OK, now I'm confused. If a database regularly creates, say, 50 Mb a day in transactions, but once a year I create 500 Mb of transactions, then every day...

OK, that makes sense, Gail, thanks. I have no open transactions, so I'm guessing a very large transaction occurred at some point in the past and I've never issued...

Brian, same question as Grasshopper. I've search through your videos here on SQL Server Central, been to Jumpstart TV, and cannot find a video that ends where this one...

Thanks for the add'l info., Jeff - it makes sense, and I'm trying to learn why certain "standard practices" are, in fact, standards.

Your analogy to the mongoose is doubly relevant...

Thanks to both Chris and Jeff - I think I will take your recommendation and create a utility database for this purpose.

But, to my original question: is it possible to...

Shame, Shame, Evelyn! Eric's boss, Evelyn has been putting up with substandard performance for a very long time:

"(By then he'd been at the company for years.)"

according to the...

Thanks, this was a fictitious example. It's just before lunch, and I'm hungry!

Maybe I should head to Burger King?

🙂

That's it, thanks, Michael!

Thanks to all who replied. SSRS is something I will definitely look into.

To Michael Earl: I do appreciate the need for consistent reporting. Many times, however, I work...