I do not have the actual numbers but the scenario was that an application (outside my department) was updated which took down production.  With production being down (the entire production...

I partially agree with you ZZartin.

I think there is no "one size fits all" solution, but I would also argue that with web-based content changes should be handled by the...

While I do agree that having the code go live quickly to fix a problem is nice, what if things go wrong?  What if that code release halts production and...

I am happy to help.  I do recommend you look into truth tables.  They can be very helpful when working with logic like this.  It is VERY easy to think...

Just saw your reply there skeleton567 and thought I'd reply too as our process has changed a bit as we changed managers.  Now, the process is still that it code...

Got an email from Degreed.com giving me recommendations for virtual training and … well, apparently there are urgent SQL courses I need to take today and ...

Well, what do...

The difference in how you create them, there is essentially none.  If you create a shared data source from the report builder window, it will create the exact same file...

I agree with Jeff here - you should be upgrading the SQL instance to something supported.  2012 is out of support.  I don't quite see this as going to spam,...

If you want to exclude, simply reverse your conditions.  For example, rather than "IN" use "NOT IN" or instead of "<" use ">=".  Or, alternately, toss some brackets around your...

I agree with Scott.  And to add to what he said - if you are currently using INT, I would MUCH rather switch to BIGINT before switching to CHAR(50).  I...

Where I work, the DBA patches the DBA software (SQL for example) and the IT team patches the OS.

So Windows updates are handled by IT and SQL patches are handled...

I am glad I could help.  I also want to make a note, which is in my signature, but I want to make it very clear:

As with all advice you...

I have not tested this, but I am 99.99999% confident you could create a temp table (CREATE TABLE #tmpTable(col1 datatype1, col2 datatype2, ...)) with the columns you expect then do...

I don't think SQL will be able to rank those the way you wanted them.  The reason why - if you are ordering it by "Rating", ID 8 has a...

One thing to keep in mind is if you are using SSIS, you will want the SSMS version that matches the SSIS database version.  For example, if you have SSIS...