Yes the red shirts in question does refer back to a classic TV series where it seemed the way to be a guaranteed casualty was to be wearing a red...

'Cryptonomicon' is very good, but if we're on Neal Stephenson, don't forget his 'System of the World' trilogy, set in 1650-1720, about the rise of the modern systems of politics,...

Sean, you're right, I was pulling in some NULLs and thereby smashing the result.

Lowell, I'm still deconstructing your example--it's over my head at this point. But I'll get it.

Thanks...

If you want to be a DBA:

Unofficially or not, if you're administering the database, that's valuable experience and should be emphasized on your resume along with the number of years/months...

@Celko:

I thought David Webb's reply was very helpful and is exactly what I would have said.

On the other hand, yours focused on the rules for how to ask...

I'm probably in c) if it's something like Discouraged and looking. I'm discontented with my salary and feel I could make more elsewhere, certainly when the market improves. I'm...

Will do. Thanks again!

anthony.green (5/24/2012)

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I would personally change it to mark it with the actual date and time as well, this then will show you individual file backup sizes and also protect...

Okay, I'll monitor the .trn file sizes through the day. If I see it grow, then it's working.

Should the size fluctuation each day be of any concern?

Lisa Slater Nicholls (5/16/2012)

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Capt. Sigerson (5/16/2012)

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Lisa, how about expanding your thoughts on the two types into a larger article?

Well, as all of us oldsters probably know, the concept isn't original...

Lynn Pettis (5/16/2012)

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The problem I have seen is the lack of the Business Analyst and Database Analyst/Architect working on the project in this fashion, at least on the projects I...

What Jeff said.

The minis I first worked on in the late '80s had 8K of memory for programs and 8K of memory for data and we were writing in a...

Lisa,

I'm with Travis. You said nothing to apologize for and what you did say was intelligent and respectful and illuminating

This has been a very interesting topic that has hit...

Thank you, Steve. This was one of your better editorials and highlights an attitude than is too prevalent in our industry. A young programmer might certainly call me...

Thank you very much. I've set up the replication distributor and publisher and subscriber databases but the replication is failing because of a login error when the subscriber tries...