The tool is from the SQLCAT team at Microsoft, and if you follow the link (http://sqlcat.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=ExtendedEventsWaitstats), it says for 2008.

If you have more questions, I'd contact the SQLCAT team.

Tony is off today, but he should respond tomorrow.

I agree we want to write code correctly the first time, but there will always be bad code. Always new people, always...

I think Excel is great in single sheets, or maybe a couple simple links.

Once you start to go beyond that, it can become a huge mess. I spent months untangling...

GSquared (5/4/2009)

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If someone were to mine SSC for this kind of thing, I'm going to guess that would determine that a fair number of people are experts on Star Wars....

I think this system is more a way for new people, or widely distributed, but not well known (to each other) people, to find experts.

It doesn't address the load issues,...

Doesn't work for me as well. I'll have to play with it more later, but it seems as though there might be an issue with the case.

If I cast it...

Excellent Job, Roy! I looked back over this for some checking of the book I'm tech editing.

The engine interprets SQL code as if it were SQL 2000 code, so you can't run any 2005 functions. As far as performance improvements in how the tables, indexes, backups,...

Interesting debate, and reading through it, I'm not sure I have things underfoot, but I wanted to chime in.

Currently the business units are separated into 13 databases, so moving this...

It's possible that it's undocumented, in which case, I can't point you to a reference.

I would not recommend you use this.

Tom,

the advice we give is the general advice for anyone. It is not an absolute, and I wouldn't qualify it. The advice is "do not use top without an...

Lowell,

There isn't a better way right now. I periodically spend 10-20 minute killing off threads from my subscriptions.

I'm not clear, are you trying to find a thread or subscribe to...

It sounds like you have some fairly complex requirements. I think this could be done in 1 or multiple databases, but my first thought is that you should engage a...

Part of the issue here is that this could be a security hole. You don't necessarily want to have an XP reading mail.

What you might want to do is have...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131120(SQL.90).aspx