Whenever an organization needs to build the next version of the platform or leverage some new technology, executive management complains that there is a shortage of software or database engineers....

The problem with restoring from a snapshot or transaction log backup is that you may end up "throwing out the baby with the bath water", meaning that legitimate changes made...

Tail

protest

Jim P. (3/27/2014)

But in the long run it worked out for me. I had five weeks off. My leftover vacation days paid for most of it. And now I have...

Yea, I could see firing someone...

This is just a shot in the dark, but try Googling or Binging the following:

+"sql server" +iFilter +PDF +text filestream semantic

Here are a few reasons why I'd fire the DBA, ordered by who I'd be more willing to fire first.

- When the DBA is not trustworthy or insonsistent: Through...

By default, BIDS / SSDT assumes that SQL Server and SSAS...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/26/2014)

Gary Varga (3/25/2014)

I use the connection colour option in SSMS. See 'Use custom color' and set up registered servers using the desired colours. I tend...

Creame

discontinuity

ambiguity

federation

Someone decides to run a script that updates 100 million rows in a billion row table; if you're the DBA, then you're going to have a handful of very bad...