And in other news....I have taken the plunge. After almost 25 years as a developer I have just accepted a new position as a full time DBA. Even more crazy...

I did. Funny thing is I just changed the email on my account a couple days ago...

If we have multiple parameters in one stored procedure and if any of those parameters has value empty, we should not us skip using a condition related to that...

You won't, but if you do pass through Tulsa, give me a shout.

As to KC, I plan to get up there sometime soon(ish) to go to the WWI museum....

Okay, planning a road trip to Tennessee over the Columbus Day weekend. Plan is to leave Saturday, October 9th, come back October 12th and take October 13th off to...

Thanks for the "Welcome back" Jeff....appreciated.   I doubt that many potential new users of the site would stay around for very long...cos to be honest the...

Thanks for the "Welcome back" Jeff....appreciated.   I doubt that many potential new users of the site would stay around for very long...cos to be honest the site is...

No offense mate but not going to pull down an excel document to load up some sample data. Post it as text...

Hi Jeff.

your tally table approach to parsing is the best i've seen.   i have a real world problem;  wondering if you have any thoughts.

i need to parse a large...

Got this through the email today: (unedited) Azure, Web API, C#, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, React, JavaScript, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Automation, SQL, Transact-SQL, Webservices, Agile, Messaging, Azure...

When I see that list, I'm not at all scared. I've seen many descriptions, not just in tech, but in medicine, legal, hospitality, etc. where a job ad...

Anyone know a full stack developer looking for a job at a good company? We're looking for several and haven't got great candidates (some good but with...

Anyone know a full stack developer looking for a job at a good company? We're looking for several and haven't got great candidates (some good but with little to...

So we have this third party shipping system that is...well...user hostile at best. To add insult to injury for the users the system has been...

So we have this third party shipping system that is...well...user hostile at best. To add insult to injury for the users the system has been suffering...