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...

Maybe the Full Text Indexes need to be rebuilt?

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So, the trace / profile ran without a hitch last night. The "extra" backup job is being kicked off by the SQL VSS writer. What I *THINK* may...

Grrr. I started my capture a little too late on Thursday, now I need to try again tonight...

GilaMonster (11/22/2012)

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Two backup jobs.

If you are running differentials that second...

paul.knibbs (11/21/2012)

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Can someone explain in what way SNAPSHOT doesn't meet the stated requirements? That's the answer I selected and I always like to know exactly how I've been a helpless...

Kinky!

I wouldn't think it would be a priority.

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If this were a client asking me to implement something like this in our program, it'd be classed as a "wish-list" item. ...