If you are the designated person who is expected to stand in for the role of organizational president, even if it's only required on rare occasions, then you should have...

I didn't build most of the software running this site, but I do think that SQLServerCentral as a total entity is the thing I'm most proud of. I'm not sure...

Using T-SQL to parse EDI records is probably not the best way to accomplish whatever it is you're doing. You would get more useful advice posting this question in a...

That a schema name, not a database name. Coincidentally, your default schema must be the same as your database name.

Perahps most IT development shops in 2014 are in the "Early Industrial Age", where is goal is leveraging tools to crank out a lot of "good enough" code but there...

If sufficient functional requirements are not provided upfront, then all these "fixes" in production are really just change requests and phase I, II, ~ deployments. A solution that has been...

Gary Varga (8/21/2014)

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Eric M Russell (8/21/2014)

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Jim P. (8/20/2014)

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A few days I mentioned how an auditor team showed up dressed as firemen to do an inspection at a bank branch. They...

I doubt many IT workers would stoop to this level of stupidity, but posing as a law enforcement officer on the phone is apparently sufficient to fool some fast-food restraunt...

Jim P. (8/20/2014)

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A few days I mentioned how an auditor team showed up dressed as firemen to do an inspection at a bank branch. They totally buffaloed everyone in the...

Isn't it crazy how a lot of folks these days walk around in public with a complete history of their bank statements, address book, work correspondecnces, personal correspondeces, and even...

The following check constraint should work...

dirk.dromgoole (8/20/2014)

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I suppose there are probably better ways to modify the query. Basically, the WHERE clause of the query is:

WHERE (GETDATE() - 1 <= EndDate)

If EndDate has a time...

Even through there is probably no confidential data stored locally on the laptop, I also use DiskCryptor, which encrypts the entire HD.

https://diskcryptor.net

Both iPhone and Andriod phones have a encryption...

My work laptop contains nothing but...

Gary Varga (8/20/2014)

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Eric M Russell (8/20/2014)

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When traveling outside the US, especially to a country with a State Department travel warning, you should consider leaving your smart phone and laptop at...