I think you make an excellent point here in stating; "Don't start to assume the system you manage is really yours.". That's a good piece of advice because in...

Inception is a pretty visually cool movie - only took me three viewings though, to get it... Sure was easier with the Matrix and taking the blue or red...

"One of the keys to success that I have seen in my career is the ability to add value to the company, above and beyond what others do. I look...

The most important thing about becoming a manager, is to remember that companies are not kingdoms. You do not "rule" people - if you're good, you inspire, motivate and...

I've looked at cloud computing from both sides now, and still somehow, its the cloud's illusions I recall - no one really knows how to sell the "benefits" of cloud...

One of the questions we run into when converting small business clients to SQL Server - who are coming from packages like Visual FoxPro, Access, Paradox and other applications with...

Personally, I think its worse than that...

A few days ago I was at a convenience store picking up a few essentials. My total came to $10.47 and I handed...

As much as the content of this editorial is good, I am amazed, stunned and disappointed that there is not even ONE single mention of the most basic element of...

I am and always have been a big science fiction fan, but this morning you touch on one of my life's greatest pet peeves...

Why, in all futuristic science fiction movies,...

In over 30 years in this business, I have rarely seen anyone with an MVP award who actually measures up to being an "MVP" - and worse, in some cases,...

Take it all for granted? Consider...

We have been fighting in Iraq for 8 years, with 6,000 Americans now dead.

In ONE year, 6,000 Americans died on our roadways directly attributable...

We found the problem...

The script binds the update in an IF NOT EXIST clause and since the foreign key DID exist, no further code was run there. We tweaked...

Mike01...

Thanks for the reply... We are also running the Developer Edition SP3. The code I shared is from the scripting tool to generate the database and yet no...

Your thoughts are well-taken, and though I would agree that constant a interchange of 'atta-boys' and 'why did you do it that way' are fine through the days, your editorial...

For me? Simple...

SQL Prompt and SQL Search from Redgate.

I have never understood why these great interface-enhancing, functionality-expanding, and time-saving interface features have never become a base part of SQL...