Thanks, everyone, and SQL Saturday #60 was great. I enjoyed Jeff's session, and conversation. Ron (bitbucket) made the hotel deals and helped ensure the event ran very smoothly, and gave...

djackson 22568 (2/7/2011)

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Applicants should be honest. It is better in the long run. Companies need to wake up, however, and stop treating people like dogs. They will...

If you need more help, search for cross tab query or report. That's what you are doing. You can also look at the PIVOT command.

SPIDs are reused, and I don't think you can track this down. Not sure if anything that you are looking for is in the default trace, but worth a look.

The...

Burning data to DVDs is somewhat irrelevant. That's a file copy operation, and it can be a good way to transfer data. Since you cannot burn from SQL Server, the...

I had the pleasure of Mr. Moden's company at dinner for a couple hours tonight at SQL Saturday #60. If any of you find yourself in the same town as...

Yes, Steve can't spell. I completely blame Firefox for...

Cleveland, Ohio....Ohio.....Ohio.... (think Drew Carey)

Tom, I'm less than concerned with debates in the editorial forum, or this Anything Not about SQL forum. Those are there for opinionated debate. It's the technical threads I worry...

I'm not calling out any particular person, and I've certainly been guilty of posting a few less than professional things in my time. I'm just asking you to think about...

SHUTDOWN is a T-SQL command, so you need a connection to execute it. It's the same, essentially, as clicking "Stop" in Services.

If you can't connect to SQL, have you tried...

On a lighter note, I paid my fees to play baseball here in 2011.

Now I need to start throwing.

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Nope, I'm about to start a new install of 2005 and see if I see it. Don't remember the "name/company" thing in the R2 install I did