Agree.

The ancient "WHILE 1=1" had an excuse because the procedural languages never had any decent multi-exit loop control flow concepts (even...

GoofyGuy (2/17/2015)

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... I know from bitter experience (as a manager) that some people (some developers) don't care whether the software is secure, or works, or will screw the customer up...

GoofyGuy (2/17/2015)

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IT these days looks more like a craft brewery where we keep changing the recipe: sometimes it works, and sometimes it's disgusting.

I'm tempted to make a comparison between American...

Unfortunately that's not true....

I thought the mattmattson reference was useful and instructive, but the other two are irrelevant to the question - neither says...

Good question, a pity the typing made the answer wrong because it altered something. Like several others I highlighted the text so that I could see spaces, and ended...

Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

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TomThomson (2/16/2015)

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Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

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TomThomson (2/16/2015)

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I am really surprised that so many people got this wrong. Obviously this is a topic which needs some more attention if this many...

Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

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TomThomson (2/16/2015)

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I am really surprised that so many people got this wrong. Obviously this is a topic which needs some more attention if this many people are confused...

mwpowellhtx (2/16/2015)

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'A table cannot be created without a column.' : is really irrelevant, given the context, and nature of tables in Sql Server. The table was created with a column....

Nice question.

I uess a lot of people aren't using encryption, since 60% have got it wrong.

Sean Lange (2/16/2015)

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Great back to basics question. I am shocked at the response rate.

I am really surprised that so many people got...

ChrisM@Work (2/16/2015)

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Stop digging, Tom! For goodness' sake, you're coming across as a cranky old fella with a short fuse. This is not what we are used to seeing from...

Sioban Krzywicki (2/15/2015)

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TomThomson (2/14/2015)

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Lynn Pettis (2/14/2015)

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TomThomson (2/14/2015)

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Eirikur Eiriksson (2/7/2015)

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Tom, must say that I find this comment...

Ed Wagner (2/12/2015)

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Sioban Krzywicki (2/12/2015)

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Eirikur Eiriksson (2/12/2015)

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My 2Cents, a DBA that cannot see the data is as useless as a blind driver, alternative measures have to be in place such...

BWFC (2/11/2015)

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It's funny. When it snows in my area (usually get 1 snow/ice storm per year, of no more than 4 to 6 inches), we get all of the...