When I conduct the technical portion of an interview for either a developer or DBA position, I spend considerable time on problems I know the candidate probably does not know...

MS needs to update the documentation.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-rename-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16 says, "Changes the name of a user-created object in the current database. This object can be a table, index, column, alias data...

As a developer, there's nothing wrong with no braces. I would prefer it look like this though:

if (myVar == otherVar) return true;

It's more obvious what's going on when it looks...

I thought that also. So I ran a test. The compiler does not care. This runs and runs and runs.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by  edmil.

Expert is not a point, it is a position on a continuum. Certainly, there is a minimum level of knowledge where the masses would consider someone an expert but above...

It's neither. It's a C# Script Task. It's like a console app for the most part you can do things like MessageBox.Show(msg). People often add these to allow them to...

I agree that there will be candidates the can 'do the job' or 'are as good as a candidate with a degree'. However, if I interview 100 candidates with a...

I appreciate his effort to help others but in today's world where bad guys are constantly hammering away at us and our systems, everything should be through secure links.

I do it all the time. I book all my travel on my card including hotel, airfare, rental car, meals, and incidentals to the trip. About the only thing I...

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by  edmil.

And one more thing about the "really well done video" you mentioned. If you read the comments you will see most of the people who know anything about the nuclear...