WayneS (7/8/2011)

Does this mean...

that is great. A nice read

Umm, should I disable a few accounts today?

BTW, this is interesting: http://gigaom.com/cloud/facebook-trapped-in-mysql-fate-worse-than-death/

TGIF

Actually not so much. Leaving for the UK on Sunday, will be out of touch for most of the next week. Behave.

Be aware that indexed views are good, but if you use them, you are increasing the load on your database. This view has to be maintained whenever you change data...

I've not had an issue with service accounts and saving passwords, except when I have shared accounts.

Make sure that you pick a domain account that DOES NOT have "change password...

Just to be clear, you are seeing a SQL backup in msdb..backuphistory from VMWare and there aren't any jobs setup?

It's certainly possible, and I would agree with CarpenterBob that you...

A couple of things to look at then.

RTO: What's the time to restore in a disaster, and what does that mean for lost work/productivity or sales. Put numbers to it...

If you run this in SQL Server, what happens?

select distinct Region

from RegionTable

Use your own field/table names.

I'm not sure I understand. Are you striping the backup across 7 files to one Data Domain device? Is that a single array/LUN/drive?

The speed in backup comes from multiple physical...

Possibly something with SQL, but I wouldn't think so if other clients can connect. Unless it's a shared DLL somewhere.

It could be OS related, but it's definitely some call in...

Enjoy, Ray.

Looks like my first game will be Aug. My wife is planning a team builder with her company for the Rockies/Dodgers.

If SQL is not case sensitive, you ought to be getting back just one row there. What query are you running, or how are you doing this. If Crystal is...

I'd run a trace to see where it hangs, but it almost sounds like a corrupt client tools issue. I might reinstall just the client tools