I tend to approach this as Brian has.

As to the Why, we can only guess. Mine is that MS doesn't want to get into an unanticipated situation or cause an...

Agreed. I do think it could be useful as a "picklist" for misspellings or typos more than trying to determine Estaban is Stephen or Steve and Stephen are the same.

I...

Agreed, it's letting me try and get stuff done that would take time. Especially data cleanup or summary stuff. I'm getting somewhat amazed at the quick code it can write...

Yeah, I was going to edit it, but filed a bug first

Well that's interesting. Not sure where they are. I don't see them as hidden or reported as SPAM.

Fixed and points awarded back

I hope so. A few of my dreams/guesses/ideas/jokes have come true.

This was my favorite: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/sql-server-on-linux Of course, it took a decade to come true

I love and hate patches. I've started to "defer" a whole series of them (VSCode, Redgate, etc.) to see if anyone reports instability since I think the DevOps thing is...

Sounds like you have a good plan, Neil, and I hope it goes well. I know the job market has been tough for a lot of people. I'd also suggest...

so it's working? Your message isn't clear.

One quick note, no reason not to have older certificates on the QA (or other server) until you're sure you won't ever restore an older backup. So don't delete those...

I've seen this, and it can be OK, or not. I think when I've seen it there is still a need to have each node very close in both resource...

That's one of those things that's annoying about ADF, it adds a higher for setup/use, which isn't always needed. We need a Local, simple ADF or SSIS.

Apologies. I should have mentioned the versions. This is in SQL Server 2025 and Fabric. Awarded back points.

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Well that's weird. I see it in the editor.

Changing the formatting to get it to show up and awarding back points.