I think the nomenclature here is confusing people.

The database is the schema+data+physical files. You wouldn't put this into VCS. You would put in the scripts to recreate the schema and...

Right click the folder.

The T-SQL is still there.

Mia,

I like that folder. Had a manager years ago freak out when I swept a large pile of papers out of my desk inbox into the circular file. Told him...

I've not used AS much either.

I tend to go

SELECT MA.MachineID

, MN.MachineName

, MA.machinename 'MachineName2'

, L.LeaseNumber

FROM MachineAudit MA

...

We don't allow deletions because it would start to cause issues.

If you figure it out, it's best to post the answer yourself so others can see it.

Nice, Grant. I got thrown around a bit more than expected last night and the back is a little sore today.

Don't let Gail fool you, she can throw with the...

It's definitely easy to get distracted when you're alone by other things. I have lots of people say they tend to go do home chores when working at home, and...

I used to enjoy the occassional cigar, but my life insurance didn't like that. They were pretty strict about anything, so I stopped.

Wonder if they'll still be around in 10...

I don't see much in the way of functions for 2005 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186724(SQL.90).aspx).

2008 has a lot of time zone stuff.

I thought in 2005 that all the dates were just stored as...

Robert, I'm sure they wouldn't mind you showing up a bit early every day 😀

And maybe you could schedule a "meeting" from 2:30-5 every day. Call it a self-reflection meeting...

How are you structuring the script?

count() returns an integer, so + is a valid operator.

That could have been ugly. I've seen Gail throw people around the mat 😀

Poorly written queries can easily cause CPU to jump.

If the application hangs, you might want to set up a Profiler trace, start doing some of the things that were being...

There are lots of articles on what a DBA should do. You might try searching and researching a bit.

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