Here you go. This is using AdventureWorks. Have fun:

CREATE VIEW y

AS

WITH x AS (SELECT *

FROM [HumanResources].[Employee]

)

SELECT * FROM x

GO

SELECT * FROM y

Please tell me that 260 tables were designed with a clustered index as part of the design.

If you left the clustered index off all the tables as you built the...

Definitely BOL as stated above.

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You can't trap errors in 2000. TRY/CATCH was introduced in 2005 in order to provide error trapping.

I apologize, but I've never heard of the nested update statement before. I ran it through Google and BOL. I'm not seeing it anywhere.

System catalog view:

SELECT * FROM sys.servers

It's one of the properties, is_rpc_out_enabled.

Look up the EXECUTE statement in BOL:

EXECUTE ('USE STUFF;DROP INDEX OWNER_idx ON dbo.OWNER')

AT SQLnk

The linked server has to support RPC calls:

EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'SQLnk', @optname=N'rpc', @optvalue=N'true'

Oh, and, Warren Peace: SKY HIGH...

You can use IS_MEMBER() to determine the current users inclusion in a particular group. There are also a series of dynamic management views (DMV) that access security. Try sys.database_role_members and...

I'd heard C++ too. I don't recall the source though.

The error logs are just text files. You should be able to simply open them in a text editor, completely seperate from SSMS.

And since this is 2005, the sqlcmd command line utility as well.

I wish I had real wit, but all I can come up with is "Hey, Steve, you've got a groupie."

Seriously though Sandy, you left out Gail Shaw, NinjaRGR and a...

You've got perfect programmers too? Wow. Small world.

Seriously though, sounds like you're on the right track.

John Aherne (10/15/2007)

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wow. I have been an informal dba (i.e. the only person willing to look into it) since SQL 6.5 but I cannot answer any of those questions. I...

Steve Jones - Editor (10/15/2007)

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Some very interesting comments and thanks for the debate.

However I think Matt made a great observation. Be careful about moving to a new employer because the...