Being a .NET dev for 5 years, at last, something I can talk about!

Anyway, are we talking about the language or the development environment?

If it's the former, I'm surprised no-one's...

Jeff Moden (8/5/2009)

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Just an opinion, but I'd have to say that comes from too many hands in the pot that don't know the simple way of doing things and, possibly,...

As this conversation seems to be a load of people, (me included), agreeing with the use of stored procs, etc., to build a layer between applications and the DB, I'd...

Aaron: My point about the class alternative was that it's just that; an alternative. You could use either, actually I normally use both, (database objects and classes), as they both...

Although you don't need to use stored procs to have an API - us developers, (yes I am one), also have utility classes that provide the same sort of abstraction;...

My first demand would be simple; money. 🙂

As for the "dummy site" idea, I'd guess that if it was a public website then there'd be some sort of disclaimer saying that anyone has permission to hack the...

don_goodman (6/2/2009)

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24 million Texans are skillfully armed and there are only about 10,000 Brits in the military and police(just guessing) and they likely don't know how to shoot. The rest...

Perhaps we can have multiple databases, each of which demonstrate a different "level" of security. E.g. for SQL injection, one could have none at all, the next could include just...

Behind the sofa? That's where you find most things isn't it... 😉

Seriously, although not a DBA nor a hirer, I'd work out how much time I'd have and pick a...

A few examples I've seen personally, (some of which have already been mentioned);

1) Thinking that cursors are a perfectly reasonable thing. (Overheard someone say "I didn't realise cursors were bad").

2)...

Two I can think of;

"Dynamic SQL is always better than stored procedures".

and;

"Stored procedures are always better than dynamic SQL".

Oh, and a bonus one that I've seen in practice is the...

My biggest annoyance is people talking to themselves. Either out loud or whispering, it doesn't matter, it's just too distracting because you think they could be talking to you.

I can understand that you need to track what's spent in what department, (for reviewing purposes), but my point was more that I don't see why these figures must be...

I can't see why companies insist on defining fixed budgets and making every department stick to them. How can they predict what equipment any department needs in any 12 months?...