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  • RE: Protecting sa

    ZZartin (3/25/2016)

    Hmm... a good password on the sa account should sufficient, I wouldn't want to disable it in the event it's actually needed. And I certainly wouldn't want to...

    March 25, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    #1867786

  • RE: Protecting sa

    Tony Lanterman (3/25/2016)

    In our environment (several hundred SQL instances geographically dispersed around North America) we were required to randomize the SA password by audit long ago. We have a...

    March 25, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    #1867784

  • RE: Protecting sa

    DBA_Rob (3/25/2016)

    Yes we do set a password before we disable it. As you point out we have had to enable it for 3rd party applications to be installed. ...

    March 25, 2016 at 11:59 am

    #1867779

  • RE: Protecting sa

    DBA_Rob (3/25/2016)

    I can't think of a SQL Server environment where I didn't end up needing to turn on mixed authentication, but when it comes to the sa account I usually...

    March 25, 2016 at 7:47 am

    #1867741

  • RE: More GROUP BY

    starunit (3/24/2016)

    Good easy way to end the week (wishing it was Friday), but the query would error in all cases:

    the table is created as [RPSGame], but the FROM clause references...

    March 24, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    #1867673

  • RE: Talking baseball

    Ray K (3/24/2016)

    The NY Times had a nice writeup about A-Rod's retirement announcement.

    That was good

    March 24, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    #1867637

  • RE: Do Less

    Very true, but I think the database is slightly different as it's a platform as well as a tool.

    I'm not saying this is the right way for better software, but...

    March 24, 2016 at 1:17 pm

    #1867590

  • RE: Do Less

    GoofyGuy (3/24/2016)

    Gary Varga (3/24/2016)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/24/2016)

    ...if you're selling on multiple platforms, I never understood why you didn't have a team optimizing for each platform? We know how...

    March 24, 2016 at 11:50 am

    #1867557

  • RE: Do Less

    GoofyGuy (3/24/2016)

    ANSI evolves slowly in part because it doesn't get support from vendors. Supporting ANSI would give us better, cheaper products which don't require the time and expense of multiple...

    March 24, 2016 at 11:49 am

    #1867555

  • RE: More GROUP BY

    stephen.long.1 (3/24/2016)

    Nice question, Steve. However, it won't work if the players are playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. 🙂

    I deliberately left that out for another day.

    March 24, 2016 at 11:43 am

    #1867549

  • RE: Do Less

    Andy Warren (3/24/2016)

    Gary, I wonder what percentage are really "graduates" (vs independent learners) and of those graduates, of what kind of courses they took? I think a part of the...

    March 24, 2016 at 10:25 am

    #1867508

  • RE: Do Less

    GoofyGuy (3/24/2016)

    Greater adherence to the ANSI standard by the vendors might reduce some of the problems Mr Jones notes.

    ANSI evolves slowly, and doesn't always meet business needs. Going past...

    March 24, 2016 at 10:22 am

    #1867507

  • RE: Do Less

    ZZartin (3/24/2016)

    It's more an issue of how many people are willing to accept things that can easily be improved. There's usually not as much value in today's age in...

    March 24, 2016 at 10:06 am

    #1867502

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (3/24/2016)

    ChrisM@Work (3/24/2016)

    Stage fright can hit anyone I suppose.

    Yes it does... even those that speak frequently. I know of a fellow threadizen that is a very frequent speaker, yet...

    March 24, 2016 at 10:02 am

    #1867501

  • RE: Talking baseball

    Who believes it?

    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15051882/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-retire-2017-season

    March 23, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    #1867226

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