Thanks, Jack, I'll get rid of those things.

Hi Mike and It's The Database,

Your reply, Mike, made me realize that I left out some important details. Our current SQL 2005 database is on a server on-premise. The new...

HanShi (9/5/2013)

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The RAISERROR command in your trigger raises an error with a user defined number. This error is not a standard SQL error, but RAISERROR can still be done in...

It seems pretty unanimous. I'll uninstall SQL 2008 R2 Dev. Ed, and put in SQL 2012 Dev. Ed. (Thank you, Gail, for pointing out that there's no 2012 R2.)

Interesting article, Steve. I take issue with one of your statements. You said, "Employees that dislike each other can bring down overall quality and coordination very quickly. The sooner managers...

It's more like:

Management Reports | Quarterly

I totally agree with what you said, Miles. When something goes wrong with software I've worked on, I always assume it's my fault and look at what's happening with it....

PhilipC (7/31/2013)

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Has anyone noticed how vendor databases in general are getting worse and worse? It seems we're getting to an age where regardless of quality, it's just get the product...

Good article, Steve, and one that I can really relate to, being a developer myself. I've always worked in small shops (I'm currently working in the smallest shop I've ever...

Thank you, @Phil Factor, for the explanation of the R Language.

Interesting article. I've got one question, which I ask out of my ignorance, what is R?

Totally love it!

This topic brings to me an incident I saw at a state agency I used to work at, so please indulge me as a relate this war story. This is...

I don't know, Steve. I have trouble with the concept of Big Brother, be it government or large corporate entities, knowing a great deal about me. Yes, it's a reality;...

I just found out that because I'm using a bulk copy, which apparently requires ALTER TABLE permissions, I also had to include the db_ddladmin role. Who knew (I certainly didn't,...