How long does the peak last? Not uncommon on any box to hit max cpu for a second or two at a time, it's sustained max that hurts. To track...

I'd always opt for replication over a code solution. If you can keep the data divided so that it only get's written to on one server, that's optimal and you...

Definitely two distinct tasks. To get the data in, the easiest way is DTS. If you right click on the table or database, you'll get an option to import data....

Collation might well be the deciding factor. If not for that, I'd be considering rows instead of columns. Using text columns offsets the performance issues to a large degree, your...

No way to do it other than a trigger on every table. Or to include the same date stamping in all your update stored procs. If you just want to...

Possibly

Agree that losing blank lines doesnt make sense. Not something we're doing on purpose, will look into this as well.

Already have change to the stars on the list. We can adjust the score ranges to match the old ones as well.

Will add to the list. Hang in there a bit longer.

Sorry you didnt get an answer Bill, I've been pretty busy trying to fix the little stuff associated with the upgrade.

Wasnt a conscious decision on our part, its what came with the forums package. Will see what we can do. We know we're missing some stuff still, we're planning to...

Added to the list. Its actually in a later version of the forum code, we'll see what that looks like when it arrives.

Glad the seach is working. Frank, I agree the who's online thing is more interesting than I thought it would be.

We'll definitely add that, its not part of the base package. Not sure on timeframe yet, Im hoping within a week. Got a few urgent bugs to resolve first.

Good. I didnt want to turn the banners off everywhere, tonight I'll work on why the banner code is causing the problem. Only happens on some banners which is why...