RE: Â weirdness
Can you give an example? Include table creation script, insert statement and select statement.
2003-06-25
SQL Server 2008 R2
RE: Security Methodology Using Roles
I would love to agree with you, but the fact of the matter is that patch management is still a major issue, even with tools like those provided by Microsoft, Shavlik, and St. Bernard (among others) available. Take SQL Slammer, for instance. Getting different companies to agree to support us when we were talking about […]
2003-06-23
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RE: Security Methodology Using Roles
ok, first let me respond by saying that - if an organization has 45 production servers - then they also need the infrastructure to keep all workstations logged and patched automatically (IT dept's problem - but very doable)... secondly, in many environments (especially large corporate retail) developers must write, test, and deploy automated jobs every […]
2003-06-23
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RE: Security Methodology Using Roles
quote: this is where you dba-types are totally clueless - how is a developer going to develop when they can't create dts pkgs and schedule jobs that run existing dts pkgs? not possible for any real db dev or testing of data... A couple of things here. First, Steve is advocating the removal of guest […]
2003-06-23
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RE: How much do you earn?
Dale, quote: Here's what the president of a local consulting group said to me just last week, "...I was perfectly at ease after I got over the shock of hearing such techno-babble from such a beautiful woman!" Sometimes men say such things as a genuine compliment. Sometimes they say them as a "come-on". Sometimes just […]
2003-06-20
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RE: Operators
You have to have SQLAgentMail configured before you can send emails or pages to the operators you've setup. K. Brian Kelley http://www.truthsolutions.com/ Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring http://www.netimpress.com/shop/product.asp?ProductID=NI-SQL1
2003-05-14
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