roger.plowman (9/20/2016)

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No, no small releases to new systems (other than bug fixes, of course).

The reason I say this is that new systems are not known quantities nor are they stable...

roger.plowman (9/20/2016)

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I read the article Steve was talking about and it is based on the badly flawed premise "software mistakes have essentially zero cost". That is so breathtaking boneheaded I...

wojnarkj (9/20/2016)

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Maybe I am being too critical of the choice of words here but does Mr. Jones REALLY mean "We should learn from mistakes, and not try to avoid them"...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/146482/

Stored procedures do not prevent SQL Injection. SQL Injection comes when you build any string from user input. That can take place in a stored procedure if you use dynamic...

It seems like you have two things here. The background process and how this calculates, which I'm not sure what that means for your UI logic or tracking the date....

It's pietlinden, not SSCrazy.

pietlinden (9/19/2016)

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If it's clinical trials data, that's all covered under HIPPA/PHI rules.

Having Access involved is a security disaster waiting to happen. It has no built-in security anymore. If at all...

Eric M Russell (9/19/2016)

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Most RDMS are air-tight from external hacking attempts when the DBA properly implements authentication and authorization.

At least based on news reports (and subsequent technical analysis by...

Yes, this. It's not LOC or some simple metric.

I interpret what Steve...

Iwas Bornready (9/19/2016)

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"Given the state of questions I see asked on SQLServerCentral and other sites, it definitely seems that there are plenty of developers being paid to produce poorly written...

Gary Varga (9/19/2016)

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One of the biggest misnomers is the term "10x Developer" as to have one you need another developer who struggles to manage 1x but deals with all the...

Sean Redmond (9/19/2016)

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This reminds me of the model for programmers in Fred Brooks' 'The Mythical Man Month'.

He is of the opinion that programmers should be trained and treated as consultant...

Well, they are different in a few ways. Access would depend on the ACLs in the file system to limit someone from opening the Access files. However, someone could take...

What is your audit definition? Do those objects exist?