If you have to ball, we knock you off your feet! :hehe:

Thanks, Ben.

I'll let the heavy coders give it a try, but it looks pretty good so far.

Do you mean as a file? SQL Server doesn't write to files. You can call this from SQLCMD and output to a file.

It's hard to draw a line. I've been told we were idiots because we quite often refused $$$ to do something. Left money on the table, but I think we...

Servers Alive used to be pretty cheap and work well.

Note that you need to set up a couple places from which to monitor from since one of them could be...

Remember that Unisys isn't just one entity. It's composed of lots of people, some good, some bad. I have some friends at Unisys that would be on your side.

It's Sept. I think soccer talk is officially over now that football, real football, is here.

You can change to a new name, it just can't already be used.

Do you mean the guy doing the work or the company that provides a contractor?

I used to bill $100/hr in 2001/2002 time frame as a senior guy for work I...

Ultimately companies do things for financial reasons. However there is a moral component, and that makes sense to varying degrees, depending on leadership.

Lots of companies were happy to do business...

Here's my take. All of the agent based tools have had issues at times. I've sen too many of them fail on restores, which is what is critical. I don't...

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Interesting article...as someone who has worked in other cutlures somehow i find this US paradigm of more $ = less appreciation somewhat disgusting..all humans need appreciation and some of...

Paul,

I've actually seen quite a few DBAs that shun coding, or development skills. And quite a few people that thought that was a good idea since they could focus on...

I'm not sure you need a proper education, but just some education. That could be hands on.

However I was curious, is it worth something in terms of time per week...

Most of the software reviews I've seen are very light. They don't seem to do the same job that a Consumer Reports does. There are exceptions, but they tend to...