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Who uses 100% of an application?? If the 20% that doesnt work is the 20% that I dont use then I personally have a 100% working application. If the 1%...
June 3, 2015 at 12:34 am
Like the link 🙂
Number of times a colleague will says looks at these numbers and you can see the trend. As soon as the numbers have been turned into...
May 28, 2015 at 2:48 am
For business production and Infrastructure production then a role based name with an incrementing ID does. Who cares if there are gaps in the numbers or a reinstall.
For test/development/proof of...
May 22, 2015 at 1:50 am
The only issue I have documentation is that a piece of paper doesn't know what the code does. I have run into documentation, schedules, in-line comments all saying the opposite...
May 14, 2015 at 2:04 am
@gary: Thats the whole of IT and why the polygot approach seems to be popular with some. Its can be the mindset of I can juggle more balls...
May 12, 2015 at 5:25 am
But, running around saying "cool I know how to spell the new toy, that makes me the expert because no else does!!!!" can impress the Pointy-Haired-Boss (especially if the tool...
May 12, 2015 at 5:22 am
Bradley Deem (5/6/2015)
... However, even that's not the best defense against a script run twice...
The whole point is that the script can be run once, twice or a thousand...
May 6, 2015 at 7:19 am
Been writing my release scripts like this for years. Like you I didnt know there was a specific term for it.
As one co-worker said: "write it like this [ed: idemptent]...
May 6, 2015 at 12:34 am
Code review. I wish. Some of the developers want & need code reviews, but the management doesn't seem inclined because we are too busy fire-fighting amongst other the untenable deadlines....
April 24, 2015 at 6:59 am
They were lucky.
Only means that when the "perfect storm" does occur then no one person is responsible. It is great for the herd like mentality but is short sighted....
April 22, 2015 at 2:24 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/20/2015)
Yet Another DBA (4/17/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/16/2015)
April 21, 2015 at 5:24 am
Jeff Moden (4/18/2015)
April 20, 2015 at 12:29 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/16/2015)
... I've been most wary, and worried, when the changes were out of my control, and I had no chance to review things......
Have you ever...
April 17, 2015 at 1:46 am
It Depends...
Most companies I have worked with allow "trusted" people to change it on an adhoc basis. Even when the "trusted" people have a dangerously simplistic knowledge of sql! The...
April 16, 2015 at 2:34 am
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