OK, attempted to correct the answers to include A and B. The old style question and new interface make this an iffy proposition.

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What happens on the way down? I think I'm glad you're not building them either,...

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Not the best solution, but it works.

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Sorry, I meant internal, meaning you don't need variables that you use in the SELECT. Guess it could apply for interval variables.

You could use a CTE if it makes things...

I've heard good things about NetApp products, but haven't really worked with them, so no firsthand experience.

The vendor wants to sell the thing. They'll always say performance isn't a problem,...

What's the provider and what were you doing? Not sure either, but looking for more clues.

Don't think there's a Red Gate tool to do this. Not sure you want to script server settings (sp_configure) to new servers. Maybe, but there are differences between servers you...

xp_cmdshell opens a shell, or command prompt, from inside SQL Server. You can't see it, and it can't need user input, but it works like a batch file, allowing you...

But wouldn't some transactions in merge be applied if they committed? It wouldn't necessarily roll back everything because the network dropped. My understanding is that merge is transactional two-way, but...

I think you might need to loop here, and you need to be sure that there's an order that ensures that records that could be duplicated appear together so you...

I would avoid storing formatting. Things often change, people don't enter them the same way, and it's easier to strip formatting to ensure consistency than add it in later. Phone...

Also, if you have more than one subscriber, the commands don't go down until ALL subscribers have gotten them.

I wouldn't mess with this. Uninstalling things from a cluster can be tricky, and I'm not sure it's worth messing with.

You don't want things enabled that you don't need, or...

You can see if it's enabled and check for jobs running, look in SSMS for publications defined.

With the rate of changes in some technology, even SQL Server, I feel like I've got 1 year of experience many times over in some areas (SSIS, Service Broker, etc).