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)...

Thanks Luis.

Jayanth and Gail,

you're probably right, but how do I find a duplicate record when there's nothing to distinguish one from the other? I ask because when I'm sure that the...

Thank you for the admonition, Steve. I needed to hear it.

Steve, I agree with what you wrote in your article, but I also see the objections that others have written. At my old job we had to write reports giving...