Yikes!

I'm not personally worried, but I have to wonder how many people fail the exams because the sims are different from each other...

That makes sense.  I just hope whichever technique is used is consistant between the various exams. 

The short answer is "You can't".

Standard only installs client tools on a PC / Laptop.  You need Developer version (or Express) to run a server instance on your laptop.  Workgroup might...

It would seem to me, given the number of columns he's accessing, that he probably has an equivalantly large row/recordset being returned to the view.  In that case, an indexed...

Tracey,

Load is going to be high on Raid 1.  Higher for writing than for reading, because the disks are essentially making two copies of every transaction on the mirror.  Colin...

Are you looking under the Database Engine or did you actually connect via Object Explorer to the Integration Services object?

Tracey,

No reason you can't do this in SQL 2000 that I'm aware of.  I just added a file to the TempDB on my local PC version of the database via...

Tracey,

Look back at the code Colin posted.  Just change the FileName stuff (where it currently points to the D: drive) to your R: drive, path and new filename.  You'll have...

Thanks, Steve. 

I know where to find a lot of stuff on the toolbars and menus, but I don't have either of them memorized and sometimes depend on the tooltips...

Files are objects that reside in FileGroups (think of it like individual sheets of paper in a manilla folder.  The folder is the file group and the sheets of paper...

I'd recommend a side-by-side.  This way you can test everything as you move it and if the move doesn't work, it's a work of moments to turn the old database...

Named Pipes is not strictly necessary for SQL Server 2005 to run.  Unless, of course, you don't have any other protocols set up.

Also, sometimes weird errors happen when you don't...

I agree with Jack and Ninja.  When I need to restore a table (or even part of a table) that has been deleted, but not mess anything else up, I usually...

James, I think your advice is a little bit off.  Once the FULL backup is restored, Subu only has to restore the most recent Differential backup and then all the...

Chris,

I don't think this guy is being rude so much as he's being confused.  After all, the interview process is over and someone else has been hired.  Depending on what...