Gary Varga (7/26/2016)

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Andrew..Peterson (7/25/2016)

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From my observations, this is a management issue. And as you stated:

"...perhaps a few bugs aren't a problem. Maybe the impact is low enough that training...

From my observations, this is a management issue. And as you stated:

"...perhaps a few bugs aren't a problem. Maybe the impact is low enough that training developers to write...

David.Poole (7/18/2016)

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That's a dilemma. On one hand you want people empowered by technology, on the other hand it's the mother of all security nightmares.

It is orders of magnitude worse...

Steve,

I think it is great that you continually push (CP) for CI/CD and now DevOps. I setup a shop over ten years ago with CI (continuous integration) and...

dadavis (7/15/2016)

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My back of the napkin calculations always show cloud solutions as waaaaay more expensive than on-premise solutions (if you're going to use the systems for at least a year)....

Wow, for small instances, the pricing does look high. For just storage, the pricing is low, so if you have a lot of data, and need access, this could...

Steve, thanks for the tip on the new GitHub database. I'm sure many of us did not know it existed. At least I did not know about it.

Wayne West (4/25/2016)

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Why would you need database advice from anywhere or anyone else?!

https://twitter.com/trumpdba

ETA: This post was probably written for Jeff:

RBAR is more work. More work means MORE JOBS FOR AMERICA!...

xsevensinzx (2/19/2016)

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...I quickly found that the world was not flat. I needed more knowledge outside of just SQL Server. There is simply too many other technologies that have better advantages...

Ed, thanks for the research and sharing. Bummer about the limitations. Have any of these changed in the soon to be released SQL 2016?

porter.james (5/2/2016)

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I've noticed this problem a lot regarding data warehousing--people use the jargon but have a vague idea of what it means.

For example, a consultant with 20+ years of experience...

Jargon is great when it is used, as you have said, as a "...commonly used communication shortcut."

The two key words here are commonly and shortcut. Common implies...

tripleAxe (4/20/2016)

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I've done this recently. Got burned with letting...

robert.sterbal 56890 (4/19/2016)

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Andrew..Peterson (4/19/2016)

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robert.sterbal 56890 (4/19/2016)

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Andrew..Peterson (4/19/2016)

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I use an...

robert.sterbal 56890 (4/19/2016)

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Andrew..Peterson (4/19/2016)

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I use an Ubuntu VM for...