A new one for me, still not sure I completely get how it works. Need to play with it a bit.

Peter,

Customers are learning to move faster, but it's a slow process. I expect that in five years, things will have changed a lot, especially a there are no more SPs.

I'm in

serialized as a single varchar/nvarchar value in an output parameter?

I don't pay attention to Linux distros much, and try not to be bleeding edge, so unaware of Ubuntu is better.

CENTOS is supposed to be RHEL minus support, correct? Isn't...

Trying to do a few more of these, as I think containers will change the way we work in 2019+

If you're interested in experimenting: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairways/stairway-to-database-containers

Has anyone had any dealings with NewEgg.com?  They've got 1 heck of a deal on a laptop that I'd like to get but...

1. They are not BBB accredited.
2. They've...

I believe you need to be able to add objects in AD that themselves will have local permissions. I've typically installed the cluster as a part of domain admins. You...

I've asked this on Twitter, since I wasn't sure myself. The answer from the Azure Support account is that this isn't supported for 2012.

Intersection is the theory of sets. When I have two sets, the overlapping members have an intersection. The terminology for the programming is inner join. However, what is an inner...

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Bonds was amazing. Impressed with him in Pitt, amazed in SF.

Early in his season with 73hrs, I was watching a game at work. Must have one of the first games...

No, pick one. I say Sosa 60+ and not winning the HR title.

Take the poll: https://twitter.com/hbryant42/status/1152282090853011457

What is your answer? They're all crazy.

Craziest steroid era stat:

Bonds 1: hit HR 500 and 600 in consecutive years

Bonds 2: April 2003- Sept. 2005, never went...

Unix != Linux. Different kernel. Since there were lots of distributions, we had AIX, FreeBSD, etc. These are Unix, and often the *nix is for Unix of all flavors. Linux...

My guess, it connects with a default database of master, because the developer is a moron and beyond lazy.

If you can set the connection string, set a default db, or...