Horses for error handling courses i.e. whether there is a try catch or not is dependant upon your requirements. The default to fail over to the operating system but there...

There some right idiots out there managing IT departments, one of the reasons for all the current failing projects. It used to be that design was a slow process factoring...

Should really be a begin try with a subsequent error handling begin catch

Alas most of the failed and failing projects I have worked on have all been in recent years. But we are getting off topic the DBA v the developers is...

The option of writing poor processing is always available in any language so I don't imagine Server are planning on introducing that as a possibility as that 'feature' has always...

A little bit off topic there from Ed Wagner as requirements gathering is a can of worms best left of unopened in this thread. To those who see distinct clear...

Change your releases so that the developer and DBA relationship can be improved with non-functional releases. The business users that quite often drive the I.T. department need educating on the...