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  • RE: Database Size

    Tom.Thomson (3/31/2010)


    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    I do love an ambiguous/controversial QotD: the discussion is always fascinating.

    Fascinating isn't the word I would use for this discussion: the number of different wrong answers...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Declarative Data Integrity

    Tom.Thomson (3/31/2010)


    Peter Trast (3/30/2010)


    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Thank you for making my head hurt!

    You don't like T-SQL much, do you? 🙂 Seems to have a bad effect on the condition of...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/31/2010)


    vk-kirov (3/31/2010)


    Nice find, thank you. So, if it barks like a dog, it behaves like a dog, what is it?...

    It is a duck, with some arguably...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Full backup Scenario

    Paul White NZ (3/31/2010)


    Tom.Thomson (3/29/2010)


    There are a couple of additional things backup could do to improve performance: at some point before starting to write pages to backup media, it could...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Peter Trast (3/30/2010)


    Impeccable logic Paul 😉

    Given the bird theme, I suppose it should be im-peck-able logic really 😀

    (sorry)

    Booooo.... lol...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Declarative Data Integrity

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Thank you for making my head hurt!

    You don't like T-SQL much, do you? 🙂 Seems to have a bad effect on the condition of your skull...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Multi-statement execution

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    This question made my head hurt.

    Isn't that normal?

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    vk-kirov (3/3/2010)


    So, db_ddladmin can run any DDL command; db_ddladmin can run TRUNCATE TABLE. This means TRUNCATE is a DDL command, I believe 🙂

    Crows are birds.

    All crows are...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Policy Based Management

    si downes-267745 (3/29/2010)


    The Ability to Define Standard Policies

    Am I being too pedantic in thinking that Policy Management doesn't 'define' policies but it does enable us to enforce them. Am...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Encryption

    If AES 126 is NOT a typo, it is definitely out... but...

    If AES 128 was what was meant, there is some argument in security circles as to whether AES 256...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Policy-Based Management

    Great question! It is always good to be thinking about which db needs a backup after a change like PBM or some other feature.

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: What will be output?

    I LOVE implicit conversions! 😀

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: SSMS - feature

    I guessed the "right" answer, but when I tried it in a clean install of 2008, I had no pop-up or highlighted text. When I pressed CTRL, nothing happened unless...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Encryption

    Open Minded (3/23/2010)


    If SQL 2008 was part of the choices, my guess would have been wrong as I decided to choose the newest of the three.

    Yeah, same...

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

  • RE: Policy Based Management

    Perfect timing! I just taught that Module today 😀

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems

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