I think I follow Tom, though I'm not sure.

I do agree that a qualifier of some sort, different for each domain, may be what is needed. In practicality, the issue...

Paul White NZ (8/24/2010)

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@steve-2, Jack, Wayne: Getting out to the States is something I would definitely like to do at some stage.

@steve-2: Thanks for the offer to republish on SSC...

A differential backup is an incremental. Please use that terminology or it becomes hard to talk about this. As Jason mentioned, the more changes that occur, the further (in time)...

This is a good place to post. Thanks.

I'd agree with Jorge that it's worth checking out those articles. You're asking for a lot of documentation there, and so much if it might vary depending on your environment...

What do you mean? How to design the hardware for a server? Or set it up?

If you want less than a few hours of data loss, you need to make more differentials or add log backups.

There are numerous third party backup software products that can...

Not sure I helped, but thanks for the update. I wouldn't think pending updates were the issue, and I suspect something else, but I'm glad it's working for you.

LocalSystem should have full rights. Did you check that individual file?

Have you tried restoring these files on another instance to rule out file issues?

Fair points, Nick, and it's a tough battle. Fairly rarely does IT have significant input into choosing the suppliers, at least from what I've seen in the US. It's typically...

Is this a DST thing?

That's tricky in and of itself. If I sell a widget (or record some event) at 8:05am, and then we have a DST rest at 8:59:59...

nick brandwood (8/24/2010)

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Steve,

I work for a company that produces software managing the Offer-To-Invoice phase Bid and Tender management, with some very large multinational companies managing hundreds of millions of dollars...

RobertYoung (8/24/2010)

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Adding modifying functionality will not only be dangerous, but also tick off the vendor; you're stealing from their rice bowl (or so they feel). Even if you pull...

joshusch (8/24/2010)

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From the editorial: "There are times that you might be tempted to change things in a database built a software company, or add objects to that database. In...

Nelson Petersen (8/24/2010)

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Some questions come to mind:

1.) If the purchased application is poorly designed or inadequately indexed, who made the decision to buy that software? The decision making...