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  • RE: Technology Guilt

    I don't feel any technology guilt.

    I believe that if we improve productivity then there is more wealth. My only reservation is that this generated wealth is not being taxed enough...

  • RE: The Salary Range

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/2/2017)


    ...I think that working in technology strictly for money is a bad idea...

    I agree. I also think that it applies to any (potential) long term...

  • RE: Number Security

    I feel that security by financial institutions are not keeping pace. I can understand caution and not implementing every security idea that comes along, however, many of the security mechanisms...

  • RE: Help needed with multiple invoke-sqlcmd commands

    chinna1990 (12/19/2016)


    Hi ,

    Thanks for the reply.

    I am new to powershell.

    I am trying to fetch the details of names based on each id. For each name , (other columns) I wanted...

  • RE: Better Coding, More Savings

    Eric M Russell (12/19/2016)


    ...Well, let's check back again in 2020.

    Just got out of the DeLorean. No change.

  • RE: The Toolchain for the Job?

    Phil Factor (12/19/2016)


    ...The trouble is that the current IT department can't do batch files and they struggle with C++ so they try to do it all in C#. With batch...

  • RE: Better Coding, More Savings

    Nothing seems to have changed. Certainly not in my opnion. And the shock of Tom agreeing with me even more so :w00t:

    Last day at work so Merry Christmas all.

  • RE: SQL Server 2016 SP1 Features

    Mauricio_ (12/19/2016)


    So the answer: All can be used is wrong?

    Yes. TDE is not as per this discussion thread. There are links to MS pages that confirm this.

  • RE: A Fun Distraction

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/15/2016)


    ...watch some of the classic sci fi[/url]...

    Watched most but less than I guessed I would have done. Good list. Good avoid list too - I...

  • Rougue One (booked)
  • 10 day holiday in Lanzarote to recharge after too many hours this year (leave on Tuesday!!!)
  • Time with the family (see above)
  • Finish some books I have started (besides pool)
  • Continue...

  • RE: Abstraction

    Abstraction is just demarcation of resposibilities to different collections of code that can cause some people to complain about the lack of transparancy. Clear and concise coding helps alleviate this!!!

  • RE: Faster Versions and More Support

    GeorgeCopeland (12/15/2016)


    The issue is the technical debt that accrues to old databases. I have seen entire departments evaporate because they could not afford the development work needed to upgrade. I...

  • RE: DBAs Need to Learn to Develop

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/15/2016)


    Sean Redmond (12/13/2016)


    A senior developer who recently left our company expressed the opinion to me that the DBAs should be in charge of the Data...

  • RE: Faster Versions and More Support

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/15/2016)


    Markus (12/14/2016)


    GeorgeCopeland (12/13/2016)


    The release cadence may be increasing but the issues remain the same. I recommend upgrading vigorously, say 3-6 months after a release so...

  • RE: This is how to fail

    Eric M Russell (12/15/2016)


    Remember when Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for $45 Billion back in 2008? Yahoo said no, because they felt the deal was undervalued.

    Overpriced then. No chance now.

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