Jon,

download Virtual PC, free from MS. Create a VM (walks you through it), put XP CD in CD drive, capture to VM install. It's actually very simple.

I would recommend an...

Well, thanks, and I don't think I'll be working for HCL anytime soon either!

Maybe I should send him a large quantity of posts from this forum? There are plenty of...

That's a parse, not a compile. A parse isn't a check against the existence of a table.

What's HCL?

I'm after wary of outsourcing companies since they are so cost driven as to place that above being effective. That can be frustrating.

If your CEO thinks the US is...

Write an excellent cover letter, with references as to why you will be a good employee. It might help.

SET PARSEONLY

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178629.aspx

What do you mean generally used? I'm sure there are plenty of people using all of them. The issue is whether they will help in your environment. For that, you...

Master is a parameter in the service startup, so what you'd do it make you have a copy of your current files. Install SQL, then change the startup parameter...

I'd agree that networking shouldn't be a big time sink in your life. However networking isn't a daily thing, or doesn't need to be. Touching base with people you know...

What's correct? You can parse a statement to see if it's syntactically valid, but that doesn't mean it will execute as you want it to execute. The only way to...

Developers do need a sandbox, but they also need to maintain control of their dev environments. Too often they don't know what they changed to get something working, or they...

The functions of service accounts work with or without an AD domain. The difference is without they are limited to accessing the local machine only. I haven't seen anything about...

You'll have to give details as to what "performance problems" and "not working right" mean. We can't help you solve the issue if you don't explain what issues you are...

It sounds like you need to:

- install SQL Server

- attach the databases

- rebuild logins if you cannot attach master.

I'd say SSIS would work, but I'm not sure what SSMA is.

If you have a package, then one way to do this is pass in the name of the db...