I've debated this with people a few times and I tend to agree with Gail. Publishing a set of criteria (xx forum posts, yy blogs, zzz speaking engagements, etc) would...

Andy Leonard (2/7/2010)

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Interesting thoughts Tony!

Recently, MVP nominations were opened to the public. Anyone can now nominate someone for MVP at the public MVP site - you can even nominate yourself....

Remote connections are disabled by default, but they can easily be enabled.

What connection string are you using? It appears that you haven't necessarily specified an instance from the error, and...

We have a bunch of articles (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/tags/Integration+Services+%28SSIS%29) on SSIS and we have a new series starting soon that goes through the basics. It will go out over the next few...

I'd put Streaminsight in the ugly since it's just in Data Center edition. I might also put the fact that Enterprise has some lower limits on hardware though they're not...

That's an important fact to remember. The backup includes changes up until the backup finishes, not starts.

and a step to the right?

I shall disrgard this question and award points to everyone as well as mark a future "THis is correct answer.

I still disagree with the restart. In that content, the "restart"...

I think a lot of the bloatware is that we keep thinking that adding more more thing appeals to a new person, rather than perhaps removing something else that might...

There is no single way to get this done. What you ought to read is more on what types of HA are available and what options you have.

You can read...

LOL, we may not have the best database design, but I'd like to think my brand new servers would manage the delete before you were aware.

However I have the feeling...

just an FYI. A great networking story for you folks out there: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/tim_mitchell/archive/2010/02/05/A-New-Season-_2D00_-A-Networking-Success-Story.aspx

LOL, actually I'm left handed though I played right handed as a kid until high school. I carry

- left handed outfielder's mitt (all OF)

- right handed infielder's mitt (1st...

First, you need to learn some terminology so we can help you. There is no "incremental" backup in SQL Server. There are backups that function as an incremental might work...

And you need to be sure you can get to 80mph in order to get that backup taken.