Jason Crider (2/25/2009)

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Ok, I agree on speed, compression, and encryption.

What about the portability of not deal with a third party file extension?

What about your backup and restore scripts working anywhere...

I would guess that depends on the tool.

Tools

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Uncheck the Include column headers in...

Someone want to explain what the statistics profile is saying? Looks like Greek to me, and i need the English translation. This is where I would be trying...

Not really sure. We are using HyperBac. It runs as a service and compresses our native run backups on the fly when they are done to one of...

jcrawf02 (2/25/2009)

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*sniff *sniff - smells like fish in here. :hehe:

I think perhaps what we're looking for are a couple of questions that need to be answered as part of the...

Not being a fisherman (when I was a kid and went fishing, all I caught were nibbles), I'll take this metaphor a little further. Teaching someone fish doesn't mean...

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Here is an example of what I would call well formatted code, but not to my personal standard. It won't take long for me to change some for me,...

Look up sys.databases in BOL (Books Online). If that doesn't help answer your question, let us know.

GilaMonster (2/25/2009)

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Teaching, but you can't teach...

Bob Hovious (2/25/2009)

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Hey G 🙂

It's not barrier to entry. Nobody has to take a test on the material. It's just something that first time...

I agree, there shouldn't be a barrier to entry. We, as mentors should try and help educate the neophyte on how best to ask for help. The first...

lmu92 (2/25/2009)

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From my point of view any type of best (or recommended) practice does not need to be mentioned as an "entry requirement for requests" unless there is any "reward"...

Roy Ernest (2/25/2009)

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That might push away a newbie from coming to the site. Thats not what Steve would want. Maybe when an OP asks a question, we could educate them...