We (try) to do a mock move within the last 48 hours of going live with updates. THen you can script/automate the move fairly easily since only the changes...

Cothcha, that is what my...

I feel for you! In a previous life I managed a dairy operation... trying to give meds orally to cows can be, a chanllenge, to say the least. ...

THe most important thing, which I believe Andy Warren said, is to spend it when it is needed. Don't fight the little stuff just because "that's not the way...

Some years ago, I finally convinced my first wife to go flying with me. She had always been worried about it since I am a pretty easy going, joking,...

Ask a couple of more questions from the network guys. Are they doing SQL backups or file backups of your backups? Just because they do differentials of the...

I have had situations where I had to compare one table with the same table remotely to do updates. The only way I could do this without causing serious...

Don't get me started on "agile", or any of the dozen other fancy words used for development techniques since I started working with SQL in 1995.... seems like database design...

SQL Server Management Studio

sp2 makes thing a bit better...

Returnign the money could be difficult unless properly documented. I.e. you don't want to come to April 15th (or morelikely sometime in July) and have IRS come knocking on...

Looks to me that what really got him in trouble was for falsely impersonating an employee to get the retirement money. That is most definatly a crime, the company...

Congratulations! Most well deserved!

I've been (re) reading the Foundation series of books by Isaac Asimov. Good books, especially if you read the entire i Robot series first.

ONe of the best movies I...

41 years at one company? wow!

Congratulations on retirement!

I don't think in 13 years of being a DBA seen one stick around. Besides even if it does is it really a problem? Worst case it will...