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  • RE: The Rights for Data

    If only life were as simple as you suggest! For example, I know for a fact that in the UK it is ILLEGAL to rip a music CD onto...

  • RE: The Rights for Data

    Sorry Steve, I agree with your wife! Just because you have purchased a book in Kindle-format, that doesn't convey a right to you to also own the audio-format; in just...

  • RE: Encrypting SQL Code

    The quantum guys say there is no way to predict the flip of a coin. Einstein would argue there is. IFF you knew all of the forces and...

  • RE: Encrypting SQL Code

    Like being pregnant or dead, either you are, or you aren't.

    have you heard of Schrödinger's cat??? 😛

  • RE: Encrypting SQL Code

    A long time ago, I needed to figure out what a DTS package was doing. Unfortunately, the vendor had password-protected the DTS package; ok, not quite the same thing an...

  • RE: Annoyances

    Never mind Ben. I'm sure, with a little more experience, you will understand why they can't be bothered to explain 😛

  • RE: SQL Server Knockoffs?

    Wow, that is scary! And programmers get paid to write this pile of %#*@

    You could always suggest that they save money by migrating to mySQL, or PostGreSQL, or even back...

  • RE: SQL Server Knockoffs?

    This is true for the medium to large Enterprises. But is not so important for SMEs. To give an example, how many vendors have you had show up on site,...

  • RE: SQL Server Knockoffs?

    The Express version is designed by Microsoft to fill this hole, where a solid RDBMS engine is required but not all the extra features. I guess encouraging the use of...

  • RE: Adoption

    For me, a new release of MS SQL Server every 24 months is far too frequent. As already mentioned in this thread, upgrading from 2000 to 2008 is entirely possible,...

  • RE: Should I write the MCTS 70-431 exam?

    The official Microsoft guidance, at:

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/sql/2008/default.mspx

    says that if you are currently working towards your MCTS for 2005 (i.e. exam 70-431), then you should complete that - and then upgrade your qualifications...

  • RE: Guest Editorial: Do You Run Antivirus Software on Your SQL Servers?

    Just a brief note to say that if your MS SQL Server is "behind the firewall", then it is not safe.

    Any organisation that has a single firewall between the...

  • RE: Trust

    Unfortunately, the major banks in the world have been left alone, with very "light touch" regulation. A few years back we had the debacle with Auditors colluding with the companies...

  • RE: ntext to nvarchar(max)

    As far as I know, using the Import Data wizard will use the same Jet OLEDB connection as a linked server (but I might be wrong).

    Ran a quick test...

  • RE: ntext to nvarchar(max)

    A basic test would be to import a table from an Access DB, which you have created to include the columns and data that you want to check.

    In MSSQL Server,...

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