I agree with Charles as well. I think as community we want to encourage participation without making it an obligation. Sometimes thats frustrating on the author side, but totally understandable...

For those that think they aren't quite ready to join the debate I'd suggest a couple earlier steps:

- Rate each article you read. Authors like feedback, and it helps others...

I'm not sure the power savings is real - most servers spin their drives at full speed whether needed or not, and it's not like we're going to wear them...

I dont think relying on the cloud is much worse than relying on a server. If you're counting on that solution to work and it fails, life is hard for...

I don't agree with all the views presented here, but that certainly doesnt make them less valid! But if you back way way up, here are our choices:

- Do nothing....

David, rather than spelunk through ms_replcmds to find the offending row, there are two simpler alternatives. One is to add the error number as a '-skiperror' parameter to the agent,...

You've got too much time on your hands! It is interesting though, and nice to have the answer out there. Must be some really niche application for it.

Jean-Charles,

Perhaps! I don't do a lot of work with merge or hand helds, but it shouldn't (one hopes) but that much different. If I get a chance I will dig...

Daryn, in SQL 2005 there is a feature called init from backup that will help you do it - see another article I wrote for more details http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Replication/61767/%5B/url%5D. If you're...

There's politics and there is politics!. What I value is having accrued enough karma (points) that when I ask for something, object to something, want to try something new, etc,...

PASS is a good idea. I did one for a couple years on managing, but it was focused more on existing managers. This would have a bigger draw I think.

Vic, Im glad you made a decision that suits you, but maybe someday you'll go back to the dark side:-) Do you feel that your time as a manager made...

Jon, Im glad it helped you see the situation differently - thats a good start! Good time now to strengthen both the SQL skills and your vision of what kind...

I think you judge people by the work they do at work. Trying to infer from outside behavior isn't fair and I suspect not very effective. Keeping that wall up...

Are we going to be so politically correct that we can only criticize MS, not compliment them? As as very public and visible person in the SQL community Steve has...