We've been using Teams for a lot of communication, but sometimes it's nice to get up and walk over to someones' desk, or turn the chair to chat with them.

One...

Found out the other week, we're likely to be working from home to the end of June 2021...

So I splurged and bought myself a new, more adjustable desk chair than...

Yes, because the backup is only the actual data in the database, as well as enough info to re-create the database files.  So you could have a 1TB size-on-disk but...

For me, one of the annoyances (easily fixed, but nonetheless) is the distinct lack of noise working from home.  I've found I need some sort of "white noise" in the background,...

You know I've been gone a while when Jeff replies to a question I posted with a Google search!

🙂

DISA MilCloud...

Frankly, I'd rather have gone to "Joe's stack-o-cheap servers," it'd probably have been a lot easier / smoother...

Not a problem Jeff, it's been a LONG time since I last posted (migration to our "cloud" provider is KILLING me!)

But yeah, I had high hopes for the SQLSkills result...

Thanks Jeff, but unfortunately those are the same results I get when I Google it.  I'll grant it might be a red herring I'm chasing with it, it's just the...

And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...

Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with and no...

And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...

Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with and no...

And now, how to put the brakes on a migration project...

Break your wrist on a bicycle ride so you only have one hand to type with and no immediate backup...

They saw that we still had accounts enabled on our OLD domain after we  had done our changeover.  Old domain was offline, so authentication would fail for any of...

A server which was created ONLY to host SSRS (created before I started, and at this point I was a good 6  years into being a DBA, so the...

Oh, come on, Jason. Our "wonderful" :rolleyes :vomit governor has only changed the date five times now. The actions have nothing to do with the actual data.  BTW,...

Yesterday my work announced that they were extending the work from home policy at least through Labor Day.  With me living in one state and working in another, that...