Thanks for the update. I have executed SP3 with the /parameters that you have mentioned and it still don't install automatically. Is SP3 different that say SP2?

Usually we install SPs...

Hello everyone,

Has anyone figured out how to do the unattended installation of SP3 for SQL 2005?

I have check the option (with /?) but this still will not perform the unattended...

Love the interesting comments.

Not sure if I'm a generation X, Y, blah, blah, blah but I do know that it takes the right attitude to be successful. Here are...

Hello again,

Just ran the complete script on a SQL 2008 with SP1 and there was no problem with that DMV. You should check to see if you have permission to...

Hello,

No this table is not generated and actually it's not a table but a view. I haven't looked for it in SQL 2008 but check Books On Line (BOL) and...

Earlier in this forum several people mentioned creating an open source tool for monitoring. I'm wondering if members would actually be interested in doing this. I for one would love...

Thanks for the info SuperDBA. After looking at DBCC BYTES is seems to me that knowing the actual address for the login account is not easily done. Do you think...

After reading some of the comments I just have to ask a question.

How much is your database environment worth?

Sure you can "roll your own", I've created / use it...

Build or Buy, good question. I believe that building is a great way to really learn a lot about SQL server and is great for small companies that are money...

Has anyone actual verified that you can read the plain text passwords in memory? I've looked that the DBCC commands like INPUTBUFFER and OUTPUTBUFFER but can't seem to see how...

If people are using 1 password for many things then part of the issue is end user training. No patch or free app will fix that.

Good editorial!!

I fully agree with your comments on this and am wondering if this is not just another way for Sentrigo to get some press and possible clients. Have...

Hello everyone,

Please ignore my last comment as it was meant for another forum...Opps!

See DBAs are not always right 🙂

But to comment on this forum, if you create a loop that...

The code provide is not perfect, as everyone has there own idea on "perfect" code, but it does try to link to a server and if not able to connect,...

Very nicely done. This is a great way to tell how old the installation is.

I've having a problem with the execution on a SQL2005 (only tested one server). I...