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...

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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,...

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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,...

Of the big 5 data companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, FaceBook, Microsoft), Microsoft is the one I would expect to get HealthVault right, at least on the technical and security side...

I believe that having my health records stored in an online vault that can be accessed by my physicians or myself is very useful. However, all the apps, bots, and...

I've been playing around with some free alternatives, not interesting in any of the online only type of tools. Apex has a free data modeling tool you may want...

I wonder if Jeff Bezos has Alexa turned on in his home, or if Lary Page uses Google Nest for home monitoring. I suspect they probably don't, or maybe they...

Step 1, notify the DBA, and explain in detail how you as a developer were able to drop a production database in the first place, so the DBA can revoke...

If this is how landlords want to be, then when checking into a rental, I'm temporarily pulling the plug on the internet router, except maybe for the couple of hours...

I'm surprised that Microsoft hasn't invested in the development or acquisition of a good basic ERD tool over the years. It wouldn't need to be anywhere near as robust as...

It is frustrating that the diagramming tool built into SSMS hasn't evolved in any significant way since 2005.

One thing you can do is print to diagrams to PDF documents or...

There have been so many new database engines introduced over the past decade, I don't see the need for a new one. When building out an enterprise scope solution, the...

About all I've seen in the past is where date/time columns are updated with the database server's GETDATE(), and the local time on the server is set to corporate headquarter...

Years ago, you could google "filetype:config +uid +password" and get links to 100s of config files located on ftp or even live web servers where the admin didn't properly setup...