Frank,

You got to check this out:

http://www.databaseanswers.com/what_is_a_dba.htm

I think it's exactly what you are looking for.

All the best,

Dale

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You will! However, you must keep posting to the forum....

Dear Frank,

I didn't become a DBA/programmer until I was 13 years into my career. Previous to that, I was an IS Manager, an NT Administrator, and a Software Instructor....

I think this topic should clear it up for you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294453

All the best,

Dale

Yes. You can list more than one port in the Server Network Utility under the DEFAULT PORT option. Type them in separated by commas: 1433,2433,2444.

All the best,

Dale

Something to check in your Services on the server:

Right click on MSSQLSERVER and also SQLSERVERAGENT and verify the Log On account and password.

All the best,

Dale

What type of client are you using? My user's get that error in Windows 98 if they didn't log on to the network. You know, they just hit...

For some reason, you posted this topic twice. Redirect to http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14642&FORUM_ID=6&CAT_ID=1&Topic_Title=Cannot+generate+SSPI+context&Forum_Title=Security.

All the best,

Dale

There really is no fast track to being a DBA or any computer professional today. The market is oversaturated and underemployed. I vote you get some education (i.e.,...

OK. Wait a minute! I must clear something up. I said that Frank was a Cyber Geek and really don't want him to think that's a bad...

For example, let's say for a simple SELECT query, I can whip out a query with 20 columns in 20 clicks (20 seconds) without keying in a single word in...

You know, I could't find that topic in this forum (although I swear we discussed it), but I did find it in another forum I'm in (SQLMAG.COM):

http://www.sqlmag.com/Forums/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=16623

All the best,

Dale

Good point, but what I'm trying to get across here is that to build the joins in a visual environment eliminates amiguity/syntax issues. Like we mentioned before, visually design...

After you Reattach and are satisfied that everything appears okay, you can delete the old log.

All the best,

Dale

Well, we discussed a rather undocumented way to shrink the transaction log in another past thread. You can Detach the database, move the transaction log to a backup location,...