Great question. I learned something new, which is always great!

Until Cloud vendors have a way of getting certified and certain procedures are hammered out (such as patch testing and audits), I think adoption will be slow for hi-risk groups...

Interesting question.

Also thanks, Jason, for the extra info on new databases not inheriting the READ_ONLY setting. I would not have expected this behavior.

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Kevin.

Wonderful discussion. Thanks.

Awesome question. Thanks. 😎

It will throw an error if you attempt to assign a NON-empty string to an integer data type.

I can see your point for an empty string/character value, but it does...

It's an interesting question, to be sure, but the discussion is always the best part. That's where I learn the most.

I love learning new things.

Thanks for a great question!

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Kevin C.

I, also, learned something new. Thanks.

For the record, I don't drink. 😎

To answer Steve's question, I think anyone, if unable to drive and not on call, should be allowed to not come in. ...

erwin.oosterhoorn (3/8/2010)

That is what I am looking at as well, does this not mean...

I think the important thing is that the time standard be the same across the company, users, clients, etc. It could be any timezone (assuming you drop the DST),...

I misremembered what SARGable meant and so I got lucky in my answer. A good reminder question.

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Kevin C.

Good article, Tim.

Thanks.

I have to disagree with skjoldtc. Software does age. Not in the bits themselves, per se, but the hardware they run on. I have some programs designed...