Wow, there is a LOT that I could say in response to this, but I think I'll restrict myself to just one. At my old job we had 15 years...

Jim,

I see that you got PAL from CodePlex. I've been a member of CodePlex for a number of years. Did you know that Microsoft has decided to shut...

Ransomeware. One of those scary realities. I hope it doesn't happen. I've got most of my important personal documents and source code backup up, either to an external HD or...

I really appreciate the documented improvements you listed, Steve. Sometime when I've got 2 hours I'll watch the video on refactoring code in 2 minutes. I'm guessing they probably go...

I've wondered about those surveys. At my current position they really don't do surveys. Being fair to my employer (a large state agency) I think it is largely due to...

Interesting article, Nitin. I'd say that over the course of my career, so far, I've had jobs that are interesting and exciting. And I've had jobs that aren't. Currently I...

Your article is timely. Just this morning I received an email from our CIO discussing some possible, detrimental actions in the future for us. I can't share what at this time,...

Steve, I didn't see your response from March 22 until just now. That does look promising. Your cautionary statements about the user's permissions is making me wonder if it wouldn't...

I do not know the answer to your question, Steve. But I do know that  where I work now it is much more formal than I'm used to. However, I...

Another quick question; am I correct in believing that sys.server_principals and sys.server_role_members are system views that return data relevant to the server and not one of the databases? I'm wondering...