First, I agree with Jeff on how cutting out the middle man can cause all sorts of legal problems and also get you (or the people handing out permissions) fired.

Second,...

Took a couple of days off to start potty training and get back online this morning to discover my employer has designated Juneteenth to be a company...

Took a couple of days off to start potty training and get back online this morning to discover my employer has designated Juneteenth to be a company holiday.

So,...

Took a couple of days off to start potty training and get back online this morning to discover my employer has designated Juneteenth to be a company holiday.

So, yay. People...

The U.S. Congress decided (wisely for once) that they wanted people to want to stay home without worrying about the bills. So they authorized an extra $600.00 per (I think)...

I don't know if I'm lucky or got over the "burnt out" long ago. I "lost" my daycare in September, which means that up until pandemic became a thing, KKC ...

So yesterday we got a bit of good/bad news...

Good, in that the wife has been called back to work and goes back on Tuesday.

Bad, in that the wife...

Here's the query.  There's not any understanding on how the the language works, index usage (or lack of usage), and what these things do.

It works in dev, why is...

Why can a person not understand that when you write a query against dev that has 6 rows per table, and the query does 3 table scans, it will...

stupid question time. when you guys deal with X12 spec files, is there a reasonable argument *against* loading them into tables named for loops/segments/ref numbers?

I get that they are...

Sooooo… Anyone else hear of the Cognizant ransomware attack?

People have the customer data and are calling up said customers asking for emergency VPN access so that "We can continue providing...

Wow. My joke really hit with a thud. I'm surprised no one pulled out the Pork Chop Launcher on me. @=)

Michael, what company do you work for that they're forcing...

Excuse me, folks. I've just been hired as a DBA for a major national insurance company. I'm hoping you can answer two questions for me and this forum seemed to...

Grant - just reading your wordpress blog - it strikes me that I'm missing some skills in monitoring SSRS and SSIS using XE... might be a nice...

Vormetric.