Important topic, and an important perspective on it. Thanks for this.

DonlSimpson (3/31/2016)

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Sean Lange (3/31/2016)

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I like the question and the order by concern has already been pointed out. The part of the explanation that really bothers me is this: "It is...

The big win with automating installs is not time savings. That's gravy. The big win is repeatability/testability meaning fewer mistakes.

sequelgarrett (11/25/2015)

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cdesmarais 49673 (11/25/2015)

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sequelgarrett (11/25/2015)

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cdesmarais 49673 (11/25/2015)

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I hate absolutes, but really, never say no. Always take the extra time to turn the no into an "if." We can...

sequelgarrett (11/25/2015)

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cdesmarais 49673 (11/25/2015)

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I hate absolutes, but really, never say no. Always take the extra time to turn the no into an "if." We can do that if...

I hate absolutes, but really, never say no. Always take the extra time to turn the no into an "if." We can do that if we have more...

Just wanted to point out that you can still use partitioned views across multiple filegroups without enterprise edition.

Our oldest are as old as the company, but that's only 1999. They will still be here in 10 years, no question.

I love and hate git, but it is the only way I can imagine managing a couple dozen dev teams around the globe committing to common DB repos without going...

In my experience it's not the license costs. When I get stuck with these boxes it's usually because they are attached to applications which aren't in active development anymore,...

Eric M Russell (8/5/2015)

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cdesmarais 49673 (8/5/2015)

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jckfla (8/5/2015)

I would hope data professionals would know the difference between anecdote and data, but reality always disappoints. In fact the percentage of women...

jckfla (8/5/2015)

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Yes...let's talk about this...and "stereotyping".

a) The current government department I work for is 60%...

SQLRNNR (8/5/2015)

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Iwas Bornready (8/5/2015)

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What came to mind for me was the dual meaning of the word modeling. I didn't read into it any deeper than that. It's sad that others...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/1/2015)

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ZZartin (7/1/2015)

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Hmm... well there are a couple sides to this, if you want a career as a programmer of some kind yes you should go...

I've had a successful career without a degree, and lots of my coworkers and friends my age have also. We graduated college with basic computer literacy (or a bit...