No good way, but one thing I've done is have a job store the current version in a table in each db. That way if I restore a db in...

Gail means use a one way hash. So when someone enters a password, you store it like this:

insert SystemPasswords select 'Steve', pwdencrypt( 'MyPassword')

Then when someone logs into the system, you...

GilaMonster (9/22/2011)

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I know the feeling....

Hmm, I might debug this by having the procedure run one of those steps and see if it works. It sounds almost like you have some delegation or impersonation issue,...

djackson 22568 (9/21/2011)

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Yes it does take each person making a small effort. My point is that while that goal is laudable, I don't believe it is realistic. That...

Ugh, webinar done on DR this am. I hate these online things. No feedback from the audience makes me slightly insane.

you've really got to format your errors and code and separate them out, as well as ask a question in a professional manner if you want help.

I think you have...

djackson 22568 (9/21/2011)

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And you want us to worry about things like whether a business is closed?

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We are fighting against significant odds of success. I would love to see our...

GSquared (9/21/2011)

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On the point of Linux "not taking over the world", keep in mind that iOS and Android are both *nix-based systems, as is OS X. So *nix may...

Just a note, in case you didn't see it, Jeff's interview is up: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Exceptional+DBA+Awards/75986/

Here's one using SMO, which is what I think the GUI uses, though perhaps less efficiently.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Maintenance+and+Management/30483/

It might appear to freeze the client, as SSMS might do, but if you have...

I asked on Twitter and got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Dayworld-Trilogy-Philip-Jose-Farmer/dp/0399129677

Doesn't ring a bell with me.

To add a little, both read the file and essentially index it, so they know where in the file object x is (which may be multiple places). That's the time...

Jan Van der Eecken (9/20/2011)

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From the other side of the world. Got my first ever practice as the second team's coach in Milnerton/Cape Town/South Africa behind me tonight. Wow, this...

Jim Murphy (9/21/2011)

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Steve,

Is there going to be a Guidebook for The Summit or the party events, to help us schedule them and get around town?

Also, I'm renting a...