Most colleagues cannot explain their decisions 😛

dietztm (8/26/2015)

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I agree with the OP. In my experience software has only two jobs: it converts input into data and it converts data into information.

Data though, that's where it gets...

Rod at work (9/1/2015)

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Wayne West (8/31/2015)

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Wow, a 35,000 word article? That's a short story! It took me pretty much a full day to read it! (don't tell my...

There is a balance to be made when utilising the right tool for the job together with ensuring supportability by a finite team. Expand the tool set too much and...

I tend to agree with Yet Another DBA. As well as feeding problem solvers we need to ensure that they do not overwork themselves as often these problems that they...

This is the one I find the hardest sell in development. It takes both time and resources but though it can highlight killer performance issues...

The answer to the Editorial's question is no. Not in a different VCS repository. It should be in the same repository but in a separate branch. This allows for the...

Before joining here some years ago I would have been surprised by the number of supported "older" versions of SQL Server. Having listened to the arguments, debates and discussions over...

Motivation is often talked about but rarely acted upon. Automatic fail.

Eric M Russell (2/10/2016)

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Matt Miller (#4) (2/9/2016)

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Eric M Russell (2/9/2016)

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...That's scary, though potentially not a problem. A number of states publish voter data as public records. A few might have...

Hi,

Maybe some help here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jgalla/archive/2010/05/26/rs-powershell-gems-the-wmi-provider.aspx

or here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152836%28v=sql.105%29.aspx

I used to be concerned about the possibility of a corporate AI issue (a la Skynet), however, I am now more concerned that individuals will cause regular and multiple smaller...

Unless it is a business requirement Zero Downtime is too expensive a goal to achieve. If it is a business requirement then a Cost/Benefit analysis can be done or at...

I see plenty of grunt work which some love and others see as being blockers...

Absolutely. As a developer who uses SQL Server (as opposed to someone whose...