I'll drop some topics out here for you. Here's a couple that I have saved up:

- Finding/changing the default backup location

- scheduling a trace

- duplicating the default trace, but larger...

Excellent. If you want to write on something, might post a note here so we don't have collisions. Good to get a 1-2 pager on common stuff that can be...

BTW, speaking of technical stuff....

I wonder if any of you would be interested in writing to fill holes? I keep finding posts here, and elsewhere that someone answers a question...

Whew, for a second I thought I was going to learn something on The Thread.

I do make some jokes about Access, but it's a valid tool. In fact, you've got me thinking about another piece on the topic.

Ron Porter (10/27/2010)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/27/2010)

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When I was going in IT, if you could spell VB, you COULD get a job. If you could get a few letters...

You can save/load trace information into a table.

Gail and Tom have given you the options that will work best. There is no other object that tracks this stuff.

That's pretty cool. I'm sure...

Or the hairy legs under a short skirt kilt

Some of the smaller manufacturers aren't careful. In the 90s we had two separate NICs have duplicate MACs when we bought an off brand.

Yes, what Matt said. If you delete the old backup first, and you don't have another copy, you are at a point in time when you cannot recover if the...

confident, I like that.

When I was going in IT, if you could spell VB, you COULD get a job. If you could get a few letters after your name (first, CNE, then MCSE),...

mtillman-921105 (10/26/2010)

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You remind him of which one? Steve or Bill? 😀

That's really funny by the...

One note at the bottom, and this is referenced from other places : http://vyaskn.tripod.com/object_naming.htm

http://belham.com/sql-server/naming-convention-for-your-sql-server-database/

Not a lot I see out there. I think MS encourages "easy names" for users.

http://corypeters.net/2009/06/admin-and-end-user-naming-conventions/