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Visited some friends there a few months back, stayed within walking distance, ate there three times in two days.

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Not doing DBA stuff, data analysis and reporting, but small team, with clearly defined area of responsibility, within a larger shop.

I had built some unit testing for the first time in tSQLt, then switched teams and moved away from SQL Server for a while. Now we've moved to databricks on...

Trying to imagine a scenario where I worked with Jeff Moden and tried to call out his code...

Monkeys, typewriters and Shakespeare.

I can think of lots of ways that I would accidentally break production, yeah. The only way I'd see no "issues" would be if there was an ironclad written agreement...

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2023/05/29/hisa-calls-for-emergency-summit-at-churchill-downs-after-horse-deaths/70266781007/

I think they're having a meeting at Churchill Downs about this topic

It's a control thing, Rod. If they have spreadsheets of numbers, they feel like they have the "raw data" in hand and can make decisions. If they have a graph...

Take a step back and think Test Driven Development.

Use a framework for EVERY SCRIPT you write. It will help you.

What does that mean? write snippets for things like documentation headers,...

Jeff is helping you get there, but you should consider his advice about turning it into a function. It'll be reusable, cleaner and if you wanted to change the logic...

You're trying to do this in a parameter? Or to hide/show a Tablix? or what?

If it's to control the results of the report, can you push it down into the...

Rubber ducky effect is strong for me this morning. Was baffled for the past couple of days as to why the "exact same code" would work in a...

Not a bad description, though I dislike the "experience" with, as it doesn't weight anything higher than anything else. What do you care about more? Not that you...