When my kids were growing up, I'd often give them a chance to fail at something in a safe environment just so they would learn to not just take my...

I totally agree with you Steve. While I do enjoy working from home and look forward to doing so permanently, I also long for in-person SQL Saturday events and other...

Aaron, I think fax machines and paper were actually more secure than cloud computing.  We used fax machines for decades and never experienced any security issues at all that...

Having worked in healthcare for the past 15 years, I fully understand and appreciate the need for data security and privacy. However, I do get frustrated at situations that prevent...

Because I've been working with Redshift, Postgres and DB2 (yeah, don't hold it against me), I've become a fan of dBeaver. I also use it with SQL Server for general...

I have to agree with Gamberoni in that explaining a design, code, test, etc. to someone else is very useful. I've often found that when I get stuck, if I...

I beg to differ on the answers. The QOT basically said that all but the SET variable would reset @@ROWCOUNT to zero, however BOL states the following:

• Statements that make...

Unfortunately, I've found that every major city has it's share of aggressive drivers. I've been in Indianapolis, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta,...

Hopefully...

I'm curious as to how you determined this? If you look at the numbers, it's the larger cities that...

I've been a remote worker (with a few short exceptions) since 2012. It allowed us the freedom to get into the RV life. We would travel around the U.S. in...

However, working from home has introduced some unexpected problems. In August we had to put down out 13-year-old Black Lab mix. I had hoped that she'd make it...

I certainly don't miss being in the office. My home office is much quieter without dozens of conversations around me, people walking by, and 100% of my meetings were via...

Well, I missed this because I answered the question from my phone without my reading glasses and misread the number in the last entry. It looked to me to be...

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I agree that if companies are going to require people to WFH, they should accommodate them. That's a different proposition than giving them the option and treating it as a...