I love figuring things out on my own, even stupid little things that one would expect a DBA to know...

Like how to restore a DB to a different server, without...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/22/2013)

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roryp 96873 (1/21/2013)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/18/2013)

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roryp 96873 (1/18/2013)

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Anyone ever been to Chase Field in Phoenix? I am going to be down there...

Having played with Server 2012 some at home, there is one MASSIVE advantage over Server 2008 when dealing with the "core" install.

Server 2012, the GUI is an installable / uninstallable...

Cool, gotcha!

So seeing as the DB / tables in our app all have identity columns (Int, increasing) inserts will happen at the end, so there's not really a driving reason...

OK, so I'd like to confirm something, and then toss out a variation on Steve's fill factor script.

Fill factor 0 = 100% full on each page (no free space) so...

Here's my understanding of blade systems (bear in mind, I have no direct experience with blades)

Each individual blade in the system, is a "stand-alone" server which only shares power and...

Michael L John (1/21/2013)

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I just bought a Subaru Outback 2 months ago. In 35 years of driving, this is the best vehicle I have ever owned.

I get 25 MPG...

I never said the brands I forgot had to be *affordable*

😀

I think most likely there's only two ways I could ever say I drive a Lamborghini (maybe three):

1. Become...

Like the old days, when you could use Solitaire to determine if your new PC was faster, by how fast the cards dropped when you won...

Then, MS updated it to...

I don't think it's the spaces. I just tried adding a Domain Group with spaces on my SQL, and it worked without a problem.

I've tried it with the SQL...

Ah, the good old days of the "Turbo" button...

I wonder how many of those were just wired up to show a higher number on the MHZ LEDs on the front,...

/blues harmonica wailing in background

I got the potential new job nerves!!!

Kinda wish I was home!

Yeah, I've applied with a company, and at this point, the only thing that could stop...

I'm going to say that it's likely we'll see this within the next 10 years.

While everyone is pointing out that more and more of this can be pushed into the...

I read through this topic, and it's becoming very personal for me...

Later today I have a short phone screen, tomorrow an over-the-phone tech screen for a new position.

I'm actually trying...

Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)GenCon actually has a housing bureau for the convention. I think I heard that Dragon*Con was going to so something similar at some point. Really, they should. It...