I've got a question about this article. In the article Steve talked about scrubbing data out of test/dev databases or environments, which reflect what's in production. Where I work using...

Thank you, Jeff, good information

SO Meta?! That sounds very promising!! I hope I can log into that using my SO account. I've just gone to SO Meta. I'm able to get into it using...

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Good questions, Jeff. Taking your questions in order, here's my answers.

First, this is a test/development database. The schema is still in flux. Sometimes he'll make changes to the schema, then...

Thank you for letting me know about that 1000 record limit in using the VALUES clause for inserts. I'll try to remember that. Other tables my colleague's code uses would...

Kathi, I'm keying off the issue of Stack Overflow and as you put it, SO's "nuances". I've found SO to be good for getting answers to C# and ASP.NET MVC...

I hear ya, Steve. I'm one of those who hasn't been in any training on meeting etiquette. I'm sure I could use some.

Hey Grant, thank you very much for saying that semi-colon isn't necessary when beginning to declare a CTE!! I didn't know that. Honestly, I thought that the semi-colon was necessary!...

This totally aligns with what I see. Where I work, I've seen two attempts at trying to adopt DevOps. And I was certain that I would be a part of...

Monitoring your apps to get a baseline is a great idea. It's one that I wish I'd been a part of but haven't ever been. At my old job there...

Steve, why is it that code reuse in T-SQL, in particular refactoring, results in performance penalties? I'm ignorant as to why this is so. Just trying to learn more, thank...

Taking off my DBA hat and putting on my developer hat. I agree with Steve that we need to think through scenarios for the code we write. Can we...

Grant, I like the title of your post, "An Eclectic Mix to Start the New Year". Being brutally honest with myself, my career has been haphazard. Since 2014 when I...

My wins for 2021 were outside of my job, doing personal improvements on my own. I've updated my skills to use current abilities to write APIs and ASP.NET Core MVC...

I'm a software developer and like many software developers said to you, Steve, I totally LOVE working from home!!!

It certainly was true that a lot of our business had to...