I've slowly learned how to automate installs on client. With most software once you automate it the first time then it becomes easy. It saves a day or two of...

In my case we have 30+ instances spread across different servers. Then each instance has 75+ databases. So our production DBA team would have to make sure that QA does...

I would also add:

5a(1) When you step back to the keyboard have another coder otherwise remoted in or next to you that can understand what's going and speaks the <native...

IIRC, in SQL 2005 and above you could set certain columns only visible to certain groups/users. So you can create an admin level and give them fully visible, but the...

Maybe just put in the first 4 or 5 characters of the e-mail address. You'll know. With my email addy, they probably can figure it out, but it isn't everybody...

Eric M Russell (9/11/2014)

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I'd also recommend a blog over a 3" ring binder. A link to the blog can be included in the resume, so the organization can review it...

Another thing that you should do is create a portfolio of your accomplishments. That makes it easier to interview. The first section is your resume's (both time oriented and...

My last company would occasionally send me out to New Horizons for training. The would also have you sign an agreement that if you left the company before six months...

But if you are going to the Windows Event viewer, please make you own log and don't just use the Application log.

We had an app service that had deprecated...

Well when I walked into the server at my last company for the first time I looked around. Then I looked up. They had water sprinkler as a fire suppression...

All my systems are medical records, and also have personal data like SSNs and birth dates. Basically every thing you need to do identity theft.

so I can't use production...

A few days I mentioned how an auditor team showed up dressed as firemen to do an inspection at a bank branch. They totally buffaloed everyone in the branch as...

We use math every day even if we don't realize it.

I hate replication. And I do my best to avoid it if at all possible.

Back in 2002 It was my responsibility to build a DR plan for our SQL servers...

As for teaching security in schools, that would be a waste of time. I heard about one school that went through and designed the whole security system so students would...