No one loses points, ever. There isn't a penalty. You gain points for correct answers and we run some in fun sometimes. Take it as such.

I think the two week format, and the split, is bad. Lots of people couldn't decide when to go and some are here for two weeks, but the totals seem...

Good to see that lots of people need to take their vacation, but I'm wondering for those of you that didn't answer, do you do extra work because of vacation?

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You need to have a friend or two, someone you can bond with socially. It doesn't have to be everyone, but it can't be no one.

Guidance is still Q3.

One thing to remember is the TPC results submited are valid for only 6 months unless the product releases. They expire Aug 31.

In QA, you could query sp_who2, and then use dbcc inputbuffer() to see what they're running.

If it's an issue, when the server starts, open an isql or isqlw connection (no...

Glad you enjoyed it. I Think last week was actually smaller, about 4k people, but still a good show.

I'll have to take a look. Not sure what this is. If someone includes a link, it should be to the post, not the forum + post, so moves shouldn't...

Thanks, I'll add this to the list.

It seems to close the "pages" of posts that I have. Not sure why.

I'll look and see, but it's a good idea.

Keep in mind that most threads die in a few days, so you won't get a lot of emails over time from...

I'm nervous about having anything on my SQL Servers that might be"touching" the database files. I think it's a gamble that something in Diskkeeper or any similar product, including anti-virus,...

It doesn't sound like there is anything you are doing that's strange. Almost everyone connects to a central SQL Server database in some way with their application.

If you're unsure, it...

I'd only run this on particular objects if things were out of whack and I had very bad query plans, or if my distribution of data changed substantially.

Walk through some logic. How do you figure out what the last Sunday is? (besides looking at the calendar).

There's a skill you need to build here to examine what determines...