such as the "Quirky Update" methods.
I'm not sure it is...the last paragraph of the article says: "However, this shouldn't stop the defensive programmer from using proven techniques to which Microsoft prefers not to give its stamp of approval."
I took this article to be just another plug for Alex's book...published by RedGate Books 😉
People interested in a preview/sample should check out his blog entries on defensive programming.
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