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  • RE: Code smells versus transgressions

    Did some test many moons ago on xml vs the shredding it once into a structure and then rebuilding it. Ballpark was when there were 1000+ rows being queried (even...

  • RE: Code smells versus transgressions

    Jeff Moden (4/4/2016)


    GPO (4/2/2016)


    :exclamationmark: Storing data in mutli-valued, delimited fields because... Jeez do I have to write another CREATE TABLE statement? Sorry, multivalues are not relational. That's what Pick databases...

  • RE: Code smells versus transgressions

    GilaMonster (4/5/2016)


    ccd3000 (4/5/2016)


    'Code stink'? Wrong type of language.

    "Cannot run out time. There is infinite time. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This is wrong tool!"

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517722/quotes?item=qt0422044

    Wow, that takes me back a...

  • RE: Protecting sa

    I tend to use a GUID for the password. Simple, straightforward and has approximately 5,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000-ish combinations.

    Only issue is to remember which post-it-note it was :rolleyes:

  • RE: SQL Server on Linux

    We been here before, admittedly 20 years ago and SQL Server ran on the proper Unixs like Solaris.

    I do wonder if it will be enough to persuade those who...

  • RE: Open is Not Necessarily More Secure

    Can find the article about a well known open source project but vaguely remember the gist of a security article being....

    Although there can be 1000+ people contributing to the...

  • RE: Why Log Shipping is still a viable solution in 2016

    Use it for moving databases between data centres.

    Simple straight and straightforward.

  • RE: Forcing Strong Passwords

    thisisfutile (2/17/2016)


    I've been tempted to rely, 100%, on the "I forgot my password" links on more critical sites. They all send an email (and I have a very secure...

  • RE: An Age of AI?

    Eric M Russell (2/16/2016)


    Dave Convery (2/16/2016)


    @Knut Boehnert

    To be fair, if the Terminator is doing it's job, you won't know it's here...

    It seems we mostly think of AI in terms of...

  • RE: An Age of AI?

    Gary Varga (2/16/2016)


    Yet Another DBA (2/16/2016)


    The problem is that unless the AI can explain why it got to a decision then it will not be trusted...

    Most colleagues cannot explain their...

  • RE: An Age of AI?

    The problem is that unless the AI can explain why it got to a decision then it will not be trusted.

    Watson may be able to answer the quiz but...

  • RE: Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model

    I think that most will use a developers copy or msdn copy for all non-production copies of sql.

  • RE: Plan for failure in automated deployments

    Fix forward = spend all night fixing what was warned about.

  • RE: The Years of Experience

    Agree. I use some of the features for less than a couple of days each year. Doesn't mean that I have 9 years of experience but I do have 9...

  • RE: An Inconceivable Scale

    Gary Varga (12/10/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/9/2015)


    GoofyGuy (12/9/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/9/2015)


    GoofyGuy (12/9/2015)


    If the promise of quantum computing is realised, a great deal of data might be stored in a series of...

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