There are a couple articles, but the two that caught my eye were in the paper editions over the last few weeks. For some reason, they're not on the web.

I'm...

I can commit some time to help review things. Not sure it's a steady per day, but time every week is doable.

If we can outline a structure and build some...

Thanks for the update, and I am surprised at the difference in the log with the clustered index removal. I would tend to agree that it doesn't necessarily make sense.

I'm...

I think the silence from PASS is a lack of resources. They are working on transitioning SQL Saturday, which is a higher priority than most other things. Plus they have...

Tom Brown (4/20/2010)

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Tom.Thomson (4/20/2010)

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Gianluca Sartori (4/20/2010)

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Tom, just out of curiosity, what does your signature mean? I think it's Scot-Gaelic and you look very Scottish (my Scottish uncle could be...

In terms of confusion, is this just because of restores? Or is there something else?

You ought to be copying all these to another location. You can use the RESTORE HEADERONLY...

Glad you liked it. I thought it was pretty funny when I saw it as well. I wonder if it worked at all, or if they ran down the street...

I agree that you need Windows Auth here for good auditing. If you allow people, including sysadmins, to use SQL Auth, all you will get is the login they used...

How do you like the Highlander hybrid? Good mileage for you?

Ray,

It was a good question, and I think the answers are pretty well qualified as to what people do.

How do you qualify "mostly with SQL Server" if you're a...

I added some levels to the count. Didn't announce it since they really only applied to me for now. Jeff/Lynn/Gal soon.

No effect here, but I know a few people that have cancelled trips to PASS Europe because they can't get flights.

I'm not sure it will cause problems if you have the time and resources to do it, but there's no need for rebuilding all indexes.

Michelle's script, Hot linked: http://sqlfool.com/2009/06/index-defrag-script-v30/, works...

George has the best advice. Use the configuration manager to assign the account. It will assign the permissions needed.

I don't think BCP/Bulk Import would help here.

If space is at a premium, I would look to resolve that issue. Isn't data likely to grow? Meaning more log space needed?

You...