To calculate the maximum attempts it would take to crack a password.  You need to take the number of allowable character values and raise that value by the number of populated...

Nice article.  We only use SA for database ownership and sometimes for SQL Job

ownership.  It is never used for connecting to the server because no one knows...

I enjoyed the article.  Can this application be built with Visual Basic Express Edition?

-- Maybe this SQL will Help

-- From http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/26950/sql_server_26950.html

SELECT perf1.object_name, perf1.counter_name, perf1.instance_name,

'value' = CASE perf1.cntr_type

...

I found the short videos from http://www.jumpstarttv.com/ are helpful. 

I have been experiencing this problem on a couple of servers that have SQL Server 2000 SP4 installed.  There appears to be plenty of space on the drive and auto...

Here is another link that dicusses this option

http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/PermaLink.aspx?guid=8be9d388-b354-429f-8c98-e45989a4bebe

There is  also a webcast for SQL Server 2005 that reference this option.  It is suggested maybe only 1 file per 2 processors...

Thanks for the all the feedback and the spreadsheet.  I thought I try to respond to some of the comments.

Litespeed free un-compress utility:

I did not test this tool, instead I...

Here are some links:

http:// antivirus.about.com/b/a/251096.htm?terms=mcafee+4715

http:// vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_138884.htm

Editor's Note: The URLs are malformed so it does not trip AV products

The problem I find with developers creating stored procedures is the need to have database owner authority.  I promote the stored procedures to production but they have full control in...

I was wrong about having a 4 drive server.  The C:/K: is actual a 2 drives Raid 1.  The other drive E is made up of 4 drives raid 3. ...

You will aslo need to consider where to put your database and transaction log backups.  They can consume a lot of space.

These servers are all setup for broadcasting.  I checked Server Network Utility settings and they are not setup to be hidden.

These servers are setup with default instance using TCP/IP and...

3605 Sends trace output to error log. 

For all trace values see  http://www.extremeexperts.com/SQL/Articles/DBCCTraceFlags.aspx

The trace seems to be permanent until the instance is stopped/started.

To keep it permanently, these trace flags need...

I've used the COLUMNPROPERTY to Identify tables with Identity columns.

SELECT Distinct Table_Name,MAX(COLUMNPROPERTY (OBJECT_ID(Table_Name),Column_Name,'IsIdentity')) as Id

        FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)

GROUP BY Table_Name