Just a bit under 10yrs ago, I made the choice to jump ship from my employer to a new employer.  I didn't stay in the same industry (healthcare) at all,...

"It's a pull because you're asking someone to accept your code. You pushed it into the Pull Request, but they don't have to take it. They have to pull...

I'm one of those people not using source control, not out of fear of it, but more out of "most all my code is one-offs and what the heck is...

Below86 I wish I could use a situation that arose during 2020 as a reason to keep / get back telework, but I don't plan to break my other wrist...

First up a disclaimer:  At this time, I and my employer do not use MI, so anything I say is based on reading about MI

My understanding is that the backups...

Two more thoughts, then, and a comment:

1. Check the Event Logs on the server that has the Access files on it, especially the Security Event Log.  Look for any failures,...

You also need to grant the SQL Server service account permission to the network share and the file.  If you're using a Domain service account, it'll be easy, it's just...

Steve, Grant, thanks.  At least if (when, I hope) the conference gets approved, I don't have to worry as much about daily budgeting, we've got a fairly (well, last year,...

Some days I am not a fan of my employer...

Put in the paperwork to get a trip to Summit covered for this year, but because the head honcho is leaving...

So I will note, storage could still be a problem, we're in Azure and a few of our apps had unacceptable database performance until we bumped up the storage tier...

My tendency on here (I'm not on a lot of forums to speak of) when I see what "feels like" a homework question or a "URGENT, need answer quick" question...

So presuming it's a spike in PAGEIOLATCH_SH when the query runs with the varbinary, that's an indicator that the problem *could* be the storage on the server.

Can you give some...

My suspicion is that it's not so much that the query is taking longer to execute, as it is taking more time to send the results to (I'm presuming) SSMS...

The timing on this editorial couldn't be better.  While I'm happy where I'm at, occasionally I get the "itch" to see what the grass is like on the other side...

One thing I'm seeing come up in several of the responses has been the office being relocated at the same time (or close enough) to the RTO mandates.

If nothing else,...