Markus,

Thank you. That explains why I'm confused. I'm using the client tools on my desktop and should have gone straight to the source. @=)

Thanks again!

Loner,

I'm trying to figure out if it's already installed, though. How do I do that?

Clive, I didn't say I had no Real World experience. I said I had no professional experience. Professional = Paid official job title.

My father was a computer programmer,...

Ditto to Ed's reply with one clarification. @=)

The 2 byte overhead of VarXXXXX datatypes is basically a pointer (of sorts) that tells the data page that this field can grow...

I actually agree with getting everyone to sit down and contribute. The problem is that in practice it usually ends up being one person who sits down and creates...

Yes... Sort of. It doesn't actually...

Heaven forbid that you should leave it up to the application developers. They'll design you a database that makes a DBA job a nightmare! And there are people...

Clive,

They didn't introduce just one new cert. They introduced 4 of them. @=) All new SQL Server 2005 certification information can be found at the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/sql/default.mspx

Hope this...

If you've been a DBA for 8 years already, go for the MCITP instead (SQL 2005 -and possibly 2008- certs). It'll look much better on your job history. ...

Glad we could help. @=)

The best thing you can do for yourself, Jigisha, is practice, practice, practice.

There are still a lot of shops which use SQL Server 2000, which might make it worth your...

Chethan,

I doubt it's an appended backup issue. Media families usually refer to the media the backup is stored on. I.E., tape, UNC disk drive, local disk drive.

Unless you've...

HTTP Endpoints are much more secure. You can actually dictate the type of traffic you get and, I believe, the network protocol used to access it.

Not to mention you...

I had originally heard February, but that was like 6 months ago, so I'm not surprised my info is out of date. @=)

I don't know about demos. Some are good, some are bad. But most of them are canned. Which means the demonstrator is going to show you all...