sean 93151 (12/21/2015)

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We disable SA on all DB servers but still generate a random 32 character SA password that is recorded nowhere just to be safe. Except of course for...

Big fan of Ola's Backup/Integrity scripts but I am also a big fan of Minion Index, so I will try Minion Backup on my sandbox and play around with that....

Excellent article.

qh

+1 from me. Great article, cheers.

qh

I all cases where you DON'T have any SSRS running, your good to go and apply SP3 regardless if it is RTM, SP1 or SP2. If you do have...

I think I read somewhere from SQL 2008 onwards all SP's can simply be uninstalled without the need for SQL Server to be reinstalled.

Also be aware if you have any...

Great article, a question I've just thought of (and it might go in your "Post Work" section) is a traceflag check. So if you have a number of traceflags (1222,...

From an operational DBA who doesn't get to play around with this sort of thing, it's still valuable to know.

Thank you.

qh

Great article, thank you.

qh

For my own laptop I use prey software[/url] which is a paid subscription (for three devices) but there is a free service.

My own company laptop isn't worth stealing for the...

Great article as I've found SB to be one of the most underused and misunderstood SQL Server features (along with Resource Governor) and there's a distinct lack of info on...

chrisn-585491 (7/27/2015)

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The SQL Server community has been the main reason I haven't gone totally to over to OSS with database development. Think about that. (The fact that C# and F#...

Nice, I had a Vitesse, best car I ever owned.

qh

Followed your steps and it worked first time, thanks great article.

Could have added Triumph Vitesse to the stock list. 😉

qh

Nice article Perry and I have enjoyed reading the overall stairway. Quick question I have would like to gauge your thoughts on (and anyone else reading this):

Current...