We had this problem when there was a SET IDENTITY INSERT ON statement inside the cursor. Apparently, there are some non-obvious actions that are considered schema changes.

If you have several large indexes on a table it is entirely possible the index file will grow faster than the data files. Take a look at the structure of...

This is why all changes to production servers should be tested in a non-production environment first. I don't think that putting email processes on a SQL Server is good practice. Our...

My company has formal documentation requirements for new databses, users, logins, etc. on production servers. Per the policy, all objects must have an owner, so a request for a new...

I'm on a two month trip overseas, so I had to make a similar, though not so limited, choice (I have a 1GB and a 2GB card for my mp3...

I don't think we will see tape go away any time soon. How do you take data offsite if you don't have tape? I do think disk can help improve...

ISNULL frequently causes this sort of problem. We've had to rewrite a number of queries to change ISNULL to an or statement to improve performance.

US Customs has had the ability forever to prevent just about anything from entering the country until they are convinced it is legal and not a danger. The Fourth Amendment...

Use Right Click->Open in New window to view the next page. This eliminates the need to use the Back arrow to return to the base page.

You might be able to get some info from the links at the wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imdb. There's a link to IMDB interfaces in the article.

We can't use groups as the ID's are sa equivalents and we don't want users to have that kind of access. The app reads the encrypted SQL ID and password...