Oh! I didn't know that this code would work within a SSIS Script Task. I've never used SSIS Script Task. Interesting. Well, I intend to share this with some people...

I was curious to know if your app was a WinForms app or a console app. This is because you have two lines of code (commented out) where you use...

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Good question, Steve. The last time I used a thumb drive was when I bought my latest desktop computer, in 2022. When I was setting it up it suggested that...

Rod, our electricity went out about 8:30am on Thanksgiving and was out until around 1:00pm.  I'll bet lots of folks were upset about their holiday meal prep.  Then yesterday...

Good point, Rick. I'll just wait and see. They'll be here on Dec. 1. Our home is almost 40 years old (we're not the original owners), so the electronics are...

Very sobering, Eric.

So far, I've never experienced the poor shopping experiences that you referenced on a Black Friday. I've seen some Black Fridays where there were a lot of people around the...

I've not met many "heros" like you've described, but I have met some. I think they like being the one that everyone depends upon, because they think it's job security.

I identify with this post although i do not work as hard as Steve!! One question i would like to pose is "How do i say no to work?"...

Ah, OK, thank you, Phil.

Steve, please excuse me for being obtuse, but what did you mean by, "...  one thing I'd recommend is make a REPO to keep your code review checklists"? I'm wondering...

Jeff, I've taken your suggestion. I didn't migrate one of our databases to Azure. Instead, I created an Azure SQL database using one of the AdventureWorks databases. It's small, I've...

I agree with this.  One of the skills I have honed over the years is not a new programming language, but instead deciphering what management wants to accomplish.

I really...

Steve, you have more experience at dabbling with AI, then I do. I've got a ChatGPT account and have dabbled a bit with it, but there's a lot I cannot...

This is a scenario that causes me to lose sleep at night. I'm on a two-person team that's migrating all our source code out of an old, on-prem TFS to...