On one hand, I'm glad I no longer code in C, on the other hand, lots of work available: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/extremely-severe-bug-leaves-dizzying-number-of-apps-and-devices-vulnerable/

Gary Varga (2/16/2016)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/16/2016)

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...The other concern is what if there is a v2.0 branch in development that mirrors production. What prevents a developer from accidentally checking...

yes

jasona.work (2/16/2016)

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So, saw Deadpool this weekend and I must say, it was really fun and quite funny.

They didn't overdo the "breaking the fourth wall" (if you're not familiar with the...

jasona.work (2/15/2016)

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So, a question for everyone:

How do you feel if someone comes back and tells you that they tested a solution you provided before they told their bosses it was...

Did you get the context of the job?

I tend to agree with you that there should be a central VCS and one set of code for an application/database. Branching when needed, but contained.

However, the person that talked...

I saw this from Patrick Keisler: http://www.patrickkeisler.com/2013/07/are-you-primary-replica.html

He's querying the role column for a 1, and while that shouldn't matter, I'm wondering if there is some context that's different. Obviously you...

What does the step do? If you log in to a console of the server as your proxy and execute the code in the step, what happens? Not the step,...

Orlando Colamatteo (2/13/2016)

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Thanks for leaving out a bunch of steps to get to the eventual solution (like creating the cert and opening the key). Forced me to do a bit...

Sorry, meant to post this. We have a Stairway to help you get started: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/134869/

Second vote for extended events. This is lightweight and you can leave the session running.

Could the user be orphaned? I might double check.

Make another job step, same user, capture suser_sname() and user_name(), try to understand where permissions might be broken.

I'm with Grant. Get backups going first, and test restores. Make sure you can actually recover the db.

My second task is usually to look at security and assert some...

I've started to get in the habit of shutting off email and computer time on the weekends, just to get away from work, but also let them know I'm not...