The company I work for has an internal charity that the money goes to. It is used to help employees in need. The concept is kind of nice.

The...

Great to see someone finally point this out. Now if only we can get people to listen. I predict that only 3% of the 11% of managers who...

john.riley-1111039 (6/17/2015)

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The scenario described seemed extraordinarily confrontational. You do not want other folk preventing you from getting your job done, and guess what? Nor does anyone else. ...

While I agree with the concept, I don't think this would work in reality. I have seen a lot of arguments where one side is arguing for the solution...

Now THAT was funny!

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/12/2015)

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I'm for neutrality in terms of not prioritizing traffic based on source. However, I don't think that this means Google or Netflix can't pay for...

GoofyGuy (4/8/2015)

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Wayne, I think Fujitsu may still offer a PC-based COBOL compiler, although I'm far too lazy to Google it!

I agree, I enjoyed working with JCL, too. I started off...

Eric M Russell (5/12/2015)

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Gary Varga (5/12/2015)

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Eric M Russell (5/12/2015)

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I'd be willing to trust the cloud database provider, especially if it were Azure. They understand things like disaster recovery and service...

Gary Varga (5/7/2015)

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djackson 22568 (5/6/2015)

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Eric M Russell (5/1/2015)

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djackson 22568 (5/1/2015)

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I recall a discussion here regarding whether college is useful. This is an area where I think a good education...

Eric M Russell (5/1/2015)

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djackson 22568 (5/1/2015)

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I recall a discussion here regarding whether college is useful. This is an area where I think a good education is useful. Understanding...

RonKyle (5/5/2015)

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But if the filegroup would become corrupt, I've made it harder to recover.

Not necessarily. Depends on the type of corruption. If the system tables get hit, that's a...

RonKyle (5/4/2015)

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It's not just the defaults. Almost every database I come across has a single PRIMARY file. I always separate the system tables out like so:

Changing the file...

Eirikur Eiriksson (5/1/2015)

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djackson 22568 (5/1/2015)

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david.gugg (5/1/2015)

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We run a daily trace that captures SQL running longer that X seconds. This gives us a good idea of what SQL can be...

Eric M Russell (5/1/2015)

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Eric M Russell (5/1/2015)

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djackson 22568 (5/1/2015)

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Commenting mainly to benefit from what others share...

We are implementing a major product that solves this issue by having a shadow of...

david.gugg (5/1/2015)

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We run a daily trace that captures SQL running longer that X seconds. This gives us a good idea of what SQL can be tuned to provide the...