They will. And there's...

Over the years of learning the hard way in database work, I grew to get a little better at good satisficing (perhaps manually importing some data short-term until it...

Excellent article, ...

I absolutely love it when the challenge at hand requires a graceful and carefully engineered solution, but I also find it gratify to simply craft something that...

We don't, though you could certainly disconnect a network and see if anything fails or if you can track anything.

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.