I definitely agree with blandry that the people make all the difference. I've been in similar situations and the people make or break the space. We built a bullpen one...

I know whatever edition was out in 78-82 time frame had a bunch of dice. We had 6, but also 8, 10, 20, maybe more.

More like a 660 point bailout today!

Hey, unlike some of the others who are getting "bailed out," I'll take responsibility for my mistakes.

jdshabat has a great point in that he devised the question to show the change.

Chris, you are tackling the questions correctly, use your memory and see if you know. However...

I'll correct the answers to show both as correct.

As usual, I started with a topic in BOL, in this case impersonation, which didn't mention the EXECUTE AS clause. Though I...

You need to monitor this as Nicholas suggested so that you have values. By having each server instant monitor itself, it means that there aren't external dependencies.

Be sure you include...

Adam,

Nice job and a good solution to the problem. There are lots of these, but it's good to be reminded of how this works as many people ask for all...

David,

You'll get a reply by default to this when people post, so no need to disclose your email. I'll edit it out so not bots grab it.

Tracking stock codes is...

Ahh, D&D. The days of graph paper, reference books and friends. I have to say I missed those games and I haven't gotten any of my kids interested in that.

I...

One thing to be careful of is fragmentation. Even if this data will not get used, you probably want it with a high fill factor and not fragmented. Shrinking increases...

glad you found it and thanks for the update. That helps others when they search for similar issues.

Talk about a chore. I actually considered it for a second then realized what I was asking.

It would be 24, or maybe not. Depends on the activity in your forums. I go hours without any replies sometimes, but then I'll be like Charles and get 40...

There are conflicting entries in BOL on this. One says 50 only on Enterprise, another says this includes Standard. I've submitted feedback to have something corrected.

Unless someone wants to install...

I was just going to post that stuff and Nicholas beat me to it. Thanks, Nicholas.

The 8.3 thing seems to be a biggy and then filegroups might be a good...