Part of the QotD is knowing defaults. This was left off, as many people do this and the default is to allow NULLs.

As a good practice, however, I agree. You...

I don't know either. I have  2 hr meeting today, actually one that should be good, but a few more in the last week weren't. We do have some monthly...

I have no idea. Can you repro in another db and share some DDL?

I think this is likely to become more of an issue in the future. Hopefully, we find some better solutions that don't dampen the enthusiasm for using OSS stuff in...

The question has been adjusted. My mistake for miswording things.

Perhaps, but I'm not sure that's the case. A lot of things we thought were private in the past, actually weren't private. What happened was the data was too hard...

Sorry I missed it. I loved the event in 2021. Was in Boston last weekend and heading to NY today, so no time to come over and remain married.

You haven't explained how you use the other keys. What you need to do is help develop an algorithm.  Explain for 1234 how you derive this? Or for 9786, how...

I...

I think the cloud will keep you in editorials until you decide to stop.

What I've learned is that the tech debt a company carries can block a lift and...

I disagree, not the least of which because of the state of software licensing.

Azure SQL is just SQL Server, a few more things, a few less, but it's really the same. I could move SQL Server Central there easily, as we don't use...

I'm sure. You're wrong, but I still love you, Jeff.

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There's a series of five articles about SQLFacts right here on SQLServerCentral (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)! The toolkit has grown a lot...

Ha, hardly, lots of complaints about this, but with regulation all...