For this to work against SQL Server, it assumes that:

- The user's accounts is not domain authenticated
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32490.active-directory-bad-passwords-and-account-lockout.aspx

- The sysadmin doesn't have 'enforce password...

Allowing customers to use the system while it's in the process of being migrated, I guess that's one way to meet the technical requirements of your department's 99.9% SLA. That...

Actually, [SQL Server] is a NoSQL database engine. It naively supports reading and writing data contained in row, columnular, xml, flat text, or blob format. It supports queries using: SQL,...

If babies die because an IT staff member happened to be on vacation, then there is something very wrong about the organization's functional dependency on information technology.

I appreciate my career; it allows me to earn a good living while doing something I actually enjoy and excel at. However, the cumulative impact of technology on society and...

Code reviews are great, but depending on the volume and velocity of development, it's usually not possible. The larger the organization, the more developers and applications, and the size of...

If you work in an organization where a DBA has an the opportunity, time, and political clout to perform manual code reviews, then good for you. However, the good thing...

Can someone submit a "right to be forgotten" request to the government?

... If things are working, it becomes hard to justify an upgrade. In fact, I had aclient that was running a SQL Server v6.5 instance in 2005, a full ten...

I'd rather not be pasting T-SQL code to the web just to format it. RedGate's 'SQL Prompt', a plugin for SSMS, has a Format SQL option that works well.