Jack has to behave. He's bringing his wife to the dkRanch in a few weeks and...

Kevin's book: SQL in a Nutshell (recommended).

It does sound like a varchar and a complex constraint from a DDL perspective. A nightmare from a DML perspective.

Click the forum title at the top (Administering), then click "New Topic"

Just got this from a friend: http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-set-datatype.html

He says SET is generally considered a bad idea. It only allow SET datatypes to be stored. Not sure what this would be in...

Please start a new thread with your message and include the results of FILELISTONLY.

From what I see in the MYSQL reference.

ALTER TABLE X CHANGE col1 col2

Does a name change of the column. So col1 is renamed col2.

http://php.about.com/od/learnmysql/p/alter_table.htm

The SET is something I don't see...

I would invite you to ask your backup person to restore your database to a point in time on another server using the latest "log" backup. That will let you...

I have corrected the question to say that it is for SQL Server 2008 R2 (using the latest reference), noted that it can be moved in 2005, and then awarded...

The White Shadow? That's you isn't it? I can still (almost) dunk a basketball.

Twitter is a lot like The Thread, only moving at a slightly faster pace.

You can sign up and just follow people, not posting yourself.

SQLSaturday is still transitioning from Andy and I to the PASS group and they're learning. Getting a new email setup for each event is a logistical issue for them right...

My wife got me a new hat this past weekend. I was wearing it when I went to take water out to a...

Chris,

The last few jobs I've had...

Another vote for Jefferey and Simon. Use Cluster Manager, leave the services alone.

I'd agree with Jeffrey here that SSIS is a better solution. While you can access the csv in real time, you'll essentially be pulling the entire file into SQL each...