Originally from Chicago. Glad they won.

But still there is something fundamentally wrong with hockey in June.

You really have to hold yourself back from reading into the authors...

Toreador (6/11/2010)

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Well I learnt something, though probably not what was intended.

Believe it or not, I never realised that identity columns are ignored if you could insert into a table using...

CirquedeSQLeil (6/9/2010)

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Yup - they're blowing 'em in South Africa so I thought I would join in.

It also looks like you took your turn...

I love QOTD. Whether I get them right or I get them wrong, I pretty much always learn something. Thanks for an interesting question.

I expect that using a script task is the way to go to decrypt your data. Unfortunately I don't have enough experience with db encryption & keys to write...

Using a function as checkai suggests is pretty easy. You can embed it into your report. Go to Report >> Report Properties >> and select the Code tab,...

economy

Great question, My first thought was the correct answer, but then I noticed that the procedure in the Master db was not prefixed by a schema so I had...

Now that's a mint flavor I can get behind.

Great question, thanks. I did a bit of reading to make sure my memory was correct about what was minimally logged and what was not, but then I tripped...

I am not sure if this will help, but I find it much easer to make a spreadsheet exported from an SSRS report behave as I like when I export...

I read a joke once that said that computer professionals were the only ones that got excited when things actually worked. The implication being that they understood all the...

Without a baseline, slow is all about perception.

With a baseline, slow is still usually about perception.

So, know your baseline, keep your system running well, and fight the perception!:crazy:

I worked for an economically challenged company for a number of years where the soft cost of my salary was always preferable to the hard cost of an license upgrade...