I think public has the same issues as datareader. It doesn't handle exceptions well.

You can backup and restore from a filegroup, but you need a full backup on which to base this. I'm not sure a filegroup backup would fit well in this...

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The license key from SS2K8 shouldn't work. You'd need a new one,

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Thanks.

Look for Mr. White's optimizer series over the next few weeks.

No idea. I'll test tomorrow

Somewhat. We weren't open source. I'm looking for a few people that want to give back to the community, and can build a better framework than I can.

I'll work on...

Essentially I'm looking for an open source type project. Something that anyone could use, but I'd like to set it up and host it as a community site for technology...

Probably a separate thread, but what's the menial workload? What do you do on a regular basis? I'd post that elsewhere, and perhaps see if there's automation or a way...

I like VMs better. Easier to slide to another machine, and I think the memory split can be more efficiently used.

With instances, you can't really control one v the others...

jcrawf02 (8/30/2010)

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ok.....so, going to give voice to a thought I've been having lately. If PASS's main goal is to facilitate knowledge, and the value they bring to members does not...

Once price, all 7 conferences. If you're a hybrid person, and more and more of us are, it might be better. My first time this Nov, and I'll let you...

I will be there. Look me up

Not sure I understand? Wouldn't a skipped question have a -1?

For the answer, is a blank because it was skipped different than a blank because they didn't know the answer?

I would agree, but it does make an argument that NULLS can be problematic. I...