I agree this is a bit misleading. I'm not sure what triggered me to think about this, but since there aren't details, this should be the estimated plan, with the...

If you uninstall SQL Server, the data files are still there, but there isn't any linkage from SQL Server to the files. When you reinstall, you need to "attach" the...

Congrats, Rod. I'm hoping to hike more. Need to get an ankle fixed in a few months, but then will aim for more walking/hiking around.

It should be a double interview for sure. I coached my son to think this. However, that's hard to understand when you need a position and there is some concern...

you are connecting with the new name, at least that's what the OE shows. Since I can't see what you ran in which order, it would appear the servername is...

You (Damir) haven't quite explained well what you did or what you need? If you are getting table names in Access, but not data, you might have a permissions problem....

I've worked on a number of financial and high volume systems. Many of those systems have test accounts in them, precisely to allow system-to-system tests.

However, for most tests. it's a...

Almost never is test/dev secured as well as production. This is a place where many data breaches have occurred.

While this isn't as much of an issue for you, Rod, in...

I'm not sure what we do now. I know that a report now hides the post as SPAM immediately, not needing 3, so I asked what the status of things...

No one in particular, just the discussion in general.

I would prefer most people teach/mentor, rather than just provide code. As much as I like seeing solutions when I have a...

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Trying to hide "business logic" is pretty much a waste of...

I don't quite know how I feel about this person, though I haven't looked through many posts. I do see them thanking people, which is (sadly) all too rare.

I may...

Phil is using the technique from this article: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/the-numbers-or-tally-table-what-it-is-and-how-it-replaces-a-loop-1

sa, or any sysadmin, can get to anything on the instance, except for encrypted data to which the key is not stored in SQL Server.

We have a spam engine, but it takes some reports to start recognizing these. Blocking keywords isn't as easy or simple as you think.

Spam comes in waves, we deal with...