Gail, what do you mean by "one off shrink"? Is that sort of like watching the growth of the transaction log file, and if it gets big then shrink it?

OK, it definately looks like shrink the database files is not a good idea. I get that.

How about shrinking the transaction logs? Even the linked to article by...

Thank you for this.

Thank you, Jeff, for that handy SQL script. I've saved it. Right now I ran it on our test database server. The growth precentages (the last column...

I'm restricting myself to only the movies I've seen, which are also nominated for Best Picture in the 84th annual Academy Awards. I've seen The Artist, Hugo, The Help...

I admit to being one of those people who is intolerant of failure on my own part. It isn't a good trait, but there it is.

However, I want to...

What a nice post, Steve, thank you! And I echo it; I've gotten lots of help from this website and these forums over the years. And I learn...

jcb (2/14/2012)

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Sure, someday I ill print "I see...

Thank you, I'll take a look at that blog.

OK, right off I've got to tell you that I'm not familiar with Report Server Configuration Manager.

So, I got into it on the report server. On the left side...

Oh, interesting, I didn't realize. Thank you...

meridius10 (2/3/2012)

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I just have a question relating to ADO.NET and SQLCLR (which is a newbie question!).

Which should I use in SQL Server 2008 R2, or are they both different/both need...

Thank you, Randy Rabin and GSquared, for giving me code examples using semicolons, especially with respect to keywords like BEGIN and END. I'll start using semicolons in more of...

Gary Varga (2/2/2012)

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Rod at work (2/2/2012)

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Semicolons will at some point be required in T-SQL? Really? I've seen it used in some cases, but am completely uncertain as to...

Semicolons will at some point be required in T-SQL? Really? I've seen it used in some cases, but am completely uncertain as to when they are to be...