Someone asked that "Business acumen" be defined, but I don't think it ever was (although, in 23 pages, I might have missed it, I'll admit). I'm not going to go...

Personally, I like Mr Klaft's suggestion of a chicken suit.

AndyD (1/9/2009)

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Well, ladies never suffer flatulence, at least in public.... OK, point taken.

And a nice bit of management-speak too. Obviously everyone modifies their behaviour depending on circumstance, surroundings, situation,...

AndyD (1/9/2009)

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I am surprised at several posts here which admit that they "dress-up" when they, or their boss, deem the situation requires it. This to me is disingenuous. Your presentation,...

If you're on your own, it's fairly obvious that what you wear and how you act make no tangible difference. However, when you have to interact with other people, what...

He, he

I can just see the new posts being typed right now

"Dear SSC

Plz tell me what makes a good DBA and what else I need to know to become one.

No,...

At the risk of sounding flippant, your main responsibilities as a production DBA will be what your company states they are in your new job description. Of course, the various...

Well, I'm happy to say I do work for a company I'd recommend to a friend as an employer, and I work for an IT department that generally feels "right"....

Thanks for that. Yes, I know, and my apologies that I didn't explain myself quite as clearly as I ought in my original post. However, I've already amended those settings...

Growing old.

I'm addicted to it, even though it gives me no pleasure, and I can't kick the habit. And that's a pity, given I'd really like to live long enough...

I must admit I use SQLRecon, and it works well. However, it's only a reactive tool.

Don't forget how you can take control back again. No server can interact with the...

Dr. Diana Dee (11/24/2008)

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If you have Server 2003, perhaps you could run the experiment and report back to us. NT version 5.2 and version 6.0 should behave the same...

At the risk of being obvious, your scenario mentions SQL 2005 running on Windows Server 2003, whilst your tests were SQL 2005 running on Vista. Have you subsequently carried out...

OK, Vishacad.

Now your only real problem is that the drive mapping only exists in that session. To get the drive mapped BEFORE anyone logs into a session, so that it's...

Yes-ish.

Whenever I put something in to handle an event or act on a subset of data, I write something to let me see the opposite too - all the data...