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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/13/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (7/13/2010)


    Here's another one in the same doc.

    As a rule of thumb, once a table has more than five indexes, updates to that table may be adversely affected...

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  • RE: The Private Cloud

    Richard Gardner-291039 (7/13/2010)


    Hmmm... I seem to have witnessed quite a few transitions of marketing b/s from the mainframe to the thick client and outsourcing/insourcing and back again in my time....

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: The Private Cloud

    ben.mcintyre (7/13/2010)


    Hrrmph. That'd be Joni Mitchell, though Judy Collins release the recording first.

    Cloud is old news. The Russian mafia and zombie botnet owners have been using it for...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (7/9/2010)


    CirquedeSQLeil (7/9/2010)


    Jeff Moden (7/9/2010)


    Ah.... just found another email from Elena... the Tally Table session in "Approved" and the Hierarchy session has been labeled as an "Alternate" in case...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - Editor (7/8/2010)


    I hadn't heard of load balancing in SQL 11. The PDW edition is locked down well, and I wonder if they would be able to mature/test...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    CirquedeSQLeil (7/8/2010)


    GilaMonster (7/8/2010)


    Did I miss a major announcement or something?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost949498.aspx

    No announcement yet. I did hear something just this last month about an acquisition of a company that sold software...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Planning for growth -oltp - what strategies are people using?

    charlesbc (7/8/2010)


    A cluster scenario is not solely for the purpose of HA. Within a multi-node cluster deployment multiple active SQL Server instances have concurrent read and write access to a...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (7/8/2010)


    Did I miss a major announcement or something?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost949498.aspx

    I don't think so, I just finished a Microsoft DBA class and they said over and over and over "SQL Server doesn't...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Should DBAs Be the Protectors of Data?

    joel.weiss 70857 (7/6/2010)


    I agree with your mentor up to a point, and this is a critical point: a DBA, by definition, is an administrator, not an officer. Seeking out...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are We Not Testing Enough?

    I agree with some of the points otheres here have already made. First, you need people doing the interview who will understand the results of the test. Hell, you need...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: VIM_VCDB transaction log growing hudge

    If the logfile keeps growing that fast, you must have a lot of activity on the database. If it is growing to that size, it needs the space, you shouldn't...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GabyYYZ (6/30/2010)


    Stefan Krzywicki (6/30/2010)


    GabyYYZ (6/30/2010)


    Happy Canada Day for all Canadians north of the 49th and in the diaspora!

    Is it not Canada Day for Canadians in Canada south of the 49th?

    Oops,...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GabyYYZ (6/30/2010)


    Happy Canada Day for all Canadians north of the 49th and in the diaspora!

    Is it not Canada Day for Canadians in Canada south of the 49th?

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Trey Staker (6/29/2010)What is new are the dang vuvuzelas. I watched most of the world cup with the volume off. Just watching one game with the volume on...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (6/28/2010)


    Oh, perfection, thats all we want from our officials regardless of the sport. Good luck, even with instant replay, the final decision is still up to the...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

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