This is an exceptional article, Steve! I really like that blog post you linked to by Paul Cunningham!! Without realizing it, I've been an "IT Hero" more often than not....

I completely agree with you, the cloud is where things are heading. Probably not everything. Or if it is everything, it won't be all at once. But its...

I completely agree with you, the cloud is where things are heading. Probably not everything. Or if it is everything, it won't be all at once. But its definitely coming....

At my previous job we did some logging. We could tell who access what, when. But even so, it could have been better.

In my current job I am very impressed...

Jeffery, I tried to go directly against MySQL for over a week. I was never able to do so. Finally, I found solutions on Stack Overflow saying that the...

Ah, OK. I believe I understand what you're saying now. Before I implement that, though, I've got to mention that one of my coworkers was with me, discussing this issue....

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I am still struggling with this issue. Yesterday I was told to go to this link How do i call mysql stored procedure from ssrs Report ? This is...

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Thank you for responding! I really appreciate it.

I've already changed it from a command type of stored procedure to text, as I've seen elsewhere that's what you're supposed to...

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I've been asked to write a SSRS report against a MySQL database. Everything I know on how to write a SSRS report against SQL Server, doesn't seem to work at...

I started using a password manager about two years ago. I won't go back. I love the fact that the password I use at my bank is nothing at all...

Good article. I tried implementing FTS in a database at my previous job, with very limited success. I concluded that it was my own fault for not understanding how to...

I'm on Windows 10. It doesn't look like that will work. 🙁

I don't know, Sue. I hope to get to it today. Yesterday was eaten by meetings; today we've got to get a report out by noon. Maybe after that...

I have developed somewhat of a balance over the years, but probably not a perfect one.  I used to work a great deal of overtime generally for no extra...

There are several different timeout settings so some of what you are hitting depends upon what timeout you hit. I wouldn't expect it to be the connection as that...