I would say that the people at DirecTv should have some better code review.  From what I read yesterday they were blaming an outage in my area on some...

I know when I've been on the MS campus, I can't connect if my device isn't patched. I think that's a good "in-depth" strategy for sure.

The decision on whether or not to pre-approve when I've suggested changes depends on a few things for me.

• How much do I trust that developer?
• How urgent is...

Agreed. Wish that email providers would verify things. I've jumped through hoops to get sqlservercentral.com and sqlsaturday.com set up with verifications.

All...

Back in 2014 one of the talks at QCon was a talk from someone at NASA.  They said they had two problems that kept them up at night.

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I think...

On a car dashboard a rev counter is a dial with a red zone.  You don't need to be able to read any figures, just know where the needle...

you are welcome

I see it rarely used. I'm sure someone does, but not many

I would lean towards what pietlinden said. separate the data movement from the formatting by querying it

I don't think so. I checked back through 2017, and this still happens.

I think most of us used cast/convert, and in those cases, it is 30.

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I totally agree with you, Steve. Using Git is great.

Your article answers a question I've had about how DBAs may handle their SQL Scripts. I work for my state's...

Hi Steve, I like the idea of using Git.  Where I work, it's all databases and we use file sharing.  We've experienced all of the example you gave as...

Re-skilling is always a concern, as is finding people with older skills.

A long-term stable team, can be good, but as noted, can be insular. They also might have  fallen behind...

Glad you liked it, Jeff. You've impressed and taught a lot of people and a few things came together recently that reminded me of you.

So thanks for all you do...