Are you saying there's one VM on a server with 5 instances? Or 5 VMs with an instance each?

You don't want to overwrite backups. You want to have a unique name per day, to be sure the date the backup was made is correct. As mentioned above, the...

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2007/01/11/awe-and-3gb-an-empirical-picture.aspx

Moved to perf tuning

The multiple monitors definitely helps me work faster. I have 3 on the desk, struggle slightly when I'm on the laptop.

itouch controlling a presentation? Post a link!

Most of our computations are facts. What were the sales last month? That's a fact, however the computation involves looking up rows.

I tend to be skeptical as well, but I'm...

Can you set up logging for the maint plan and capture a text file log? It should have more info in there.

I was searching around because I know someone reported something similar awhile back. I don't think it hurts anything to have that bit flipped, but please post a note if...

you should be scripting deployments. No clicking SSMS for changes. If you script them, loop the script through databases.

I think the points in the forum, given for # of posts, do matter. They show that someone is sticking in this community, and giving regular advice. If someone were...

I can't comment as to the joins used in code for some of the books as Jeff, and I'll defer to him. Maybe we can get him to write a...

There's no reason to use a null password. It's a horrible habit, and even if you think your system is secure, you never know. You especially never know in an...

I'm with Barry here. There are other techniques to improve performance.

I see people spin on things like this, and it's rare that it every becomes an issue. I wouldn't look...

That was interesting, Michael. Amazing what people do. I've never depending on rowversion, and never would.

Yikes, looks like a lot of stuff to fix. We'll go through some of this next week.