Threadmerised - I've finally caught up reading this one and The Thread - it's boosted the flexi time considerably.

I agree with Gail about sorting out the article and especially the script indexing.

If I google for a script I will usually find an SSC answer at or close...

Blue Peter code - for something chucked together then re-used. Named from the UK childrens' tv program Blue Peter running since I was a child in the early sixties, where...

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I've found that data source changes can get lost if the job is edited even if you don't touch that bit. You have to tick the box at the left...

A good accountant and lawyer is your answer. One accountant friend once issued a winding-up order againt G.E.C. when they wouldn't pay one of his small clients. Payment was then...

I originally wondered if it was by Charles Babbage or Ada Lovelace as it was appropriate even then.

I've got Japanese Knotweed in the garden and no weed is worse 🙁

The extra strength Roundup 3000 from the local farmers supply store is now winning but it's the fifth...

Why not ask your DBA for a script of the database tables, views and procs? Or for an empty copy of the database created from a script on which you...

Thanks Steve-3_5_7_9. I'll check that out. I'd given up with SSIS on the cluster as it was set up by someone who doesn't usually install our SQL Servers and SSIS...

I think I tried the deployment utility once and gave up. We just use SSMS to set up folders in msdb and then "Save a copy of package as..." to...

I keep up by looking at the active postings in the daily newsletter. And keeping a post-it note of which page I'm up to in The Thread:-D

I've been a developer for thirty years and got into SQL for the last job in a small team when us two developers did a fast track SQL 7 course,...

You'll probably get asked to change all the sa passwords when he's gone but beware as there are many bought in apps relying on the sa password being set inside...

With many DBAs in option A, as a contractor you are going to be stuck in a little niche doing what you already know - there's usually little training for...