Thanks a bunch. I'll start saving for a mid-life crisis. Oh hang on, interest rates have gone to...

I wasn't sure about the benefits of MOVE TO until I did a drop constraint and then inspected the table.

The data had shifted onto the desired filegroup so I would...

I understand the argument about not developing for 6 million products because getting a product to market, even with diminished functionality, will allow you to grab the high ground.

I disagree...

This is my big concern with agile development. "We will deal with it in the next itteration". ...

I've been playing with SSIS recently and have a love/hate relationship with it.

I've a feeling that some of the facilities do RBAR type operations rather than set based operations.

I know...

Have any of you guys heard of "information mapping"?

I believe it is a trademarked approach. I used to work for a company that produced tehnical manuals and was given...

Some of it I didn't figure out, other bits I could remember who was likely...

In the past 10 days I have been bitten by the "no documentation" ghoul.

If you have too much you can prune it, if you have too little then what do...

I am a fan of Innovasys DocumentX, although Red-Get SQL Documentor or APEX SQL Doc will do just as well.

What's hard about adding a summary, remarks, returns, parameter details and...

I can think of a few occassions where my knowledge of a particular industry has helped me in a different position.

You can be a good DBA with no industry specific...

Sounds like you want a 3 table design.

1. A "Tests" table holding your header information

2. A "Measuring Points" table holding that items that could be applied to each test.

3....

I rarely have to roll back a...

The average annual salary in the UK is around 24K. Some of the bankers in the city get bonuses that mean Mr average would have to work for 100...

In my environment we have a whole raft of health check reports and alerts