Been a VSS user for years.

Sounds like government and union shops here in the US.

After making the sandwich, please look at these ink patterns and tell me what you see.

Ask to see their credit report in exchange for your FB credentials.

And that is great but I got word out about my search via Monster. I never even looked at a listing on LinkedIn and honestly, never even thought to. I...

I didn't disregard it and I use it. To a point. I changed jobs late last year after 17 years at the same company. I went on all of three...

I know the endorsements are largely junk and I know people network. Some just waste time on the Internet. True story.

LinkedIn is about the only place I care to maintain a profile on as far as a professional profile goes. I'll never blog because there are already many (too many...

Wishful thinking.

Emotion isn't a bad thing but not knowing when to turn it off can be just as bad as not knowing when to turn it on. We all have opinions...

Unless they have bad intent it is unlikely the Windows Admins know about cmd shell.

As a production DBA, I certainly have a responsibility but those who control the layers above do, too. I have layers to protect weapons while keeping them at close reach...

Both of you make very good points but I'm still going to keep using cmd shell if I need to and not if I don't. The position to not sounds...

That is a reason I wont simply dismiss the use of cmd shell. My PS function is called from a job and it all worked out for me but there...

I agree that if you are vigilant with security then xp_cmdshell is just fine and I've used it for years. However, over the last year or so I've started to...