You have a weird culture.

Very true. You need good data, which is why I advocate for testing. It's easier to read the requirements and see what was supposed to happen, and then you can...

It is, or was, 11. However, I'm an idiot and lazy and apparently can't tell time. I mess up meetings across time zones all the time. So if you want...

My impression wasn't that the SQL thing caused errors, but that it was a pattern they didn't like for development. I could see potential deadlocks in a high concurrency environment,...

The link Steve Collins posted is interesting. Got through it, and while I don't quite agree that stored procs create a strangler pattern, I do think in the high concurrency...

Thanks, Rod.

Love it,...

Just a post so that the 1st post on this page actually shows up.  I wish they'd fix that and also finally get the pages things fixed, which is...

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All I am trying to say with all of that, is be careful what you recommend to others as they might go down the wrong rabbit hole based on...

Whether you know SQL or not, do you have access to a database? There are plenty of devs that don't really have access to anything other than LocalDB (that they...

I wouldn't wholesale reduce, leave, or raise spending. I'd be more judicious about where I did any of those.

I also would look to incentivize others to find ways to save...

It does, but doesn't save the scripts to a file(s).

Recognizing that not all teams work the same is important. Easy for managers to try and manage in one way, because it's easier for them. I like that we have...

Yeah, tend to agree with Jeff and I'd be guessing as well.

One thing I thought of, if you script out the entire db from SSMS, everything checked. what permissions appear?

It is, for sure. This is one reason I think all the de-dup, online, connected backups are an issue. we need air gaps