Ever look through at database and see a default constraint prefixed with DF_ and, for a split second, wonder why SQL needs a divine focus?

Client just requested a number of columns be added to the database called Misc (Misc1, Misc2, etc.).

Something about doing that feels so wrong, but they insist.

Finding and solving problems on virtual computers in PC Building Simulator helps with the stress of a long day of finding and solving problems on real computers.

Division of my 8 hour work day:

30% Answering Emails
20% Attending Meetings
40% Troubleshooting Bugs
30% Support Calls
10% Project Management
90% Software Development

The database column contains values, yet there is nothing in the code that inserts or updates the values in that column.

I'm not sure if the original author of this program wrote bad code or was some kind of malicious wizard. What I do know is that it scares me.

Jingle Bells
Printing's Hell
Think I'm gonna cry

Remember: never email the client when sleep deprived and in a rush.

Functions should not be 374 lines.

Just found the equivalent of this code living in a project that has been live for years.

String emailAddress = "";
String otherEmailAddresses = PopulateEmail();

if (emailAddress.Trim != "")
{
SendEmail(emailAddress);

if (otherEmailAddresses != "")
{
SendEmail(otherAddresses);
}
}

At least I didn't write this originally.

Wellp, I just had a cowoker send me a screenshot. By that I mean a .pdf of the application we both work on that looks like she somehow manifested the program into the physical world and ran it through an early 90's copier, scanned the resulting piece of paper, and sent me that.

One down side to working for a smaller company: the never-ending fight against infrastructure.

Anyone have links to an in depth explanation on how SSMS connects to a server?

For some reason [RemoteServer]\[InstanceA] is connecting to localhost\[InstanceB] for me and I have no idea why.

How do you deal with a client in which you have to frequently explain the changes they requested back to them?