Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Worst Comments

Posted on March 13, 2015 by way0utwest

I was watching a presentation recently on refactoring C# code and was amazed by some of the comments that the speakers showed in the code. The example was a real application that had been obfuscated and simplified a bit for the talk. … Continue reading →

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Back

Posted on March 13, 2015 by way0utwest

It’s amazing to think I’ve been gone 10 days, out of the country. SQL Bits was amazing, and still is the best SQL Server conference in the world I’ve seen. I haven’t been to them all, but this is the … Continue reading →

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Allowing a User to Create Objects in a Schema

Posted on March 12, 2015 by way0utwest

I was testing something the other day and realized this was a security area I didn’t completely understand. I decided to write a few posts to help me understand the issues. I want to give a developer rights to create … Continue reading →

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Altering a Column with NOT NULL

Posted on March 12, 2015 by way0utwest

A short piece, as I ran into the need recently to alter a column to NOT NULL status. I’ve rarely done this in the past, usually specifying NOT NULL when I create the table. Often in future changes, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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