A couple of things.

Be sure the remote connection is using TCP/IP on both sides. It must be enabled on the server and set to be used on the client.

Also, if...

All the files are at the bottom of the article. I didn't notice the links internally, which needed to be removed.

The buffer pool.

You might want to read up here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187499.aspx

And those cars aren't perfect. There are "features" on them that don't work. Browse the recall lists and you might be surprised how many things need to be fixed. If...

No hidden files. MDF + NDF(s) + LDF is the database size. Don't forget backups.

It is interesting and the title doesn't help. It's a good thing that so many people want to help, and I can sympathize. Reading 50+ replies is time consuming.

Everyone wants...

usually. Rebuild indexes to defragment. Shrinking usually causes fragmentation.

Assemblies can be flaky if they're 32bit, SQLMail doesn't work, etc. There are potential issues, but if you have a simple db setup, then you should be OK.

The DBA architect is fairly specialized, and I'm not sure how valuable it is.

I'd stick with ITPro as the certification to show off and use on your resume/CV

You could use a union and select a field

if exists ( select ID from sysobjects where ...

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You need to call Microsoft for this. Catalog errors can have serious effects on your database.

We have this on our list, not sure if this is something we want to do, or how well it would be used.

All topics have icons to mark about if...

You'd have to check on the various publications and amount of changes.

I've seen 100MB databases have 1GB worth of changes a month. Replication moves all changes, so if someone does...

I'd recommend backup/restore OR make sure you have a copy of the files before attaching. The upgrade is a one way process, so you cannot go back to SQL 7.

At...

Is this in reporting services? Please post to the appropriate forum. I've moved it there, so post if it needs to be moved back.

If you want to pull data for...