Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2012)

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Craig, I get what you're saying, but I can't figure out how to pass the error outside of the code context to fail the job step itself. Raising...

Jack Corbett (1/12/2012)

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My question is how would you define a reputation? Who decides? Who decides who decides?

What happens when a new person comes along and doesn't have...

SQLRNNR (1/18/2012)

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anybody know a good resource for exporting into sqlplan format the xml from sys.dm_exec_query_plan(qs.plan_handle) for a smallish subset of ~100 plans?

I have been able to copy the xml and...

Jack Corbett (1/18/2012)

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I assume I'm not the only one who sees no content (well really only the word "content") in the body of today's featured article Stairway to...

Good question. Nice explanation.

GilaMonster (1/17/2012)

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Oh this is fun...

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/windows-8-refs-and-sql-server/

Quoting from a post that article references (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/16/building-the-next-generation-file-system-for-windows-refs.aspx)

Q) What semantics or features of NTFS are no longer supported on ReFS?

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ChrisM@home (1/17/2012)

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Tom, how does the query I posted here fit in with all this?...

GSquared (1/17/2012)

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I think this whole thing may be getting massively overcomplicated by the math.

Is the actual business requirement simply a count of how many distinct datakeys there are, and a...

SQLKnowItAll (1/17/2012)

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I think we really need the rules. They have not been clearly defined. Let me see if I can give what I understand (for landlines) and if it is...

Here's another attempt at making some progress towards a precise statement or the requirement.

I'm going to talk about the landlinecount only, because the datakey count is a trivial one (just...

Yes, but there's a problem Gus; that...

Grant Fritchey (1/17/2012)

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No flames. But at this point, the Republican controlled chamber has shelved this legislature permamently. The Democrat controlled chamber has not. In this one instance, for whatever reason,...

I believe (sadly) that this will have no effect at all on the majority...

patrickmcginnis59 (1/16/2012)

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PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (1/16/2012)

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Please do not take it the wrong way but, out of curiosity, why is the subject of this thread "my favorite normalization case study" if you never intended...

SQL Kiwi (1/16/2012)

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I installed a 2000 VM recently just to test something specific. I had almost no clue where to...