For me it comes down to two things: testing and money.

I have heard people do unit databases but there isn't any good tooling out there. Unit testing a well designed...

So the database is the center of the universe just because turning it off brings the system down? You could say the same thing about a router, a switch, a...

I don't think you can blame MBA's for that attitude. That sort of attitude is usually embedded into corporate culture long before the MBA's show up. It usually comes from...

I was excited when I heard SQL was going to get a Queue. Then I saw the implementation and all I could say was "Typical". I would rather use MSMQ.

I don't think that Quickbooks should be held up as an example of quality software or quality software processes. I am really not surprised that they took ten million lines...

I really like that idea and I will pass it on to our DBA's and admins.

This really misses the point. SQLite is an embedded data store in a single C library. SQL server is, well... A server. It has an instillation and configuration process, can...

I do this sort of operation fairly frequently and just looking at the SSIS package for even the simple case in this example sets me on edge. There are plenty...

Try to specify the alises all in one place. Save yourself some typing. Also build the full select starement. Also could be used as a create view statement. Interesting idea...