Just got my email about the new season this morning for the old man's league. We report in 4.5 weeks!

It's definitely a data issue. As much as Jeff might not want to hear it, I think the quickest way to track down the data is to run a cursor,...

Not a bad idea, though I think SQL Azure needs it's own section. It isn't really tied to SQL Server 2008.

Bru is correct. Each registration is a connection to a separate server. They are not in any way related.

Mzak,

you are correct. However many jobs, many IT jobs, don't specify holiday requirements. I've never had that be stated when I was hired. You're expected to "do the job". Being...

Typically you would do this:

select *

from sales

where datesvc >= '9/1/2009'

and datesvc < '10/1/2009'

pssdiag gives you a bunch, but it has other stuff. Might be able to easily extract the metadata.

Links have been changed to remove the "?" from the links.

There are jobs, at least a few. I got offered 3 this past year. turned them down as...

Thanks, I'll clean up the links.

I've used Servers Alive and What's Up gold for this. They both work. Not free, but they work.

Note that it's likely worth paying a little for something if you want...

Test carefully. Realize that there isn't any free improvement here. These are additional indexes to maintain on updates, so don't over index.

I hadn't thought of that, but companies ought to offer pay for holidays. I know we're on salary for the most part, but we should get compensation for holidays, especially...

I rarely play. I sometimes take a half hour or so with...

you're welcome to come out here. We have land, Scouts, and snow 🙂