Hmmm. Thank you Grant, I really appreciate the straight forward explanation for what the rowversion/timestamp is all about. I'm working on archiving the data, but leaving it in the database...

Matt Miller (#4) (8/20/2015)

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Stephanie J Brown (8/18/2015)

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Eric M Russell (8/18/2015)

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Like I said earlier, if estimating is part guesswork, then the business should be the one providing the guesses. The business...

ZETM (8/18/2015)

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Sometimes you get pushed out of jobs. Projects comes to an end, bean counters go to the boss and whisper in the ear on how much the IT...

Oh OK Luis, I get it now. I got hung up on trying to read what's in syscolumn. That's not the point at all, is it. The original poster is...

I have either two or three systems, depending upon the system itself. All small systems have just two (development/test and production). The larger systems have three (development/test, staging and production).

This is a skill that I do not have in my toolbox. I've heard of it, but haven't really investigated it much. You've got me curious Steve, thanks! I Binged...

Steve, this topic is one of the few where I haven't completely understood what you're saying. For that reason I might answer it wrong, and answer the wrong question. I'm...

Wayne West (8/10/2015)

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Rod at work (8/10/2015)

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... It might just be because money in state government is always short. Many things like training will never be paid for. And you know...

Wayne West (8/7/2015)

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"A team of 20 people"? "Various groups"? These words that you use, I do not understand them.

I've been a lone DBA/developer for far too long, the...

I'm like you, Steve. Team building for me has been hit and miss. Mostly miss. Where I worked before we once went to the local zoo. That was nice. But...

I do understand what you're saying about SSC. I've noticed that within the last couple of weeks I have to enter my username and password each time I go to...

I remember that Dilbert. Very funny.

Steve, et. al., I've got to ask a clarifying question. Are you speaking about applications that are outward facing? Perhaps what you're saying may not apply to in-house only applications?

The...

Thank you, Steve. I've just downloaded R for Advanced Beginners PDF.

lshanahan (7/28/2015)

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It's also well worth the effort of learning at least the basics of R. It's not difficult getting data from SQL Server (or just about any database engine)...