Another vote for Embarcadero ER Studio. It's a very solid tool.

You might also want to look at SQL Dependency Tracker from Red Gate. It's not a modeling tool, but it's...

And remember, in addition to what everyone else has already correctly said about it, page life expectancy can change due to things that are not issues. It's pretty normal, for...

JBrosch (10/11/2013)

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ALL the benefits, I want I negotiate for myself (as a FTE or contractor), many of those you mention - general in the form of about $5 / hour...

A whole bunch of Threadizens here at SQL Saturday Charleston. I'm sitting next to Wayne as I type this.

Every Threadizen who makes it to the Summit must track me down...

lsager 34516 (10/11/2013)

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I think maybe, when people have been in a particular field for a long time, they may forget what it is like to be the newbie. This is...

Yep, Jonathan's blog and the Microsoft documentation are the way to go. Between the two you'll learn most of what you need.

yeah, that'll help. The buffers don't get too specific, or rather, they get way too specific. If you expand them out, there's all sorts of information. It's just that most...

Storage is just disks (or LUNs, or whatever). Nothing special about it at all. That's a big part of what makes it attractive. You don't have to have an specifics...

SQLRNNR (10/7/2013)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/7/2013)

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Panel cage match?...

Jack Corbett (10/7/2013)

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GilaMonster (10/7/2013)

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Jack Corbett (10/7/2013)

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I actually had a recruiter contact me about a contract in NYC with a title of Data Architect that they wanted...

Kurt W. Zimmerman (10/7/2013)

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Grant Fritchey (10/7/2013)

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Don't manually restore the database.

Create a script that restores the database and make the procedures you need part of the script (after the restore of...

This question was asked in more than one forum. Please put all further responses on this post since two of us have already responded over there.

Wait, didn't you already ask this question on another forum here at SQL Server Central?

Please don't do that. It leads to multiple answers and confusion across the discussions. As you...

Don't manually restore the database.

Create a script that restores the database and make the procedures you need part of the script (after the restore of course). You can then schedule...

You're going to need to be more specific.

SQL Server comes with a process called SQL Agent which is used for scheduling jobs, setting up alerts and other things. That is...