Sorry a little out of touch and late in responding. I'm reviewing the other thread, and I have a complaint and explanation in my email from the OP.

Not sure what...

Mia,

Brent Ozar addresses some of this (http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/are-you-being-treated-fairly/) in his blog post.

If a manager doesn't appreciate what you've done, re-examine it and be sure that you have gone above and beyond....

Thanks for the update. I think scale out is an important thing to do.

I was thinking Elmers. Seem to have too much of that around 🙂

The energy savings from those studs can be significant. They often show up on thermal scans.

Angry Boy,

I sense some frustration, and I can definitely understand that. SSIS can be a bit annoying as you get used to it.

Does this help?

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Video/64762/

Praveen,

Thanks for submitting this, and it came out very well. I'm sure you're helping more than a few people with this.

Closing the thread. We can discuss in the other thread.

Marking something as "answered my question" is something we're considering.

The rating thing, hard to know. I think if you consistently answer poorly, others join in and let those that read...

That's an interesting idea. Not sure how it will work with drywall and the studs, but something to look at.

and like those investing now, if you invest in BI now you'll likely be much better positioned to take advantage of things when the economy recovers!

Clive,

Is this required? Do you log/record this as a part of your job?

You need to use an account that is a local administrator.

I think Teradata got migrated to 7. Not sure after that.

3 pound bone?!?

I want a picture.

Transformation and stimulus aren't exclusive, but any money moved towards helping broken areas, i.e. auto industry, needs to be limited and needs to push them forward into new models. I'm...