I do agree with this. I get so much in my inbox that any break is welcome. Besides, I would prefer Quality over quantity.

Peace.

@sql51f1

You almost started making sense until you called people cupcakes. This attitude gets to the real crux of the disappointment in this article. Denigrating people for no good...

m_swetz, That I believe is the best post I read on this topic in a long time. Thank you for that.

david.wright, Now that is an obvious observable truth. You can always achieve more cooperation by uplifting people rather than using FUD. This has been proven time and time again. Political parties...

CferMN,

Your scenario is pretty much my scenario. I feel your pain. I still try to learn what I can when I can and try to incorporate the newest and...

rchantler, that is true of many in this field. It's amazing how many of us wear more than one hat. I manage 28 SQL servers, data migration, application and node...

Well, if Steve was trying to invoke a good debate I think he succeed. IMO we should move on and get back to doing what we do "best", and that's...

Sue_H, Bingo!

Dave, I'm sure that was his intent and that's ok if he really cares about the viewers continuing to learn all they can. I know I've learned a great deal...

Dave, I agree that the idea is not to judge others for not knowing but to collectively inform and lift each other up for the benefit of all. Communication skills...

gmilke,

You hit a big nail right on the head!

Steve, as you know there are a million different types of shops that use SQL server and they all require different approaches. Yes people need to improve their skills to...

Could this be adapted to copy data to a separate database in the same instance. We perform mostly database to database copying.

Example:

SELECT my-column1, my-column2

INTO [my-2nd-database].[schema].[mytable]

FROM [my-1st-database].[schema].[mytable]

Awesome, Awesome! I have been trying to figure this out and here it is.

Thank you so much for posting. 😀

Thanks for the informative article. As a newbie this helped me tremendously! 🙂