a_dep like '100%'

What I meant was that, when considering which version of SQL Server to run on, if there are...

I've never known any release of SQL Server to be categorically "unstable". Every release fixes some issues and introduces new issues, but every experience is unique depending on what features...

I believe that Azure Stack and server-less architecture could make financial sense for an organization with a very large IT enterprise; maybe something like a government or global bank where...

Also, since the application is only filtering on a tiny subset of rows, then consider simply using Filtered Indexes as an alternative to my previous suggestion of a Paritioned View...

Taking a step back, if the table gets routinely updated, then it's probably more like a queue table or a run log table (ie: row gets insert with StartTime populated...

Thanks to virtualization, your chances of running an instance of SQL Server 2008 in the future 2038 is very good. Going forward, you and your successor DBA(s) will need to...

Yes, I'm just being sarcastic about lines of code. 😉

If you work for an organization that counts lines code as a metric for developer productivity, then RedGate's "SQL Prompt" extension for SSMS is a great investment. A poorly formatted...

Speaking of Intelligent Query Processing, does it have a functional dependency on Query Store?

One of my PMP goals for 2019 is to implement Query Store on all of our >=...

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If the web application is secured properly, then that web.config file is secure from outsiders, but it can be visible to many inside the organization. For one thing, the developers...

Of course, most of us already code assertions (more or less) into our T-SQL, and this type of defensive coding may constitute half of the lines of code written for...

I believe the T-SQL language could benefit from assertions, perhaps declared using an new ASSERT clause. For example, the following query would abort with an error when the actual rowcount...

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Eric M Russell.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Eric M Russell.

Personally identifying data should be protected and regulated like hazardous material. Even with the owner's consent, there should be guidelines regarding how the data is stored and used. For example,...

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Eric M Russell.

While we're on the topic of digital data posted on the web getting used out of it's original context, one major issue is meta-data embedded in the files. For example,...