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  • RE: Why upgrade from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005?

    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...

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  • RE: Why upgrade from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005?

    I had originally heard February, but that was like 6 months ago, so I'm not surprised my info is out of date.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

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  • RE: How to evaluate tools?

    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...

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  • RE: Why upgrade from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005?

    In addition to Security (and the auditing available with DDL triggers), the main reasons I would add are SSIS, Solution Explorer, Database Mirroring and Snapshots.

    DM & Snapshots are wonderful...

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  • RE: Phantom Table?

    Are you working in 2000 or 2005?

    You posted to the 2k5 forum, but EM is a 2000 tool and in 2k5 you not supposed to be able to...

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  • RE: Job failed:The owner does not have server access.

    First, go into your SQL Server Configuration Manager and verify that NONE of your services are running under the Built-In Administrators account. It doesn't have to be the SQL...

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  • RE: Changing Career Gears

    All, I'm glad my article is generating such positive responses. For those currently going a similar Non-IT to DBA route, I hope my experiences help you along the way.

    Nadeem7971,...

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  • RE: Anyone taken 70-445 (BI exam)?

    Hey, Jorg, the article Steve pointed out also has info on the 446 exam. You might want to check it out.

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  • RE: Left Outer Join Help

    You can also use SUM(ISNULL(Quantity,0)) to do something similar. The difference is that ISNULL simply replaces any NULL values with zero instead of looking for the first non-NULL value.

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  • RE: Anyone taken 70-445 (BI exam)?

    Thanks for the blog, Jorg! I appreciate it!

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  • RE: Beginning Database Design - Spot the Flaws

    WANT MORE FEATURES!!!!

    Sorry, couldn't resist. @=)

    The Scope Creep discussion reminds me of a moment at one job where the developers worked their butts off designing a website solution (tied to...

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  • RE: transactSQL variables?

    Glad we could help. @=)

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  • RE: Changing Career Gears

    Andy Warren said:

    Good stuff, even if I don't rank up there with Brian & Steve!

    On the contrary, Andy. You definitely rank up there with those two! Your...

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  • RE: how to find an integer value from varchar

    Unfortunately, using the LIKE operator always affects query performance. For one, if you use the wildcard on both sides of the search syntax, then you can inadvertantly generate tablescans.

    The...

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  • RE: ssis excel source

    What error are you getting with the Flat File Source?

    And what datatype is the column you're importing this data into?

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