I agree that one should try to be "replaceable." As Jeff M pointed out, being replaceable means taking a vacation in peace, enjoying time with your friends and family...

Sigh. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Server that hosts our accounting and time card databases decided to start acting up yesterday.

Made some changes to the...

David Lester (12/6/2012)

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Ie, a group which focuses on the get it done, off the desk, and checked off, idea of "we are doing good" which has no other counter views...

bobbies

No, BluRay won the hi-def "war." HDDVD never really caught on.

Jason

Miles Neale (12/5/2012)

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Did I read the article right? If you have an employee who does a good job, is somewhat driven to get the job done but sees value...

The Dixie Flatline (12/4/2012)

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jasona.work (12/3/2012)

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OK, is it just me, or do I manage to kill topics by posting in them?

I posted the last response in one of the Editorials, almost...

I think having the SQL installer give the option to setup Database Mail during install, as well as possibly some "best practices" alerts would be a great help, especially for...

OK, is it just me, or do I manage to kill topics by posting in them?

I posted the last response in one of the Editorials, almost the last response to...

You mean this story: The Movie...

Here's one possibility why it may not be working: MSDN Forum: enter a product key into a trial installation of sql server 2008 enterprise edition

If your Eval version is...

If our devs had used the patient ID value as the identity, it would have been a (10,10) seed. The way the current billing application handles patient IDs is...

Hmm, the topic of this editorial sounds strangely, familiar...:Whistling:

Situations like this, it doesn't help when the manager is / was a technical person, but in an area that has nothing...

I like the thought of targeted learning. I've not gone to many conferences like PASS (OK, I've been to *1,* the SQL in the City, and a few MS...

Presuming your SysAdmin guys are using Data Protection Manager (full name from MS: System Center Data Protection Manager 20XX) to back up the server, there's a few "gotchas."

First, DPM...