Pardon my skepticism, but I have to point out that the obvious solution to any problem is to create another management position.

Yeah, I hear ya, Steve. I run into that same issue. I've got pictures of my vaccination card and booster shots. But I've no idea where they are because...

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I certainly struggle with search. My first instinct is to "go look for things".

I am learning to relax and search more. Some of us is seeing the accuracy of...

Here is my take on IoT devices:

IoT has revolutionized industries like: manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and science. Since this article was originally posted in 2017, I have since installed a...

As we all are aware, changing software tools, and even more importantly, changes TO software tools are not always improvements.  When I began using software 53 years ago, software was...

Steve, thanks for the chuckle this morning when I saw your post.  Reflecting on the 'pros' and 'cons' of my years, I can say I knew a few of both!

My most embarrassing data scrubbing mistake occurred years ago when working at a food distributor.  Our first automated system was order entry where union CRT operators entered several hundred orders...

Somebody please clarify this for me.  From a quick search it sounds as if CHAR datatypes are actually allocated space to the length of the element, whether filled or not. ...

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@rick,

I remember those days but that's actually a really bad example for system of today.  Anyone that actually stores dates as a CHAR() in their normal database tables needs...

Rick, please tell me that you're not advocating a "panacea length" for VARCHAR(N) where "N" is something like 256.  Please tell me you're not advocating the NUMERIC(18,N) should be...

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Rick, please tell me that you're not advocating a "panacea length" for VARCHAR(N) where "N" is something like 256.  Please tell me you're not advocating the NUMERIC(18,N) should be...

Ok, here's my take from my years of design and working with data systems.  Many of you have talked about working with data of a 'fixed' length that suddenly changes...

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Have any of you realized that the four-digit year is only good for another 7977 years?  Better get ready.

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'How so?  Especially when it comes to single byte stuff that even you know will never change?"

As soon as you know it will never change - it DOES.

As of 2014, FaceBook recognizes 58 variations...