Developing software is a lot like operating a kitchen in a restaurant. When it comes to things like quality, style, and time to delivery, the application needs to meet the...

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You can use the following to query details about a session. DBCC INPUTBUFFER will return the last command executed by session, even if the last command completed and the session...

Based on what you've provided so far, here is some general advice:

#1   The process should be data driven: all the diagnosis codes, procedure codes, intervention and triage levels,...

It's not so much about allowing people to "fail" as it allowing people to experiment. Small controlled failures are intrinsic to the experimentation process and learning, not just in IT and...

As database administrators and developers, it's our job to keep the innovation bandwagon headed in the right direction. We should not simply jump on the back of the bandwagon. There...

Innovation should solve a problem or add value to an existing solution. Sometimes engineers and marketers forget that.

This story is perhaps the most cringe-worthy of all IT...

My primary goal for 2018 Q1 (what I'm working on when I'm not doing the obligatory day to day DBA stuff) is to learn the basics of Cosmos DB, identify...

TDE will impact compression of backups, because backup compression is applied on top of encrypted data. However, TDE has no effect on table and index compression, because TDE is applied...

So, if there happens to be 50 scripts sitting in that folder, then all 50 will be executed starting at the same time? This sounds like it's intended to be...

Jeff, you should run for president (of the American National Standards Institute).