I'll agree with the general "tone matters" comments. If someone sets the sort of tone that your thoughts/input aren't wanted, that tends to leave to no thoughts being expressed.  I...

Out of curiosity, is this database ever refreshed? I noticed that there are several schema/objects that aren't part of AdventureWorks.

Well, another concern is if you're using Azure SQL.  Yes, there's Azure AD, but a surprising number of tools don't support that. That leaves us with SQL accounts.  When we...

Been trying to use XE, but they're not nearly as friendly w/ Azure SQL as they are w/ on-prem SQL.  Trying to see real-time results just gives a bunch of...

I'll admit that I don't do nearly as much technical reading outside of work as I used to. I will try to set aside some time during the week or...

Have to agree about the regular learning. That's something I look for in candidates - how do they keep current? If someone has little desire to grow in their knowledge,...

I've appreciated MS putting "Script" buttons into a lot of their tools over the last couple of years. There are a lot of times I'll build something up in the...

Image sent, but I'm not sure how to set "safe sender" in the outlook.com web client - either that or I've already done it. Also noted that Red-Gate's ad images...

Could be, but this is outlook.com, not the Outlook desktop client. Mail clients and apps seem to work, but not the site. Verified with and without an adblocker enabled. I...

I did something similar, though I think I used temp tables and counts to make sure that they matched and the counts were the same for the matches. It wasn't...

Grant Fritchey (9/27/2016)

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Rich Mechaber (9/27/2016)

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But. If I worked for Grant, I'd be terrified of telling him anything in the way of bad news. Who's gonna volunteer to inform...