"Thous shalt know thy data"

Good up to a point, however some databases contains thousands of tables.

I think that a good general rule for all IT personnel (and in particular DBA's)...

I wish Microsoft would invent a license that caters for home use.  I know you can get learning editions of VB and VC and VC# but it would be great...

Sorry Frank, translation follows

FAST = Federation against Software Threat.

Microsoft licensing takes the complete opposite of your KISS approach.

Get your licensing wrong and you boss...

I think one thing that has come out of this thread is the need to prioritize your DR plan.

If your documentation is stored on an intranet then  a DR plan...

I didn't know that you could license SQL Server to a person.  I thought there were only two licensing options.

• CAL
• Per processor

In my case I deal exclusively with systems accessible via...

So basically DR is ensuring that your CV is up-to-date and backed up ready to mail at the drop of a hat

Thanks Steve & Andy,

Frank sent me copies and I was finally able to find my own copy in the company SPAM filter.  Talk about looking for a needle in the...

If you carry out SQL Server backups using product 'x' then you need to make sure that

• You can get hold of the installation disks for product 'x'?
• Does product 'x' have...

No, but we have the worlds most crap spam filter so it may be in there somewhere.

Is there any chance you could tell me the full senders address so I...

There are four (mis)quotes that spring to mind when someone bangs on about statistics.

1. He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts -- for support rather than illumination (Andrew...

Steve,

I take it that the authors only newsletter is separate from the site newsletter?

If so is it for the guest authors such as myself?

Thanks

Do you have tables created by users other than the dbo?

For example, do you have a dbo.orders and a myuser.orders table?

A DBA should seek to increase awareness of issues (such as security) to management and developers.  You can lead a horse to water....etc.

A DBA should not seek to turn their work...

Actually I tend to use Firebird as my default browser and SQLServerCentral works fine in its existing form.

In fact, if you see the bug fixes you will see that I...

Why not create your stored procedure to do your aggregation into a summary table then use MS Excel to do your Crosstabs?