"I've got a field declared as char(10), and my datareader (.NET) in SSIS picks up the column as DT_WSTR 10, however some of my data is up to 15 characters...

"We're swinging back a little from the 80s and late 90s where people worked insane hours, toed the line, and did everything to advance their careers."

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This comment reminded me of...

2006 was an important year for BI. In January 2006 BI was rated #1 on the hit parade of CIO Priorities by Gartner Group in their annual CIO survey. And it...

I agree with the need for public visibility as a motivation for vendors to make more secure products.

Something like an independently-certified SOX-like requirement for public posting of the number, general description,...

Reading this thread is making me hungry.

Morning Snack: One Slim-Fast drink.

Afternoon Snack: Two double cheeseburgers with grilled onions.

This all brings to mind images of Ahhhnold as "The Terminator"... imagine the hard drive that just won't die no matter what you do to it... there is always a...

I grew up in New York City and Long Island, and now live in Orange County, California. So, about 3,000 miles away. 

Two comments:

1. iJacking can be easier than I ever thought possible. One day my wife, son, and I were sitting in a Starbucks and I noticed a couple working...

Imagine yourself walking up and down the aisles of a supermarket, filling your shopping cart with various items. Suddenly a clerk walks up to your cart, reaches in and takes...

Something too often overlooked by technology companies is the saying "Less is More", especially when it comes to complex products like databases, or even word processors. "Complex" is a relative term...

I read this article with some skepticism about the real motivation of a company to do this. For me it all boils down to whether they are providing a sizeable...

Q. Why do they bury lawyers 20 feet underground?

A. Because deep down, they really are good people.

Thanks for mentioning my favorite comic strip. Speaking of front-end tools and Dilbert:

As Trey correctly pointed out: "There are other front ends that consume...

The solution suggested by the article is encrypting all your corporate data. Then they say the cost for that could range from $100,000 to $1 million, and that only a...

As someone who has presented hundreds of demos, both recorded and live, small groups and large, in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, you have touched on a subject near and dear...