Troubleshooting has always been a black art to me. Interesting attitude for someone who has done it on some level for all of my working life. I used to be...

I'm both developer and defacto-DBA. I agree that SQL Server ought to stick to what it does best (manage relational data) and we should use something more purpose-built for XML....

1. Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang

2. Little Feat Waiting for Columbus (Live)

3. Yes Close to the Edge

4. Bob Marley Babylon By Bus

5. George Harrison All Things Must Pass

Pretty tough to...

Yeah, that would be the same government where the FEMA personnel start the conversation with "We're from the government. We're here to help." Followed by guffaws.

Perhaps this information should be...

A government agency may be better or worse than a private company. Consider the difficulty in obtaining recourse in the event of a data breech with a federal agency. The...

I think is says a lot when the manager realizes his limitations and accepts them, gracefully, with his entire group. My manager will repeat, cheerfully, to anybody that asks that...

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If you need a rush for the afternoon, dark chocolate covered . Espresso beans with chocolate will DEFINITELY keep you awake. I think Kona is better...

As part of our company's VPN policy, any non-corporate assets used to connect to the VPN must demonstrate that they have firewall and anti-virus software installed before provision to connect...

My manager started out life as a techie, drifted through various things in the company (he's a Six-Sigma black-belt) and then we invited back to IT. Best damned manager I...

Like many others, I frequent SSC daily and IMHO it is the best site for SQL I've seen since I started working with SQL Server (v4.2.1). I have found solutions...

FWIW, a number of years ago I picked up a very slim book called Optimizing Transact-SQL: Advanced Programming Techniques. The first chapter deals with single statement SQL solutions to table...

For performance testing I created a database where I could record timestamps as well as the location within the application. That gave me a way to collect runtime information for...

Technology is a wonderful thing, especially if it stops people from asking and/or answering hard questions, like what the h*** were all those VA records doing on an employee laptop...

I'd hoped to see F1 well represented, and so it is. For sheer volume of technical data it is hard to beat, although I'd guess endurance racing could use some...

I believe the hotels.com issue begs the question: Why would any company risk their reputation and/or business by allowing customer personal information to be placed on a third-party machine? If...