I feel the need to pipe up here. Earlier this year, I found myself seeking employment, a daunting task for somebody my age.

I got to the point where I had...

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A good rule of thumb that I've often used when creating something new is to ask myself, "will I be able to understand what I've done when I look at...

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At my last gig, I was asked to develop a testing framework in T-SQL for stored procedures used in a billing system.

This was a shop in which all the billing...

Another way to gain confidence when speaking in front of others is to join a Toastmasters club, or at least check out a meeting.

There are clubs all over the world...

Thanks for the reply.

In our situation, we have developers using VS 2015 and VS 2017, and we're using a TargetServerVersion of 2016 in our SSIS packages.

We're about to upgrade our...

Hi Chris.

We are facing the same situation so I am wondering if you were able to find out anything on this topic?

Regards,

• Mike

I had a great job in high school. I was a movie projectionist in our small town theatre. I got to watch a lot of movies while working and even...

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Really enjoyed this editorial Steve so thanks for that.
I've only dabbled in Azure thus far but I think it's high time that I dive into it, starting with Azure...

I am a few years removed from this but I recall working at a firm where we were preparing to pass an IT audit so we decided to use the...

A few years ago, I was fortunate to work with a great company that gave our team the freedom to design our own recruiting strategy. We were in an isolated,...

OK I think I've answered my own question.

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Hopefully this is useful to somebody else too!

Thanks Skeleton567.

Funny you should mention that ... I've been doing exactly that this year, though my courses have been in the business intelligence area, something I'm attempting to transition into...

This topic really resonates with me.

About 10 years ago, I was the sole developer supporting an important user group in a growing firm. As we brought on new IT...

I would like to see a simple, yet robust mechanism to ensure users cannot access an instance directly (i.e. via SSMS or whatever) when using Windows Integration. In other words,...

Thanks for the feedback.

The job ad definitely says SCUD. Here is the particular qualification statement ...

"Must have minimum eight years' experience with SQL, coding queries, SCUD, stored procedures and data...