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blandry (11/10/2010)

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I think automated roads are unlikely to ever happen, let alone work. Its like smoking... We all know its bad, but there are still tons of smokers...

The only way that you can store multiple values in a variable like this is to store them in a string

DECLARE @State varchar(30)

SET @State = '''VIC''', '''QLD'''

Where do the values...

The main thing is that you probably have a VLF at the end of the log file. What you need to try to move the log. I'd think that your...

7, or 32,768

How hard do you think...

See Gilamonster's post earlier. You should not be regularly shrinking the log.

Actually I think a big problem is so many business people running technology companies, and the pride of doing something well being slipped in favor of making a ship date....

Very true, Alvin, but I'd argue that I've come across lots of stuff that I "shouldn't" install on an MS device. And with Apple having hundreds of thousands of apps,...

Thanks for the update, George. Old guy here used to lots of deprecated stuff that I need to update in the bio-kb.

So I use a fingerprint reader on my Win 7 laptop and it's great. Very convenient, especially as I can boot from my fingerprint and log in.

However, there still...

Thanks for the update, and glad it's working. The network can have big issues.

Note that you can mitigate this if you must do it. You can add a 2nd network...

Interesting. Not sure this one rates much time now, but we are talking about perhaps moving to a simpler, more custom forum code.

I'll add this to the list as...

Kit G (11/9/2010)

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Alvin Ramard (11/9/2010)

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Microsoft will likely be releasing a tablet type PC in the spring. If it's not too heavy, then it might be the best choice for a...

Replication can work. There is a "do not replicate deletes" and you can read about it here:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Replication/3202/

Replication is minimal load. You could also use SSIS, but it would be a...

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