I don't have any experience in this area but the concept sounds pretty scarey. Changed code means changed behavior. And even if it passes the testing (can you really test...

We almost NEVER rename objects outside of development. Sometimes it appears that baggage attached to the old name remains.

In production if I ever need to rename, I'd rather copy the...

Charles Kincaid (4/29/2015)

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I walked into the ST (Science and Technology) building at the local community college only to find that the bottom floor was numbered zero. 😎 I...

Eric M Russell (4/22/2015)

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...However, the actual error message is a shill. If the perp tabs over to Google and searches on "Error: 8514294078", now their IP address (and maybe even...

John Hanrahan (4/21/2015)

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The newest security is using USB keys to allow a user to login along with the password and physical access. It would have to be a pretty...

Eric M Russell (4/21/2015)

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We need an action movie where the hero is a fed up IT guy. It seems like we always get...

Eric M Russell (4/21/2015)

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However, any employee with privilliaged access to the corporate databases should be properly trained in anti-interrogation techniques and sign a waiver stating that they will under no...

Ok, I found some issues in the ACL permissions. After that I was able to copy.

thx

ScottPletcher (4/15/2015)

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Detach now (since SQL 2005, IIRC) changes the security on the files -- this is an intentional thing by MS, as a "security feature". But it's been a...

I'm using windows through RDP

That's why I have a Tuffy...

Eric M Russell (4/15/2015)

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Walking around with your organization's production data, financial spreadsheets, or work email on your laptop is dumb in an age where VPN is an option and wifi...

Eric M Russell (4/14/2015)

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syoc (4/14/2015)

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Anyone use a bait computer, leave the table, stare at it from a crack in the bathroom door waiting for it to be taken so you...

jasona.work (4/14/2015)

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For a brief period after a stolen laptop incident, we were told we could not, ever, no matter what, leave our laptops in our cars, even in the trunk...

I'm 65 and have no current desire to stop working (I'll soon be the oldest guy in the department, but not the oldest the company, because a co-worker is retiring...