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  • RE: Going On-Prem?

    I don't think that Brexit will affect anything to do with data protection. This is one area I expect UK law to remain aligned with EU legislation.

    Gaz

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  • RE: Bring Solutions

    steve quinn (11/8/2016)


    Of course your manager will thank you for this - all the way to THEIR next (big) pay raise...

    Not me being cynical - this is experience.

    And this is...

    Gaz

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  • RE: The Forever Technology War

    I would recommend avoid using RTFM. If someone gets offended it can become an HR nightmare.

    Gaz

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  • RE: The Forever Technology War

    NRudak (11/7/2016)


    Not to sound dim but what is "to RMT" in "or telling them to RTM"?

    Otherwise great article:-D.

    Read The Manual.

    Gaz

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  • RE: How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?

    Jeff Moden (11/7/2016)


    ...The only thing that's worse is when said individuals continue their façade during the crisis leading to further problems.

    Sad and unnecessarily painful memories dragged up by that statement.

    Gaz

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  • RE: How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?

    A lot of junior or intermediate developers have such a drive to learn that they often try and push to do the "latest and greatest". I was no different. I...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Baby Steps to DevOps

    I'd have to agree with Steve here. These are decades old practices and it is totally unprofessional to use some of them. Arguably, all of them.

    Gaz

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  • RE: Is order important?

    DamianC (11/4/2016)


    Interesting question and just so happened to have read about this last week!

    That's why I always use parenthesis

    They also make queries easier to read

    Especially with +, -, *, /,...

    Gaz

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  • RE: How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?

    Happy to help anyone learning something new of which I know a little (or more). I am also happy to inform people when I need to know more on a...

    Gaz

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  • RE: How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?

    ...or they could just continually lose staff with all their knowledge of both the business and it's workings then hire someone with none of that but the one skill they...

    Gaz

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  • RE: I can ODBC clearly now

    ODBC, perhaps, is one of Microsoft's greatest technical design successes. I never understood the driver (no pun intended) for Microsoft so keep reinventing the wheel.

    Gaz

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  • RE: What's Your Backup Speed?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/3/2016)


    I think it's one of the most solid subsystems in SQL Server

    I should jolly well think so!!!

    Gaz

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  • RE: Server Hardware or Coffee?

    The trouble I find on some projects is that they have done impact assessments (or just guesswork) in terms of costs and some organisations are less that happy to reallocate...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Generating Our Own Bad Data

    I don't buy the "it's not IT's responsibility to report spotted fraudulent behaviour" as it is EVERY employee's duty to do so. Where I would agree is that is isn't...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Time is an hour out!!!

    I am going to assume that John is correct and mark as solution. It is not a significant problem. Had it been a financial transaction...nope just a forum. We can...

    Gaz

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