Steve, let me know if you'd like help with any...

spaghettidba (11/17/2014)

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During the weekend the spam rate was so high that it came in faster than I could report it.

Some things come to my mind:

1) Isn't there a captcha for...

No problem. You've earned it - it's a great presentation that delves into how it really works. The dust bunnies must...

I particularly like the point Steve makes about email. Companies put security policies and technical controls in place, then employees inundate each other with loads of email and attachments....

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/13/2014)

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Meow Now (11/13/2014)

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Security is expensive. More so in time than actual monetary costs. My company is pretty well locked down (Healthcare data)...even the usb and...

In either approach, the code will generate two plans - one for each statement. I think what Jeff was referring to it the staging database not having to log...

We have a configuration where our SQL Server reads files that were FTPed to us. We have them on separate servers and I'd recommend the same thing to you....

There are also buttons on the SQL Editor toolbar in SSMS that allow you to write the results to text, grid or file. I think the chances are probably...

It comes in waves. Steve posted something about a week ago that there was a performance issue with...

Jeff Moden (11/14/2014)

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And, yeah... I'm in the process of setting up temporal partitioning with read only files that never need to be backed up again and I'll be able to...

I think I'd first verify the sanity of the question, then combine the shock of Michael's #1 and the logic of #2:

You've got to be kidding me. The design...

Inexperience

It depends completely on the structure of the table. Like Erikur said, duplication can be normalized to eliminate it.

Silly

GilaMonster (11/14/2014)

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Jason-299789 (11/14/2014)

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Gail/Lynn/Ed,

I don't disagree, and as Lynn states maybe if MS enforced it so that code wouldn't compile without the use of the statement terminators, like they do in...