It's tough, as Troy Hunt found out.

http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/11/dont-trust-net-web-forms-email-regex.html

Honestly, it's good to try to validate, but don't discard data that doesn't meet the standard you set. It's highly likely your validation is...

Never heard of it.

I'm gonna miss him after this year

http://m.mlb.com/video/v18544975/nyybal-jeter-passes-mantle-on-alltime-games-list/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140828_30536006

No, though it wasn't supposed to be a press release. It was an editorial that I wrote about the events, and what we'll be talking about.

Just a note that the certification doesn't necessarily equate to salary. Experience and tenure might matter more.

You could ask if someone's salary/rate has changed because of the certification if you're...

Not at all. I'd give a range for my company, rather than specifics, but no reason not to get an idea of...

I've been back for a month 🙂

I think the defaults change by versions, but certainly I would hope that yyyy-mm-dd would always be used. Be nice to get people used...

I agree with PHYData DBA. This should be a setting in Windows that SSMS picks up. I would guess that any rendering by a client, regardless of app, should also...

I saw IronPython a few years ago and it looked really interesting, especially with stats work. I haven't done much more than play with it, but I found Powershell to...

rodjkidd (8/27/2014)

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One of the PM's near me is having a meting at his desk. Explaining something to another person. They are almost replying with umhum with metronomic precision. It's gone...

Please feel free

Indeed

David.Poole (8/18/2014)

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K. Brian Kelley (8/15/2014)

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I don't want my kids to go into IT.

While some work places are great, I see the following too often:

- Long hours are expected of IT...

crussell-931424 (8/25/2014)

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What's the compelling reason to use a subset of data? If it is no big deal to copy a recent backup into a test area, why not just do...

We need a SQL Saturday in Boise! If you get...