It's really an easy out for a developer to just go ahead and blame management for their buggy software, "it couldn't possibly be my fault!". In the end, as the...

That's really interesting, though an us-verses-them mentality between developers and QA (though natural) will most likely lead to tension and possibly worse designs.

I agree with Steve. You will make judgement errors on how the system will be used not only at the time of development, but after many interactions users will come...

So none of the blame falls at the feet of the developer it seems....

Steve,

I have been creating unit tests for database code for many years now, using DBFit and some early techniques gleaned from the folks at SQLity. Having developed using TDD and...

Just try running it again and it will work, you'll receive that message the first time you try to execute the report but I've found that if you try again...

This is actually a pretty interesting thought, it's almost a "chicken or the egg" type of question. Both professions can bring long-term benefits or damages to a company when the...

Another item that i find astounding is not relegated solely to SQL Server. It's the actual SQL language itself. I have worked with no other language that is as expressive...

Good post Charles, the SQL community and this website deserve a lot of credit and praise as well!

yes, i use templates all the time. Big time saver, good call!

The feature i use the most would be the ability to highlight a SQL object (table, view, proc) and then click Alt + F1 to see it's definition and parameters...

I just wanted to thank you for the ideas, as a fellow report writer I've run into many of the refactoring nightmares you're talking about which keep you from creating...