I'd put MS Access in the same general database classification as Excel, FileMaker, FoxPro, or even SQLite. It does "just work" - but only within a narrow scope of use...

I feel like job/candidate searching is a lot like dating - there is a good deal of marketing and self delusion in both the resumes and job descriptions.

an ex  colleague of mine used to turn up in knee length shorts, Hawaiian shirt, flip flops and a lot of "bling" -

the directors put out an email about...

If I were going to dress up for Halloween, I'd wear a black hoodie with one of those white "Guy Fawkes" style hacker masks. As a prop, I'd carry around...

For my personal email, I rely solely on MS Outlook app on my iPhone. I like the new feature where it consolidates all email accounts into a single view with...

Honestly, I don't even open 90% of the mail that lands in my personal Hotmail account, and the same goes for work email. I can judge the relevance of an...

I've been a full time employee for most of my career, but what makes contracting appealing for me isn't necessarily the prospect of more money but rather the opportunity to...

This is why we should comment our source code and version control checkins - so those who follow us can better understand why we did things the way we did.

Cloned or masked environments are not generally for production support. They are typically for development, QA, or maybe production reporting purposes. For the scenario you've described above, it would be...

Our development and QA teams use Redgate SQL Clone for doing a lot of the stuff that was previously done using full database restores. It saves disk space and also...

"..I wonder how many of you worry about employment as you get older.."

I have a handful of observations and opinions about this.

1. The average lifespan of an IT employee today...

Using initials for column names and then having a document at your desk for reference - that is so retro '80s RPG/COBOL.

I too would recommend implementing the database using a...

I'm willing to tolerate inconsistent naming conventions - so long as the same column is named and typed consistently across tables. Also, I expect the column to be unambiguous in...

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So, if you've pulled off on the side of the highway, and the battery is dead or the car won't start, then the rear view cameras won't work?

However, I don't...

The office park where I work happens to be located in a city where everyone is required to carry to carry a gun.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/us/kennesaw-georgia-gun-ownership/index.html