Good answers all, thank you!

I'd never heard of the concept of a 10x programmer, until I read your article Steve. And of course you're asking more about a 10x DBA, rather than programmer. Regardless,...

That really is my point; slow times aren't all that often.

I find this somewhat sudden interest in statistics interesting. I got my degree in mathematics, so naturally I took some statistics classes. For most of my life having taken math...

(We've been having network problems this week so am late in reading any email.)

I just read this. WOW, I am almost salivating reading about this Down Tools Week. I'd love...

Very good article, Ben. I like to think that I'm good at communication 90% of the time. But I know I've made those mistakes. What I've found is that I...

I don't know why he put a SELECT 0 in a CATCH block. FWIW, he also put a SELECT 1 at the bottom of the TRY block. Again, I'm thinking...

Thank you, Drew. To be honest with you I was afraid of modifying his code and potentially messing something up. Your example is an excellent one which "does no harm"...

Have a good time, Steve.

At home I use SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition, with the associated SSMS.

Tom Gillies (8/18/2016)

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There's some nice examples there of how to do things better:

As for the, "I'd like to interface to your system" request, If I was charitable, I would like...

gvoshol 73146 (8/19/2016)

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Have you considered what you will do with zip codes that cross county lines? Does your data source (when you decide on one) split the zip code...

I sympathize with David.Poole's predicament as well. I find interacting with government agencies to be a mixed bag. Some seem to do a good job of providing information and a...

This looks useful Ed, thank you.

TheSQLGuru (8/16/2016)

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Rod at work (8/16/2016)

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Thank you, Kevin. I agree that looks like it will work. The question I have is, where do I get the data in the first place?

(Internet...