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  • Reply To: Do We Care About Disks?

    Yeah, we have an Infrastructure team here that handles all of the hardware.  They will ask for basic specs but otherwise, they handle building out the VM's.  I haven't really...

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    November 4, 2021 at 7:51 pm

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  • Reply To: Importance of Community

    I almost forgot about that Jeff.  I've always wanted to contribute more but I always feel like someone else has already done it better.  Besides, in the example with Lowest...

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    October 29, 2021 at 1:35 pm

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  • Reply To: Importance of Community

    Always so modest but let me rephrase things.  The knowledge and skills that I gained from those articles have made me look like a rockstar.  What I love about them...

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    October 28, 2021 at 1:49 pm

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  • Reply To: Importance of Community

    Mr. Brian Gale wrote:

    I wouldn't be against PASS Summit happening at a new location though so I can see some new sights!  It had been in Seattle every time I attended.

    It's funny...

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    October 27, 2021 at 3:54 pm

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  • Reply To: What's Causing the Pushback with DevOps?

    Oh boy, where do I start?  The reason why DevOps left a bad taste in my mouth...

    Where I used to work a new IT Director took over and somehow felt...

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    October 26, 2020 at 3:05 pm

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  • Reply To: TRIM() in T-SQL

    As a Bills fan, I approve of the removal of a certain team. 😉

    Great Article Steve!  I always looked at string manipulation in SQL somewhat akin to working with Linux. ...

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    October 2, 2020 at 3:45 pm

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  • Reply To: I have a collation issue, should I change the database or all the columns?

    John Mitchell-245523 wrote:

    Yes, I think a Windows scheduled task (if that's what it's called these days) would be your best bet.  I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this,...

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    March 18, 2020 at 7:55 pm

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  • Reply To: The WFH Challenges

    The last company I worked for downsized their offices which meant they were looking for volunteers to work from home.  Since I had a long commute I figured I'd give...

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    March 16, 2020 at 2:40 pm

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  • Reply To: Cannot connect to local instance

    Did you specify a database during connection?  Something tells me the option was set on one instance of SSMS and not the other.  You are probably connecting to the default...

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    March 13, 2020 at 8:12 pm

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  • Reply To: The Developer Arguments for Stored Procedures

    Maybe the answer is much simpler...

    Will it be the DBA or the Developer that gets woken up at 3:00am because the application is slow/not working?  That person can decide proc...

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    March 10, 2020 at 8:24 pm

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  • Reply To: Staying Safe when Traveling

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    When traveling by plane or driving through a border crossing, I'm thinking it may be a good idea to perform a factory data reset on your phone, and then...

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    February 6, 2020 at 1:49 pm

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  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    just out of interest.... does anyone miss having a dvd drive in their laptop?

    I'm travelling now, and I have a Netflix subscription, but no signal - I used to...

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    October 24, 2019 at 1:18 pm

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  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I only buy new hardware every 8 years or so.  When I do, I tend to go with something that's going to last quite a while.  This time, it...

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    October 24, 2019 at 12:47 pm

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  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    I'm currently using an HP ZBook 15 G5.  I tend to work mostly from my desk but need mobility for meetings, demos, presentations, conferences and logging in from home.  So...

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    October 23, 2019 at 6:11 pm

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  • Reply To: Definition of Commercial Data?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    Hadn't seen that. I think the idea is that if you are using data as part of business to make money and storing in this SQL Server instance, you...

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    October 7, 2019 at 3:08 pm

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