I'm not familiar with sys.columns....

Do we view the user "view definitions" permissions on just the view, or the whole database?

20 years! WOW! I have had an opportunity to play around with SQL Compare as a trial product, and did like it very much. As a developer I'm not one...

I hear ya, Ray. I also struggle with modifying other people's code, unless they've asked me to or I've been assigned to do it. Anyway, one of my coworkers absolutely...

Boy, I see this a lot. In fact, I think I see IT and developer people relying solely on their experience much more often than trying anything new. It's very...

I appreciate this post/article, Steve. You've been talking about GDPR for over a year now. I consider it appropriate and hope that something like it comes to the US, where...

I agree with you, Steve. Unfortunately, I also see some systems which make changing data extremely hard. I've spoken about it here before. I'm pleased to say that it has...

Very interesting article. I never thought of automating the production of sample or test data. We never made sample/test data at my old job. In my current job, the creation...

I wasn't familiar with the term runbook, so I looked it up.

At home I've got an old desktop, with two 1-TB HD's. It is what I do much of my training on. This is at least 5 years old and is...

Most phishing scams are automated and impersonal, while other scams hit closer to home. For example, last year my grandmother got a call from a guy pretending to be...

I get some amazingly creative ones from HR services, though luckily none have hit the right one we use at Redgate. I also get a few great ones that...

The large state government agency I work for is often under phishing attacks as well as other penetration attacks. We've got a good security team (kudos to them!) who work...

Those are good points, Steve. And perhaps I'm being too harsh on the network folks. With networking a major portion of it is out of our control. We use CenturyLink...

Great topic, Steve. I'm with you, I'd had to develop a monitoring system, because I now know the system being monitored would likely change. Who wants to constantly upgrading your...