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  • RE: Installing Sample 2008 Databases - SQL School Videos

    Bill, which edition of SQL Server 2008 is your instance (that the SR1 installers can't see)? If it's the base model of Express, you'll need to update that to Express...

  • RE: Do You Need an IT or CS Degree to be a Successful DBA?

    I've got a BS and half a masters degree in political science. Dropped out of grad school after doing research into payscale potential post-graduation compared with the technical contract work...

  • RE: The Best High Availability

    bob.boule (4/29/2009)


    Has anyone had any experiencing combining SQL Server Clustering with Storage level HA (block level mirror with automated failover at the storage level). I work for a small...

  • RE: The Best High Availability

    I'm still wondering which HA scenarios clusters can't solve, Steve. Please elaborate... Offsite DR doesn't quite fit as a typical HA scenario, but it's still doable with dark fiber and...

  • RE: Manage Your Career

    Thanks for a good "first day on the job" editorial, Steve. I completely agree. It's my career. I own it. I make sure that I've got the skills required and...

  • RE: Portable Data Centers

    Steve Jones - Editor (4/2/2009)


    Is it for everyone? No, but it makes a lot of sense for lots of companies.

    It gives rise to all sorts of humorous skit ideas for...

  • RE: Portable Data Centers

    Steve Jones - Editor (4/2/2009)


    The data centers have spaces for these built in, so there's no weather issue. It's a modular unit made to slide in and out of a...

  • RE: Are We Wasting Too Much Time Social Networking?

    carriem (3/31/2009)


    It is my opinion that most of these social networking sites are a waste of time. Unless your looking for a job or if your in college; I don't...

  • RE: Are We Wasting Too Much Time Social Networking?

    True!

    It's so bad that I'm having trouble finding time to play Xbox games during work hours...

  • RE: It Depends

    Ah, those rose-colored glasses that cover starry eyes... It's so heart-warming to watch them grow up, isn't it? A little bit more historical anthropology in high school and college would...

  • RE: Almost Like a Service Pack

    The last place of entertainment that I left ripped a huge chunk out of my last check to reimburse themselves for employment-related expenses that they paid for that I didn't...

  • RE: Secure Programming

    Gift Peddie (3/20/2009)


    You have to love the fact that the whole Crypto class is not in Dot Net for the Mobile.

    The quick thing that comes to mind is prime numbers...

  • RE: Being More Productive

    Having twin monitors is a huge productivity boost. Microsoft's internal research found it was a minimum 10% productivity boost for virtually any job, and from what I can see most...

  • RE: Secure Programming

    Charles Kincaid (3/19/2009)


    Ian Brown (3/19/2009)


    Constants aren't and variables do...

    What language is it where

    1 = 2

    is supported?

    I've forgotten enough COBOL that I can't recall if it worked there, but I'm pretty...

  • RE: Union Benefits

    Robert Davis (3/19/2009)


    I used to have a unionized government job. It sucked rotten eggs with arsenic sauce. 🙂

    :hehe:

    Say it ain't so?!

    I was halfway through my MPA/MIS (masters in public administration/MIS)...

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