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I'm probably not using it near as efficiently as I could, but I simply couldn't live without version control. I use Subversion and it has not only saved my...
August 25, 2015 at 8:14 am
With Mixed authentication, it sounds like there could be an application with a connection string somewhere using the wrong authentication method. In other words, it's using SQL Server authentication...
August 20, 2015 at 5:29 am
Dev, Test and Production. Plus I have a "demo" instance I use for presentations and training.
August 14, 2015 at 5:40 am
Of consider the related scenario where the decision-makers incorporate guidelines or guesstimates from a previous project which has little to no relationship to reality in the new project.
"What do you...
August 11, 2015 at 5:31 am
I hope that we find a way to mature this industry and start to build better, standard, well engineered practices and habits that encourage secure, robust, well written code.
One...
July 30, 2015 at 5:28 am
It's also well worth the effort of learning at least the basics of R. It's not difficult getting data from SQL Server (or just about any database engine) into...
July 28, 2015 at 6:07 am
What drives me bananas is when you explain repeatedly why something CANNOT happen, do your best to work around it given your constraints, and people keep asking you to do...
July 21, 2015 at 5:47 am
I could see "pay to dress down" as part of a creative short-term charitable campaign. Say on a quarterly or annual cycle. Maybe something like "In July employees...
July 17, 2015 at 5:30 am
I always remind people that data doesn't necessarily provide answers, it gives direction. Even then normal human biases come into play and can affect interpretation. This is to...
July 14, 2015 at 5:40 am
You always need to keep your skills reasonably up-to-date, but you also need to take into account the increasing diversity of specialization in the IT field as a whole.
20 -...
July 9, 2015 at 6:31 am
On top of the many excellent points mentioned, it is best to consider Access-to-Sql Server as more of a migration than a conversion (take it from someone who's been there...
July 8, 2015 at 5:56 am
We've been investigating PostgreSQL recently (mostly due to the cost of upgrading our SS2005 instance) and I ran across that very article.
The author makes some good points, but only addresses...
July 6, 2015 at 6:11 am
pharmkittie (6/30/2015)
So, in summary, I'm wondering if someone has a persuasive argument or a reference that would appeal to business (not IT) people as to why it would be...
July 2, 2015 at 6:41 am
I'll disagree on one aspect: It's probably MORE important to learn to relax when you ARE "saving babies" so to speak. We support cancer research and our larger corporation...
June 30, 2015 at 5:41 am
It's a question of scale. Titles don't mean that much anymore in IT as the IT world in general has evolved from the stereotypical "computer guy" who pretty much...
June 29, 2015 at 6:04 am
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