Koen Verbeeck (8/10/2011)

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Ninja's_RGR'us (8/10/2011)

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Brandie Tarvin (8/10/2011)

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Help me bug Microsoft about a minor issue that is driving me sane.

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/683683/ssms-open-empty-environment-option-does-not-work-correctly

This one is giving me heartburn. I almost ran something in Production that...

Lynn Pettis (8/9/2011)

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Just thought it interesting regarding the MVP thread, that when he felt I was attacking him, he would respond. I apologized, just as I said I...

This is a great editorial, but even so it fails to address the whole problem.

It will really be good news when it becomes possible to insure security if IT security...

Chad Crawford (8/8/2011)

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Well, today is the day, wish me...

Lynn Pettis (8/8/2011)

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Also, you focused on the wrong part of his statement. The part that encouraged a response was "an up and coming future MVP."

It isn't enough to just...

Lynn Pettis (8/8/2011)

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Actually Tom, I read more into what Jeff said. IMHO, jeff was also trying to show him how to become better. Test your code; look for,...

WayneS (8/8/2011)

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@SQLFRNDZ (8/8/2011)

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I understood Lynn, that I did not mention any where that I want to become MVP. I just posted publicly that how to become MVP that means I...

Lynn Pettis (8/8/2011)

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I think I have a way to put this in perspective.

There is nothing wrong with striving to be an MVP.

It is important to understand, however, that it isn't...

calvo (8/8/2011)

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Thomas Abraham (8/8/2011)

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Thanks for the great question.

I thought that "Rebuilding an index drops the index and creates a new one. In doing this, fragmentation is removed, disk space...

calvo (8/8/2011)

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For the sake of clarification, your question is which operation removes page splits. Are you referring to page splits as the fragmentation (logically or physically ordered pages/extents?) that gets...

Ninja's_RGR'us (8/8/2011)

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Jeff Moden (8/8/2011)

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Tom.Thomson (8/8/2011)

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Well, after your earlier reply followed by this which read one...

Lynn Pettis (8/8/2011)

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Actually, my halo does slip occasionally.

But I should also say I'm not the one that ordained myself, it was many of the others here on ssc based on...

Grant Fritchey (8/8/2011)

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I'm sure I'm missing something, but it looks like you're trying to use @@IDENTITY with a uniqueidentifier data type. They're not the same and that would explain the...

Well, after your earlier reply followed by this which read one after the other convey...

Lynn Pettis (8/8/2011)

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Actually, you did:

@SQLFRNDZ (8/5/2011)

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Thanks Kraig and I will be an upcoming...