There's a difference between leading a group and leading a department. 99% of the directors and higher level managers, those on top, don't know how most of our technology works....

Are you sure a user db was restored? Did you do the restore? I wouldn't be surprised if someone clicked something by accident.

Lenovo W510, 15", quad core, only 4GB RAM for now.

Anyone can lead an organization. It's not necessarily something you learn by being a programmer, a DBA, a sysadmin, etc. They are different skills.

DBAs are in demand, but you ought...

I'll check and see where the webmaster email is. There should have been a reply sent to you if one came through. My apologies on that.

The site hasn't been down...

Yikes, ouch, hey. Still not fixed. Ordering a new one now, finally

I'd also verify that your sp_configure and other settings are the same. I am assuming when you say physical migration that you are changing boxes? Or do you mean that...

Typically I've found that there are data problems in files that are not obvious. What I'd suggest is that you look at the package and set the batch size to...

Try CASTING the value to time to be sure it is in the proper format.

I've awarded back all points and then changed the question to just have a right answer and wrong answer.

Apologies. This one slipped by

I think it's in larger companies, but I've worked in some where we had groups (3-4 people) that just managed space.

Once you get large SANs, it can be a...

I think you've moved my mind a little on this, Jeff. I have avoided simple comments for years, often because it does seem to waste time to me. However, a...

If you get a mail, you have already posted in the thread. So you should have some idea of what's in there.

I think what you really need are some good software agents, maybe even AI based, that can help tag things based on context, time, location, etc. Adding in all the...

I believe stove-piped in this case means someone would be responsible for a service, like Dynamics, and would work on ensuring the server, storage, application, db, etc. all work.