Asimov's 3 laws sounded good until Giskard defuced the need for a superseding law zero. A robot shall not harm humanity or through inaction allow humanity to come to...

As Gail said, if we can do it manually then it is a case of analysing what it is we do then automating it.

Let us suppose that we have a...

I think you have to make the determination as to whether your legacy software is stable or whether it is stagnant. The latter is when you are scared to...

..and enable them. The problem might not be the staff...

Probably a bit off topic but commands like xp_dirtree have been listed as unsupported for over a decade but have been available in all that time.

Why don't Microsoft...

BULK INSERT? Or are you lamenting the absence of BULK EXPORT?

I quite like MySql LOAD XML INFILE...

Publish Jeff!

I'd ask what people wanted to use xp_cmdshell for. There are loads of things you can do within SQL Server, for me a request to make calls out...

Doesn't a while loop tend towards the nature of a dynamic cursor rather than a static cursor?

I very much agree with this. As an individual there is a lot we can do for ourselves. Where it gets interesting is where the there is a...

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Now, as far as I go, I would LOVE to see D's and R's get a smack down like that, I just don't think it is possible right...

Another approach I have seen is used in frameworks such as Yii and laravel is something called a migration.

A migration is a special class containing a deployment and rollback method...

I won't debate the morality of governments snooping on supposedly confidential and protected traffic.

All governments have a chain of command and bureaucracy to approve what ever action they do even...

I get a bit frustrated with the latest fanboy shiny ball that seems like the previous shiny ball with 10% of the features fixed and 10% of what worked now...

Experience has taught me that any development discipline must be practised continually, otherwise the discipline will be lost. Using source control is one of these disciplines.

I have adopted a...

If you are further up the management pyramid it's not just the rarity of the opportunities but also where you have to go to get them.

LinkedIn being used to offer...